> Yeah, but the point is that "heat" is not quite an cause of death one
> expects from the Fimbulwinter. It would
> be like leaving a note that somebody had been killed by a tripod
> during the blitz - it's unexpected and
> it jars with the general information of the period.
On the other hand, it stands out *because* it's not part of the general conditions of the time. Lots of people dies of cold during the Fimbulwinter; that's not news. But Ashart died of heat - something so out of place that it was recorded for posterity. The real question becomes "how did Ashart die of heat in the middle of the Fimbulwinter?"
RR
He was born with the gift of laughter and the sense that the world was mad
R. Sabatini, Scaramouche
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