Storm had wanted to build a hidden power base for her people, the Wardens, in what was to become the Bronze Age. If any future technology was in use in that period, then it was not detected by their enemies, the Rangers, and therefore was not detectable by the Wardens either. Therefore, she had at least the possibility of success.
Lynx keeps the Bronze Age free from both Warden and Ranger influence. When the Wardens learn that Storm has been killed not by their own enemies but in a local skirmish, then those who had been her rivals among the Warden Koriachs will stand by their original preference not to meddle in this period which is little known and seen by them as best avoided.
Both sides in the time war have lost a powerful leader - Storm for the Wardens and Brann for the Rangers. This might signal the beginning of the end of the conflict in their future era. But, if not this, then it is already known that something else will end the conflict which is succeeded by a peaceful future.
8 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
How ever the civilization of the Time Wardens arose, in succession to the Rangers and Wardens, I doubt it happened peacefully.
Ad astra! Sean
Sean: agreed. It probably involved a political unification of the planet; and as Max Weber so succinctly put it, violence is always the -ultimately- decisive means of political action.
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
Absolutely! That monster, Mao, put it even more succinctly: "Power grows from the barrel of a gun."
Ad astra! Sean
Mao should have added that the man -carrying- the gun is crucial...
And can turn his gun against his ruler.
Kaor, Mr. Stirling and Paul!
Mr. Stirling: I agree, it matters who wields that gun.
Paul: Except we can have no guarantee whether the man with the gun will be either a tyrant or a tolerably decent ruler like Octavian Augustus.
Ad astra! Sean
Sean,
We need democratic control and accountability.
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
It's nice to have dreams, as long as you keep in mind not all of them will come true. And some should never come true.
Ad astra! Sean
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