Dragaera

Speculative Planetary Statistics for Dragaera (Math help?)

Sat Apr 8 06:46:45 PDT 2006

Philip Hart wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Apr 2006 Jon_Lincicum at stream.com wrote:
>
>   
>> The amorphia hasn't been there for "millions of years". It's older than
>> the Empire, but probably not by very much.
>>     
>
> Does "The amorphia" mean anything above, and if so do you have any shred
> of evidence for the assertion?  Or can I start discussing the Tiffany
> gumball machine on top of Mount Bli'aard that's older than the Empire,
> but probably not by very much?
>   
"The amorphia" in this case is referring to ALL amorphia.

Sethra lays out the basic events of the Jenoine's destruction in 
/Issola/, with statements that indicate that amorphia didn't exist (on 
Dragaera, or anywhere else) until the cataclysm that wiped out the 
Jenoine created the Greater Sea.

My estimate of when this happened is based on the fact that the Orb is 
implied to be the thing that is keeping the Jenoine from coming back, 
and it was made about the time the Empire was founded (approx 240,000 
years ago).

So, if too long a time had gone by after the explosion that created the 
greater sea (and introduced amorphia into the universe) and the creation 
of the Orb, the Jenoine would have simply come back, basically 
unopposed, and had control of all the amorphia themselves.

Also, in /Issola/, Sethra says that the Orb has been protecting the 
Greater Sea "all along, almost by accident".  To me, this links the 
explosion and the Orb as being events that happened within a single 
Dragaeran generation.

But you may have a different take on it.

Majikjon