> It is a little weird, but it is very consistent with the canon. We know that
> Praxians went with Pentans in the conquest of Kralorela. I think that's actually
> the key. From a practical perspective, horses can't survive well in the wastes,
Except that Sheng doesn't need the wastes to travel down to the Iron
Forts. There's a stretch of land west of the Shan Shan which is
habitable by horses (the section covered yellow in the Empire of Sheng
Seleris).
> I think what it really meant was that Sheng persuaded a Greatest Khan to lead
> huge numbers of Praxians under Sheng's leadership.
This would have required Sheng to make his way over to the Paps, kick
the Greatest Khan's butt and leave the question of why he doesn't trash
the Rubble Trolls, Dagori Inkarth, Tarsh or the Holy Country for that
matter.
I think that what happened was that as the Praxians came into contact with the Seleran Empire winding its way down the Shan Shan, they did the natural thing - they raided the Selerans. The Seleran response was also predictable - they kicked their heads in. The few Praxian survivors were made Bursts and ordered to provide Sheng with required numbers of troops. Some of the Seleran Clans made their way back to Prax and that is why Prax is part of the Empire. That said, the Sheng treated the Praxians as a source of cavalry and expressed no interest in what lay within their region. He may have heard tales about the Land Within A Wall, among other things, but simply felt that since the sources were Praxians, the tales were lies by definition.
>> There was also a manifestation of Jaldon toothmaker at this time which may have >> been Seleran related.
Derik PolJoni fought Jaldon before 1420 ST.
--Peter Metcalfe
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