(urth) Typhon & the Whorl (was Prior Race On Blue And Green)

[thalassocrat at nym.hush.com]

On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:51:47 +1100 Dan <autarch at vippn.com> wrote:
>
>Three things: the fact that his mountain monument depicts Typhon 
>with one 
>head ("home" and his seat of power built during his prime) while 
>two headed 
>Pas depicts Typhon as he appears after the life extension 
>transplant. I'd 
>say most rulers are only concerned with their legacy toward the 
>end of 
>their reign. Wanting to extend his life shows that's exactly where 

>Typhon 
>was at. If the Whorl was built or started at the height of his 
>power, I'm 
>sure he would have scanned himself and downloaded into Mainframe 
>immediately in case he was assassinated which would subvert the 
>whole point 
>of the project. 

One thing which points the other way: chem soldiers were stockpiled 
"for maybe 20 years" before being loaded onto the Whorl, according 
to Hammerstone.