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Message no. 1
From: K in the Shadows <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: Cycles of Magic (AGAIN) (Re: Elves and Humans)
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 20:24:41 EDT
In a message dated 9/21/1998 10:33:25 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
nexx@********.NET writes:

> >
> > Ah, the lives of the Immortal Elves, my favourite pet-peeve.
> > They cannot be like us or else they would be completely insane by
> > now, or had committed suicide a lot time ago. These buggers are
> > roughly around 40,000 + years old, if I remember the timespan of an
> > age correctly. No one can even guess what it is to be that old, but
> > this is what I think:
>
> It's a near-perfect deconstruction, Martin, but they're not 40,000. An
> age is 2500 years, with the peak (or valley) coming at 1250.

(sounds of K's headbanging on the wall and sighs of massive exasperation...)

Folks, does ANYONE have that article/story of Ehran speaking to his lackeys in
the YET (Young Elven Technologists)??? That articule explains a really good
way of the perceiving the cycles of mana. I suggest everyone read it ... it
would be a good idea...

-K
Message no. 2
From: Tony Glinka <porthos@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Cycles of Magic (AGAIN) (Re: Elves and Humans)
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 17:39:12 -0700
K in the Shadows wrote:
> Folks, does ANYONE have that article/story of Ehran speaking to his lackeys in
> the YET (Young Elven Technologists)??? That articule explains a really good
> way of the perceiving the cycles of mana. I suggest everyone read it ... it
> would be a good idea...

I've got a copy. Rather than flood the list with it again (it's sort of
long), email me privately if anyone wants a copy.

Tony
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Message no. 3
From: Michael vanHulst <Schizi@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Cycles of Magic (AGAIN) (Re: Elves and Humans)
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 21:38:01 EDT
In a message dated 9/21/98 5:29:31 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Ereskanti@***.COM
writes:

> Folks, does ANYONE have that article/story of Ehran speaking to his lackeys
> in
> the YET (Young Elven Technologists)??? That articule explains a really
good
> way of the perceiving the cycles of mana. I suggest everyone read it ...
it
> would be a good idea...
isn't it on the archive, oh hee hee, sorry :-)
Message no. 4
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Cycles of Magic (AGAIN) (Re: Elves and Humans)
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 12:31:41 +0200
According to Tony Glinka, at 17:39 on 21 Sep 98, the word on the street was...

> K in the Shadows wrote:
> > Folks, does ANYONE have that article/story of Ehran speaking to his lackeys in
> > the YET (Young Elven Technologists)??? That articule explains a really good
> > way of the perceiving the cycles of mana. I suggest everyone read it ... it
> > would be a good idea...
>
> I've got a copy. Rather than flood the list with it again (it's sort of
> long), email me privately if anyone wants a copy.

I'd like to point out that there are a number of versions of this story
(at least two), but the essence of the thing is the length of a world,
which AFAIK is the same in both versions I've seen. Namely, approximately
5125 years (the Fifth world is 12-8-3113BC to 24-12-2011, and the Sixth
World is 24-12-2011 to 4-4-7137). This info is straight from an original
copy of a "Shadowrun 1990 Update" flyer by FASA.

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