From:	Mongoose m0ng005e@*********.com
Subject:	Breeder definition
Date:	Thu, 18 Feb 1999 16:06:09 -0600

:As I said (or at least implied) before: There's *no* way that there are
as
:many elves and dwarves in the world as there are without *some* of them
:transforming as the mana threshold crested in the 2011-2017 timeframe.

How so? They form maybe 10% of world population, and started being
born in 2010 or so.

:There aren't *that* many IEs running about, nor can you convince me that
:there were that many spike babies. There are too many old elves running
:around for all (or any, for that matter) of them to have been born since
:2011.

To many old elves? Care to name some? I don't see how FASA has ever
implied that a signifigant number of elves were born before the awakening.
Note that "early birth" (but post awakening) elves would now be pushing
50. They would have been part of a really tiny (but growing) minority
most of thier early lives, but now they have a lot of younger (20-45 year
old) elves behind them.

Admitedly, the founding of the Tir nations in the mid 2030's does seem
a little pre-mature. A nation where the vast majority of the populace is
under 25 years old? Sounds rather unlikely... but fun!

Mongoose