>
> Peter:
>
> > > 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.
>
> RR:
> > 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?"
>
> OK, here's the relevant few lines from Minaryth Blue's
> little diary:
>
> 1618 - Ashart is born. I purchase half a team.
> 1619 - Ulandrosi the Barker is in town. Lunar army
> seizes Karse.
> 1620 - Lunar army seizes all Holy Country. Black ram
> is mine.
> 1621 - Whitewall falls. Ashart dies of heat.
> 1622 - Rostalos born.
> 1623 - Leika born, dies. Lunars take my oxen and pony.
>
> So general events like "Whitewall falls" *do* get
> mentioned, as well as the personal details. But no
> Fimbulwinter. No loss of magic. No list of what these
> generic bad things did to him and his family. This was
> not the year when the Lunars or anyone else took his
> oxen and pony.
>
> Ashart is three years old at the time he dies. What
> heat-related accidents could befall a small child?
> Fever?
>
>
>
>
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