>humans and elves live in a kind of symbiotic
>relationship, where the humans and their semi-nomadic slash & burn
>agriculture (at least in inland Teshnos away from the river basins)
>provide an important part of the elven life/death-philosophy/-cycle.
This rings true. The elves approving slash and burn sounds weird first, but coming to think of it it maes good sense since it renews nature and new forest grows up when the humans move on.
>Well, my unimportant theory for the hatred the elves bear with regard to
>the Kraloreli concerns the draconic bits of kralori culture and philosophy.
I'm less convinced that elves dislike draconic stuff. I have a vague memory that elves and dragonewts cooperated well enough at times in Dragon Pass.
>Other
>reasons I can think of are: they are free of the damnable cancer of
>draconic and illuminative thinking;
I though elves liked illumination. At least it says in old CoT that Nysalor often has shrines in elven light temples.
>every few decades or
>generation of local rulers the Teshni go out building a new and pompously
>decorated city in the jungle, while abandoning the old one, just because
>of mythological reasons
I like that a lot! It's evocative and also gives the Teshnans a unique character.
>IMO the Teshni are keen on and good at trying out new things or giving
>everything a fresh start, but they always fail on finishing things,
>loosing interest and motivation along the way
Doesn't really fit in with the lethargy stuff, but I like this version better. I will use it.
>All right, that's all for now, take it or leave it,
Mostly take!
Boris:
>> Cynocephali 2
>
>This one escapes me. Unless I'm mistaken, that's "Centerheaded"
I read it as 'dog-head'.
And one by one we died, and were lost in the dust of
accumulated time. We knew the years as a passing of
shadows, and death itself as the yielding of twilight
unto night.
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