>'the beloved Pharaoh, Belintar of the Harshax'.
Yep, that sort of jumped off the page at me, too.
>The following interpretations spring to mind.
>
>1) The Harshaxi of the Fourth Age used one of the titles of the Third
>Age ruler to cement their authority as later rulers used the family name
>Caesar millennia after the last of the Julian line died.
>
>2) The rumours are true and Pharaoh was a time traveller coming back
>from the Fourth Age.
>
>3) Circularly, both 1 and 2.
>
>4) Something else.
I think definitely 2, probably 3 and possibly 4 as well... Specifically, I think he's also Argrath. ;-)
Peter Metcalfe: Aha, as I suspected all along you were in fact channeling for the Weird Greg. :-) It all makes perfect sense now.
I hereby nominate Thomas McVey for the "Worst Offender against Rule 1" award. Andrew Larsen was in the running for a while, but... Alternatively, it could be awarded collectively to the whole "orthopraxy" thread, which seems to act as a sort of internet worm - taking control of posters' keyboards and producing hideously bloated and corrupted messages.
Bright indications singe
cool undisciplined hours
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