My own tuppence - well, two sheets... Jade's immortal and (barring accidents and/or failing her Thaum team) active for as long as there is evil in the world. Mhairie is likewise immortal - though she's _trying_ to keep a low profile, I'm not sure how successful this is likely to be.
The other thing I'm curious about is what society's likely to evolve into. I don't expect it to all go gritty and post-apocalyptic (...if you'll forgive the phrase) because the Wyrm likes to corrupt, and you can't corrupt people unless they've got something to aim for and something to envy. I expect a far greater divide between rich and poor; and for there to be troubles between nations, and factionalism and fracturing political allegiances, but no one's going to drop the bomb.
Likewise, regardless of motivation, science marches on. Look at how far advanced we are now compared to 1010 CE - even assuming that we're not likely to be working at the peak possible invention-rate, there's still going to be a lot of development. Where is this likely to go? Communications aren't as valuable to the Wyrm - weaponry and luxuries are...
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Date: 2010-01-27 06:30 pm (UTC)The other thing I'm curious about is what society's likely to evolve into. I don't expect it to all go gritty and post-apocalyptic (...if you'll forgive the phrase) because the Wyrm likes to corrupt, and you can't corrupt people unless they've got something to aim for and something to envy. I expect a far greater divide between rich and poor; and for there to be troubles between nations, and factionalism and fracturing political allegiances, but no one's going to drop the bomb.
Likewise, regardless of motivation, science marches on. Look at how far advanced we are now compared to 1010 CE - even assuming that we're not likely to be working at the peak possible invention-rate, there's still going to be a lot of development. Where is this likely to go? Communications aren't as valuable to the Wyrm - weaponry and luxuries are...