On Nov 11, 2005, at 12:42 PM, J C wrote: > > FWD to list > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: "Michele Riccio" <mr1 at rcosta.com> > Reply-To: mr1 at rcosta.com > To: "J C" <greyw01f at hotmail.com> > Subject: Re: Soul destroying - Issola Spoiler > Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 11:35:06 -0500 > > On 10 Nov 2005 at 22:00, J C wrote > > > I think that, given that Dragaerans get married at roughly 150 years > > of age, they have a relatively short fertility period. Else, you > > could have a elder brother over 1000 years your senior. > > > > Savn and his sister are very close in age--probably less than a > > century, I think around 2 or 3 score of years apart. Very close, in > > other words, considering a 2500 year life span. > > > > What do you guys think? > > > > Jon > > > > At some point, Vlad says that Dragaerans can not get pregnant > accidentally. Either he's being flippant and exaggerating the > situation (quite possible) or they have some sort of birth control > mechanism (innate or applied) to achieve this. So, in essence, all > pregnancies are planned. The age differences in children, and the > number of children would be strictly controlled. No? > > Has this been discussed before? I feel like I'm borrowing > someone's argument. > > M > > > > Michele Riccio > mr1 at rcosta.com > Complete control of fertility is a post-interregnum phenomenon. Earlier, when sorcery was less potent, there were occasional "unfortunate individuals" who owed their existence to untrammeled passion with inadequate protection.