However, does anyone know the approximate date of when Argentus dies and fails to return? The reason I ask is because from my understanding, the rise of the Brown Dragon and destruction of the Temple of the Reaching Moon in Sartar causes immense mythic and magical damage to several solar interests. Most notable is how the celestial dragon Burbustus takes a bite out of Shargash, several stars are dimmed, and the Dragonrise causes general chaos(?!) in the sky realm. Being that the Red Emperor has many solar-associated powers and aspects, as well as his Lunar ones, this was no doubt the equvalent of a tactical nuclear strike. Being that Kallyr's conspirators plotted this for years, it could well be that Kallyr and her people were planning a mythic counterattack against the powers of their enemies. Something rather un-Orlanthi (to my knowledge, the Tarshites did not attempt to attack the Lunar myths or gods on the Heroplane whilst they were being conquered), but given the nature of folk like Minyarth Purple and Kallyr (with her connections to Pole Star), not unreasonable.
Could the Dragonrise have had only the secondary objective of destroying the Temple of the Reaching moon, but the primary objective of assassinating the Red Emperor, magically? Could this have been a very oblique re-enactment of "Orlanth Slays the Evil Emperor"? Or could the failure of the Red Emperor to reappear be an effect of the Dragonrise, if not the objective?
Thank you for entertaining speculations...
Chris Bell
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