From: | Nexx <nexx@********.NET> |
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Subject: | The Age of Earth |
Date: | Sat, 18 Apr 1998 00:30:30 -0500 |
years long (5000 up, 5000 down), by the Sixth world, the Earth is only
30,000 years old, which is far longer than the 6000 preached by the God
Squad, and far, far shorter than the 3 billion preached by the Scientists.
it is, in fact, shorter than the tenure of mankind on this planet, which
is currently reckoned at nearly 1 million years (for man-like bipeds).
Now, we all know that I wouldn't say something like this without a theory
or two. I think that the Second World was named retroactively, after the
coming of the Enemy. The mana cycle rose and fell during those earlier
times now dubbed "the First World" (a much longer time period than any
subsequent world), but no Horrors had found Earth, and as such, the
changes in the mana cycle were felt less acutely, perhaps being seen as
punishment from some now-forgotten gods, and the disappearance of the
other races (which could have theoretically been huge in number) as either
the withdrawal of the god's special children, or as the removal of demons
from the world.
Does anyone else have any theories?
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Rev. Mark Hall, Bardagh
aka Pope Nexx Many-Scars, PML FAQ Cop
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Three things that hide ugliness: good manners in the ill-favoured,
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forgetfullness. .
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