(urth) Mystery of Ascia

[Dan'l Danehy-Oakes]

Son of Witz wrote:

>> I would disagree that the name implies dwelling in darkness. Being shadowless at the equator implies
>> one is in such direct, overhead sunlight that no shadow is formed.

> It's "Magical" reasoning, like blinding the Cock that Crows the sun.
> So, No Shadow = No Light.

I agree; the Ascians are the "people who live in darkness" despite
living in the brightest sunlight of the Old Sun, which is the sun of
darkness.

(I wonder whether there are any surviving Ascians in Ushas -- we are
only shown a very small bit of the new world, after all.)

-- 
Dan'l Danehy-Oakes