On Mon, 13 Mar 2006, Scott Schultz wrote: > > Now, Aliera may not be the most dependable narrator either, but she's at > least an eye-witness. Is she? > Wherever Paarfi got his information, it's all second-hand. Matter of opinion. > The interesting thing, from the perspective of this discussion, > is that Aliera claims that another Phoenix, who would almost neccesarily be > Loudin, "tried to grab the Throne", and thusly forced Adron to make his move > before he was fully ready. Why would a usurpation hurry a revolt? > > Paarfi's notion of the Orb seeking out the next Heir is not only in > direct contradiction with events (i.e., the non-turning of the Cycle at > the time of Tortaalik's death) but also with the general description of > the transfer of the Orb from one House to another. What general description? It seems unwise to speculate based on such an extraordinary ill-understood event. And I somehow doubt that the first member of House X+1 to claim the Orb upon the House X Emperor's death gets it.