Elaine Hicks asked L.E. Modesitt Jr.:

I read somewhere that you said you like to write your worlds and societies with an understanding of how things came to be that way throughout history, not just as a point-in-time, this is how things are, way. I was curious if you plan to provide a glimpse into how the alectors in Corean Chronicles reached their peak? Because all we ever see is their society/race declining and declining with each world-leap.

L.E. Modesitt Jr. When I wrote LEGACIES, I began thinking about how that society came to be, and, of course, when I finished SCEPTERS, I wrote the next trilogy about how the fall of the Alectors led to the rise of the Cadmian culture and the nightsheep herders, followed by two books in the middle.

Your question brings up the question of how far back an author can or should go. In the case of the Corian Chronicles, I could certainly go farther back, but I really don't want to, because far too many of the Alectors are bastards, and that's putting in kindly. I don't like featuring those kinds of people. So it's highly unlikely that I'll revisit the back history there.

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