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From: Nexx nexx@********.net
Subject: Sperithiel
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 18:57:27 -0500
----- Original Message -----
From: "Florian Schaetz (Irian)" <iryan@********.de>

> It could be an explanation... But all other Informations in his Books,
> all things about elves, orcs and humans are so different from
> earthdawn - and it would have been no risk to write the truth, because
> no human would know it. I think, an IE would have used his knowledge to
> write something, that decribes the old earthdawn-times...

Sure, no human would know it when he wrote it... but immortal elves think
long-term. He certainly knew that he was less than a century away from the
return of magic, and the likely return of dwarves, orcs, etc. Thus, he
opted to lie about most of it, and just used the language to make things
easier on him.

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