On Mon, 13 Mar 2006, Joshua Kronengold wrote: > Philip Hart writes: > > >info than strictly necessary. And I still don't see any clear mechanism > >for the emperor dying and his House remaining in power. > > This seems to be the -only- possible result should an Emperor die > before the minimum time expires, and, in fact, the only possible way > for a House to reign for the maximum term. Not in the least convincing based on the available info. > > But then, we've gone over this a number of times without many people > being convinced. Well, I'm convinced on my side, and I take it others are convinced on the other. No doubt we'll go over it a number of times in the future without reaching a consensus, until there's a clear statement in the Texts from someone authoritative one way or the other, with an explanation of the behavior of everyone at the end of Tortaalik's reign.