[projectaon] Finishing touches on Deathlord
- From: "Jonathan Blake" <blake.jon@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Project Aon List" <projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 14:07:33 -0700
I'm putting the finishing touches on The Deathlord of Ixia. I expect
to be able to publish it tomorrow. One last reportedissue remains to
be resolved: the mix up with the Ixians and the Old Kingdom timeline.
We can either footnote it (perhaps in The Story So Far): "Although the
native Ixians are often described as belonging to the 'time of the Old
Kingdoms' (Section 152), it is clear from the fact that the Deathlord
destroyed them during the Age of Eternal Night that they could not
have existed during the Age of the Old Kingdoms which began 1000 years
after the Age of Eternal Night ended. (See The Magnamund Companion,
'Magnamund Then and Now'.) The author may have simply used the term
'Old Kingdom' to refer to any humanoid nation prior to the appearance
of the Shianti.
Or we could:
141: crafted by Old Kingdom armourers -> crafted by ancient Ixian armourers
152: in the time of the Old Kingdoms -> in the time before the coming
of the Deathlord
162: propelled by Old Kingdom magic -> propelled by ancient Ixian
magic [jb: particularly because this section later says that it is "an
arcane art far older and more benign than the Deathlord's vile
necromancy"]
165: where once a proud and mighty race of the Old Kingdom reigned
supreme -> where once a proud and mighty race reigned supreme before
the coming of the Deathlord
343: in the time of the Old Kingdoms -> in the time before the coming
of the Deathlord
That's all I found by searching for Old Kingdom.
--
Jon
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