From: | Jak Koke jak@****.org |
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Subject: | drakes, Ryan Mercury and dhs |
Date: | Tue, 15 Feb 2000 09:51:19 -1000 |
Just a quick note to explain about Ryan. I'm not sure if spoilers are
necessary but I'll include them anyway.
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When I wrote the trilogy, the Earthdawn sourcebook Dragons had not been
written. It was about a year away actually. Some of you may find it hard
to believe, but FASA hadn't fleshed out the exact nature of drakes in their
universe(s) from the very beginning. FASA does an excellent job of
crafting a fairly consistent universe while working with a number of
different writers who all have their own ideas and opinions as to what
should be included and how.
Nevermind the fact that Earthdawn and Shadowrun are separate games and that
the rules and concepts from Dragons do not necessarily apply to Shadowrun.
When I wrote the dragon heart series, I was working with Mike Mulvihill and
we were under the assumption that (perhaps) drakes were simply magical
creatures which required a higher mana level to exist, that Dunkelzahn had
recognized Ryan's inherent nature and had thus nurtured and trained him. I
realize that this is contradictory to what is in the Dragon's sourcebook,
but as I mentioned before, Dragons hadn't been written yet and I wrote my
books based on what was known at the time. The fact that the authors of
Dragons apparently contradicted me at least fo r the Earthdawn universe,
is unfortunate.
What I can attempt to offer as a possible explanation is this:
perhaps it is possible that a single drake (created at the very end of the
last cycle), might survive in hibernation along with a dragon. The dragon
would understand that if this were possible, emerging from hibernation with
the immediate access to a servant would put him at a great advantage over
his fellow dragons.
That drake would undoubtedly emerge with no memory of the previous age and
would have been placed in hibernation in the form of a metahuman so as to
more easily blend in with others. The dragon may allow this servant to
explore the world for a while, perhaps magically altering his memories to
make him believe he had grown up in a family, etc... all the while keeping
tabs on him, protecting him and training him for his role as servant once
the magic level rose high enough.
YMMV on all this.
Best,
--Jak
Jak Koke
http://www.koke.org/jak/
http://www.koke.org/bookworks/