I am not sure that there is any way for you, me, or anyone to know this. Since we know nothing at all about 1st Age Kralorela, how can you say that the current 3rd Age version is based on the FDR stuff?
>Also I've noted that after the Dragon's Awakening Shudder, 'The
>strongest dragon magic of the New Dragon's Ring grew more difficult
>for the non-kralori to evoke and then disappeared, leaving only
>their False Draconic powers manifest'. Now 'in 1120, a flight
>of true dragons came and exterminated the false dragons, their
>prophets, and their followers'. Note that someone big is missing.
>The False Emperor.
>IMO the Dragon's Awakening Shudder removed the false Emperor
>with the effect that the link between the FDR and the true
>draconic powers were now gone.
An excellent suggestion -- reminds me of the story Daughter of Regals, by Stephen R. Donaldson, in which an image of a dragon is summoned. Since there is no "Real" dragon in the land, everyone assumes that this image is an actual dragon, created by the mage. In truth, the actual dragon is there, it is just hidden from everyone.
If Godunya had existed for much longer than we suppose, perhaps throughout the entire time of the FDR, it could be that the False Dragon Emperor (FDE) gained power only by "imitation" of the hidden True Dragon Emperor (TDE). When the TDE exposed himself briefly at the Dragon's Awakening Shudder, the FDE was dis-empowered, and either faded from history, or was quickly swallowed.
An only marginally related question -- does anyone think that the August Dragon of Kralorela is either a previous emperor in retirement, or a future emperor waiting for his turn?
Peter corrects me:
>The Chaotic Interlude:
>
> 'In western Genertela, the word _Krjalki_ means _Chaos_
> _Monsters_, yet western manuscripts from every age refer
> to both trolls and dragonewts as krjalki, clearly a
> misapplication of the term.'
> Cults of Terror p47
>
>Makes it clear that Krjalki is not just a name applied to
>anything that looks different.
Good point - I misremembered the quote. However, this is specific evidence that trolls and dragonewts _are_ hated and despised by most Malkioni sects, while elves and dwarfs are often acceptable, if pitiable. Given that trolls are, from the pov of most humans, much less human than elves and dwarfs (in that elves and dwarfs generally don't want to eat you or your babies, and at least move around in the daylight), and dragonewts even _more_ inhuman, this makes sense.
Although this is _way_ too Tolkien for me (trolls=orcs), I guess I must live with it at this point.
Sandy on Shang-hsa-may-his-name-be-cursed **
You never say what the Third Temptation is! Although I may not agree with your version of the relationship between Shang-hsa-may-his-name-be-cursed and Yanoor, I would definitely like to know the full extent of the problem! Who else were the people of Kralorela to emulate? Who is the other enemy of the Kralorelans since the Dawn?
What about the Pentans -- is there something about them which Shang-hsa-may-his-name-be-cursed think the Kralorelans should emulate?
Stephen Martin
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