At 08:59 PM 5/13/97 +0100, you wrote:

At 10:34 AM 5/13/97 -0400, you wrote:

	First:
	The first moon kingdom - when did it collapse?  How much is known 
about the Earth kingdom that Endymion came from?

Quite a bit.... He was the Prince, and he had four generals (Kunzite,

Neflite,

Jadeite, and Zoicite). Queen Beryl took over and started to turn everyone
against Prince Endymion by using the power of Metallia (who was born from a
sunspot on the Sun). Beryl was from Earth too.

Is this all that's known about Earth? Does the manga or the anime show
anything else about it, such as the rest of the Earth Kingdom family (He's
*prince* Endymion, right?) Or the politics of Earth's interaction with the
Moon? Someone else mentioned that Beryl might have been a spurned fiancee
of Endymion's. Is this true, or just speculation?

	And if I remember - the assault on the moon kingdom was from 
Earth, backed up by various demonic forces - or am I wrong?  Any word of 
what happened to the other planetary kingdoms?

Yes, it was an assualt on the moon, and the other planets (inner) were 
ravaged too. The outer senshi were supposed  to only defend the solar
system from invaders from OUTSIDE the solar system, and they were also
forbidden to talk to each other or the other senshi and had to stay on
their planetary castles. (I can get the names of the castles if you need
them)

Quick first question. If the outer senshi never talked to each other, how
did Haruka and Michiru get to be lovers? (I'm assuming that's a
relationship that predates the current timeline.)

Actually, hom much of the first moon kingdom was ever shown in the manga or
the anime? Was anything ever really defined, or was it left kind of
nebulous? And what differences are there between the manga and the anime in
this respect?

I've got an idea for a 'fic, but I'd really like to know how much was
defined and how much was left to the fan to fill in in terms of the general
environment of the first moon kingdom, like how the senshi interacted with
each other and the general culture of the time.

Darren T.
darrent@mail.utexas.edu