From:	Twist0059@***.com Twist0059@***.com
Subject:	Earthdawn <-> Shadowrun
Date:	Mon, 26 Jul 1999 08:05:12 EDT

In a message dated 7/26/99 6:42:49 AM Eastern Daylight Time, dv8@********.nl
writes:

> Hail Runners,...
>
> Okay, some of you have been talking about Earthdawn and Horrors and Invae
or
> something. My question is, how does this tie in with Shadowrun? The only
> thing I could conclude from the posts about earthdawn was that Invae are
the
> same as Insect spirits and that Horrors are like Uber-Insect Spirits. I
> dunno,....HELP!
>
> Dennis


Earthdawn was the Fourth World, current is the Fifth, Shadowrun is the Sixth.
Earthdawn was effectively a prequel to Shadowrun. It is the rumored magical
past of Shadowrun, often discussed by dragons and IEs and hinted at again and
again. The insect spirits were not a central part of ED, they appeared
before the Scourge occured and thus hundreds of years before the ED timeline.
Harlequin calls them the Invae in HB, which I assume is their ED name. The
Horrors are not insect spirits, they are extra-dimensional demons from
metaplanes so far removed it takes thousands of years for the magic level to
rise high enough for them to cross over.





-Twist