Dragaera

Start of The Cycle

Kenneth Gorelick pulmon at mac.com
Wed Mar 15 15:27:01 PST 2006

On Mar 15, 2006, at 3:02 PM, Chris Olson wrote:

> Howard Brazee wrote On 03/15/06 11:53,:
>> When did The Cycle start?
>>
>> When were Dragaerans first aware of The Cycle?
>
> Good question.  I suggest adding: When were the Gods first made  
> aware of
> The Cycle?  From the books, it sounds like it's been around a *very*
> long time, and even the Gods are bound by it (to some extent).
>
> Dang, now you got me thinking and speculating.
>
> :)
> Chris
>

The Cycle is linked to the Houses, and controls the control of the  
empire. The Houses resulted from genetic manipulation by the Jenoine,  
which antedates the Empire. The gods were created at the time of the  
destruction of the Jenoine by the amorphia, which rendered possible  
sorcery. The gods and amorphia were around before the orb, since the  
gods created the orb. The orb defines the Empire. Therefore the cycle  
and the orb must have been created at the same time, most likely by  
the gods. Perhaps, in order to enable the Empire and the Orb, the  
gods, like Sauron, were obligated to incorporate some of their  
substance into the controlling sorcerous device(s).

It is not impossible for the cycle to antedate the gods and amorphia,  
but without an empire, what was it cycling? Perhaps it was the  
Jenoine version of a roulette wheel until their destruction by  
amorphia, whence the cycle acquired its controlling powers. Only  
speculation....