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