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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I agree that the humans seem underpowered in some
ways compared to the others. The Aelf have more magic than the humans, and
the Dragons have more magic than the Aelf. But the Overcyn have more
magic than the humans too! </FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial>(Wnen I say
humans, I mean all on Mythgartr - the Angrborn and the Osterlanders do not have
much magic power either.)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>But maybe Mythgartr has something special. I know
every world is supposed to be smaller than the world above... but I don't feel
that about Mythgartr. Maybe it's because the characters are human - but it
feels like the largest world in some way.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Whatever the humans have, it ain't magic. But
they have something. They are not at the bottom... in some way they are
central. And there's another world too, full of humans, this so
called 'America'.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>- Gerry Quinn</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=jerry_friedman@yahoo.com href="mailto:jerry_friedman@yahoo.com">Jerry
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">It's certainly a key scene, and beautifully
done, but I get the feeling other scenes show humanity at the bottom. I
can't imagine that humans could impress the Overcyns and trick them into
worshiping us the way the Aelf have done to some humans, or even pester
Overcyns the way Uri and Baki pester Able. Or that any human could
transform an Overcyn the way Disiri transforms Able. Both the Aelf and the
Overcyns have supernatural powers, but humans don't seem to have any powers
that the Aelf don't have (except summoning them). Both the Overcyns and
the Aelf have special leaders, such as the Valfather or Disiri, but humanity
doesn't--who is the model for Aelf fathers or kings? Able presumably has
his priorities as straight as anyone, and his feelings toward the Valfather
are very different from his feelings toward Arnthor, but he treats them the
same way: respect, obedience, and a little civil disobedience.<BR><A
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