Re: White Bear Empire

From: L C <lightcastle_at_SAVS8YeKZHNl7bHLYMijQpQDHroApBBHuu1uLKzw3wjTer5qPjMdx9kNO3DZTLrc>
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:34:58 -0500

He means Winter. The West uses a 4-season calendar, if I recall, not the 5-season one used in Peloria and Dragon Pass.

LC

Todd Gardiner wrote:
>
> When you say "winter" in this explanation, when exactly do you mean?
> Do they
> wake up in the last days of Storm season, just in time to perform the
> Sacred
> Week ceremonies of their tradition? Or do you mean just Dark season?
> --Todd
>
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 6:30 PM, Peter Metcalfe
> <metcalph_at_k24ehhYVhDVeUftQ6PNbxIfV5JM26nQgmZCP8AecoPXDCazjn1pMIpu0Ti7kdefoxkJDSqIYi89Aha1aE6GlyEPOEV0.yahoo.invalid <mailto:metcalph%40quicksilver.net.nz>>wrote:
>
> > At 03:02 p.m. 3/03/2009, you wrote:
> > > What was the White Bear Empire? It seems to show up a couple of times
> > >in Fronela. driving out Lunar refugees and the Carmanians from the
> > >Janube river cities. White Bear seems to be our happy friends to the
> > >north, but empire?
> >
> > The White Bear Empire is really a lot of Rathori fighting rather
> > than an actual empire. Normally Rathori sleep all winter but
> > a few may worship the White Bear to remain awake. So when
> > you see sources speaking of the White Bear Empire, what is
> > really happening was a whole lot of Rathori just fought during
> > the winter with fatal consequences for their enemies.
> >
> > The foes of the White Bear warriors weren't lunars - rather they
> > were the Carmanians oppressing the lunar refugees and other
> > people in the area.
> >
> > --Peter Metcalfe
> >
> >
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