>
> > c) [...] But it sounds like even
>
> > the Closing didn't isolate Melib from Teshnos (????).
>
> Melib is visible from the mainland so I don't think the Closing would
> apply. As for the relationship between Melib and Teshnos, I am reminded
> of a observation made about Geoffrey of Tours to the effect that he
> stands at the head of a long strain of french historiography that says
> as little as possible about a nearby island.
>
>
While the Closing likely did not completely cut off Melib from Teshnos, I do
think the aftermath of the God-Learner colonies on Melib collapsing should
have made Melib a veritable hellhole that no sane Teshnan would want to
visit.
Also: Sea Monsters.
-S. Santo Sengupta
"Aum Shanti Shanti Shantih."
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