I think this definately needs fixed -
it's not just a case of the mythology developing between the publication
of the Magnamund Companion in 1986 and 'The Deathlord of Ixia' in 1992,
cos on pp16-17 of the later, when Rimoah sets the scene in "The Story so
Far",
he says "MANY CENTURIES LATER, when my ancestors defeated Agarash
during the Age of the Old Kingdoms"... so the Ixians were presumeably amoung
the most ancient races going (age of Dragons/Entropy/Chaos? ... of similar
antiquity
to the Crocaryx living in Zaaryx beneathe Tahou).
I'd vote for your detailed corrections below -
also the above line from Rimoah in The Story So Far needs an errata too in
that
case - it should read "...defeated Agarash, *heralding* ['inaugurating'?
'ushering in'?]
the Age of the Old Kingdoms..."
DAVID
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