Gaertk at aol.com wrote: > Time: Imperial Palace > earliest version built First Cycle > begun late in reign of Tsalmoth Emperor Faarith I > finished near end of 900 year reign of Vallista > Emperor Jamiss I > [legend] Faarith crushed by masonry while installing > throne How seriously should we take "Vallista rends and then rebuilds" - do all Vallista Emperors tear apart the Imperial Palace and rebuild it, or not? > > Map: Palace, final form > original building mere nucleus: throne room, personal > chambers, kitchens, few small audience chambers > nine stories, hundreds of stairways, thousands of > windows, four indoor gardens and arboreta, 12 > major indoor baths, 65 towers, 27 minor domes, > 3 major, nine(9) libraries! > full courtyards at each Door, four story wing for each > House (with minister) > "the most bleeding indefensible structure it has ever > been my duty to occupy" --Undauntra I (what Cycle?) Why no collections of 17 beyond each House? > > Dragon Wing = war; Iorich = law; Central Palace = Imperial > matters Does the Central Palace make it 18 (one per House + middle), or does each House wing become Central Palace in turn?