Re: King of Tarsh?

From: Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_...>
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 15:33:35 +1300


At 12:19 AM 11/24/2005 +0000, you wrote:

>who was King of Tarsh from 1610?

Moirades.

>I thought it was Moirades (see DP p.69
>& p.8), where he is planning to reassume the position of Sacred King of
>Dragon Pass. He certainly relinquished that position in 1610 (DP, p.
>69). The Sartar section of KoS seems to support this; yet the Composite
>History of Dragon Pass, KoS p.119 & 127 has him dying in 1610 and his
>son Pharandros reigning from that year...

That's correct.

>So what is the story here? Is it just 'ancient sources differ', was
>Pharandros the Regent during Moirades withdrawal to perform personal
>magics, stepping down when his father returned, or am I missing something?

My own theory is that Moirades had a stroke/became illuminated and had to retire thus Pharandros becomes Regent.

--Peter Metcalfe

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