>>Kralorela is the most
>>advanced, because its records stretch back to the first Rising of Yelm in
>>the Golden Age....
>A minor Gregging here (Martin may already know this since the article
>was dated 1992). The Ivory Pages version of the Glorious ReAscent has a lot
>more about Star Lore. To put it succinctly, the Yelmists of Dara Happa
>are the most advanced as Yuthuppa was the ancient City of the Starseers.
Damn.
>The Kralori claim to have recieved much of their lore from the City of
>Watchers to the West (Yuthuppa).
The Kralori would still claim to be the best, IMHO.
>> For Yelmists, ten is lucky. Two is lucky, because Yelm is the second
>>son of Aether. Five is unlucky, because it is the number of Umatum and
>>Oralanatus the usurpers.
>Five is Truth according to the Yelmists. They and the Lunars don't believe
>in the God Learner Cosmoslogy. Eleven (beyond perfection) would be an
>unlucky number while sixty-nine (Uleria's Number in the Perfect Sky) is
>considered obscene.
<sigh>. OK. What would be the usurpers' number, then: 11? 101? And talk about injecting modern concepts into an ancient world: 69? Gimme a break.
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