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>Yes, Earthdawn is indeed ancient Shadowrun, not unlike how Exalted is
>(usually) ancient World of Darkness. I know next to nothing about
>Earthdawn, but that is an awesome, if terrifying, ending.

Well....sort of. If you know anything of the SR lore, you'll know that it takes place in the Sixth World. Time runs in cycles, based on the background level of mana, with each up or down being a "world". ShadowRun, the Sixth World, began in 2011, when the level of ambient mana reached a high enough level for magic to trigger the Awakening.

The time before 2011 was the Fifth World, and it happened when the level of mana dipped low enough that magic became IMPOSSIBLE, as well as preventing birth of species other than pure-strain humans. Incidentally, that one began in 3113 BC.

The world before THAT one, again, was obviously the Fourth. That one had magic, species like trolls and orks and others not(yet) seen in ShadowRun. That's the world of Earthdawn.

Incidentally, one of the "Not (yet) seen" species of Earthdawn? Is the T'skrang. Also seen in UF in the form of Lisa's friend and shipmate Sky, or
T'skaia Vorkoshiga'ar Ixtixtaaqitl't'chl'Vraihelt Ishkarat if you want to be fully formal. Who comes from "Barsaive", which is the name of the area where Earthdawn takes place.

>As for Shadowrun? I still have my ratty Shadowrun Returns kickstarter
>backer T-shirt, to give you all an idea. And yet I somehow never
>finished Dragonfall, and never played Hong Kong. Gods I need to go
>back and play those.

Do! They're amazing games, they are. Of course, made by the guy who MADE ShadowRun, they would be.

(For those that didn't know, HBS was founded by Jordan Weisman, who started FASA and, well, made ShadowRun and other games)

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