From:	Mark Steedman <RSMS@******.EEE.RGU.AC.UK>
Subject:	Re: DRAGONS AS NEXT NERPS?
Date:	Wed, 15 Mar 1995 14:59:44 GMT

> > Wow, now THAT is a great idea! Just like the Elves and Orks were trapped
> > in the bodies of Humans, the Dragons were trapped in the bodies of
> > fearsome, but mundane, animals. That's a good good idea; it would
> > really add a little bit of depth to the term "Awakening" as well as
> > explain the lack of any kind of fossil record or "discovery" of
> > dragonkind. I like that.
>
> Yes, but already awakened creatures did not change back. Harlequin was
> elven all through the fifth age.
> -
> "Believe in Angels." -- The Crow

did they ? - Harlequin and company are a special case, i haven't seen
anything from FASA to suggest that most (by this i mean mortal, as in
not got the immunity to aging power (yes Harliquin has got that,
according to FASA)) Metahumans didn't revert to human at the end of
the fourth age
of course though Dragons are probably in the 'immortal' (baring
accidents with guns/magic or inconveniently positioned planets)
category.

another fact is that Ehran's lab (see the first Harlequin adventure)
remains hidden from everyone even now (except possibly his peers) and
i get the impression he has had it hidden where it is a long time
before 2011, i.e. some magic done at high mana levels seems to
continue working even at the bottom of the mana cycle, it is just a
power variation not an on/off switch after all.

Mark