do the Hierogrammates care about the megatherians?

Dan'l Danehy-Oakes · 20 May 2011, 20:40 · from 2011-May.txt.gz

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From: danldo at gmail.com (Dan'l Danehy-Oakes)
Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 13:40:17 -0700
Subject: (urth) do the Hierogrammates *care* about the megatherians?
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Jerry Friedman wrote:

> My favorite speculation--I forget who came up with it--is that the seventeen
> megatherians are the seventeen beastly people who founded the government of
> Ascia.? The "Group of Seventeen" would refer to them or to the?"present" group
> that rules Ascia, maybe having the same number by tradition.? As the Ascians are
> the "slaves of Abaia" (if I remember correctly), maybe they took or were given
> the?name "megatherians" because Abaia is a "great beast".

Interesting. My favorite speculation is a bit different -- the Group
of Seventeen
rules the Ascians on behalf of the Megatherians, and one is "possessed" by
each of them.

-- 
Dan'l Danehy-Oakes

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