Philip Hart wrote: >I think the "sink into decay" bit would argue, in a multi-emperor >scheme, for a greater awareness and tradition of handing off the Orb >intraHouse. Tortaalik starts off determined not to become decadent, >and some discussion of the literature around secondary emperorships >would have been apropos if there were such things. > > > We shouldn't forget that the cycle is older than the orb.