Re: King of Tarsh?

From: Joerg Baumgartner <joe_at_...>
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 21:38:05 +0100 (CET)


Jane Williams

> Paul Andrew King

>> >So what is the story here?   Is it just 'ancient
>> sources differ', was
>> >Pharandros the Regent during Moirades withdrawal to
>> perform personal
>> >magics, stepping down when his father returned, or
>> am I missing something?

>> So far as the canonical sources go it is a case of >> "ancient sources differ".

> Very much so. There was a lot of debate on the subject
> a few years back (pre-HW). It was complicated, to say
> the least. Since Peter was the one who did much of the
> detailed research and reasoning, accepting his answer
> is probably your best bet, unless you want to go
> delving into a big can of worms for the fun of it
> (yes, some of us do regard this sort of thing as fun).

If you want to do so, here's a summary which formed the basis of that debate:

http://www.toppoint.de/~joe/moirades-lives.html

> But don't worry, that wasn't a stupid question, and
> all you're missing is a decade or so of on and
> off-list discussion.

> And of course, if one answer suits your story better
> than others, go with that. YGWV, and so on. Us
> Sartarites really don't care what the name of the
> Lunar ruler of Tarsh is, we just want him, her, or it
> dead: or at least, not sending armies *our* way.

Actually, we want the opportunity to be the one who killed him...

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