> > >You think that's bad... but, hang on, hasn't Greg said that
> > >Ernalda's magic fails also? The Ernaldan equivalent of all the winds
> > >stopping is (at the very least) a total failure of the crop harvest for
> > >that year.
> > Ernalda's magic AFAIK only guarantees that the crop harvest will be
> > average. It is not necessary for crops to grow.
>By the same reasoning, Orlanth's magic is not necessary for the
>winds to blow, yet they have stopped completely.
Your analogy is invalid and can be refuted by simply looking at the history is KoS. For the crops to fail when Whitewall falls to the Dragonrise, mean that the Orlanthi have to survive four years without any types of crops or cattle (since Ernalda's power is also present in those).
--Peter Metcalfe
--Peter Metcalfe
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