Speculating about the Archaic Elevated Caste...

[Voronwe]

Good stuff! But...

1. The note found in the toolshed in Overture, which has two types of dating - one is the usual 2001 AD, but the other states 9000-something... This would mean, that the Archaic have been around since the end of the last ice age (?!)

Just because someone is following a 9000-year old calendar, does not necessarily mean they are 9000 years old.