On 1/16/06, Jon Lincicum <lincicum at comcast.net> wrote: > Howard Brazee wrote: > > > I've always assumed humans were there before Dragaerans were > > created. > > Sethra says as much in /Issola/. > > She also mentions that Aliera refuses to believe it. > > I don't remember where exactly I got the idea, but I seem to remember > hearing that Dragaera was originally a Terran colony (of mostly > Hungarian ancestry) that were "discovered": by the Jenoine. > I don't think that "of mostly Hungarian ancestry" is a warranted assumption. First of all, while Fenario is Hungarian-ish, it's only been in existence for about 1000 years - a long time for them, but a miniscule fraction of the duration of the Empire. Secondly, given that we've heard Irish, Slavic, Italian, & Asian names, I don't think we can conclude which of those groups was dominant in numbers 200,000 years ago. Finally, note that "Kieron" is an *Irish* name, which could suggest that the Irish were dominant back then, but I certainly wouldn't bet on it. My own pararectal speculation is that time is sufficiently fluid in Dragaera that successive waves of different Earth-peoples have been introduced into Dragaera's East at different times in the course of the Empire's history. I may have to flesh that notion out at Speculation:Easterner. Hm. Speaking of time-fluidity, and noting the difference in rates of time-flow between Dragaera and Jenoinesburg, it also occurs to me that the Jenoine attacks on the Empire are, from the point of view of the Jenoine, occurring in rapid succession. ObOtherSF: Microcosmic God.