How many great cycles have there been? My recollection is that Tortaalik was emperor at the end of the first Great Cycle, so no one really knew what would happen when the Great Cycle ended. I believe that Northrar's reign is firmly in the second Great Cycle, but do we really know on which side Zerika's reign is? (I apologize for my inability to remember how to spell the various names) > Just another thought to throw into the pot--while the > specific case of Zerika following Tortalik has > significance in the Great Cycle, is it possible that > having multiple emperors in one house's reign is not > that significant in general? The maximum length of a > reign is 4913 years--unless this is a pie-in-the-sky > number that has never actually been approached rather > than a practical, enforceable limit, I would suggest > that it would take a couple of emperors to get > anywhere close to that length of reign. (Or possibly > Sethra.) > > Although... if no reign *had* ever approached that > length, it might explain why Vlad thinks 17^3 is three > thousand something. > > ~Juliette > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com