Scott Schultz wrote: >Actually, it's the lack of any textev stating that Zerika I was a Reborn >Phoenix. From what we've been told she was sent visions, which she heeded >and by doing so she created the foundation of what eventually became the >Empire. > > A Lack of evidence to the contrary does not positive evidence make. I forget which logical fallacy this is, exactly, but it has a fancy Latin name. >Granted things get shaky in that we don't know "when" the Halls came into >being in relation to the founding of the Empire; nor do we really know if >The Cycle was constructed by the Lords or if it preceded them. We don't know >if The Cycle encouraged particular tribes and discouraged others or if it >simply reflects the current makeup of The Empire. Still, I have some >difficulty with the idea of it being a Great Cycle between the Revolt and >the Migration. The Easterners ought to have overrun the world in the >meantime. (Note that the Gods could have had a hand in preventing such an >occurrence.) > > It's strongly implied by Paarfi that the Paths (and the gods) post-date the concept of the cycle anyway. (Of course, Paarfi may be smoking Dreamgrass, but he's our best source on this to date). Majikjon