Thomas Yan said:
> frankNfi wrote:
>>
>> I get the impression that inheritance is gender neutral, but because
>> Dragerians are so infertile I cannot prove it. Every female
>> character I can think of with a title has no male siblings mentioned
>> or is explicitly an only child.
>
> Tangent: What siblings have we seen, period? Savn has a sister in
> _Athyra_, but no other examples, Easterner or Dragaeran, leaps
> immediately to my mind.
>
> - tky
Excellent point! It gives me a thought:
Vlad's grandfather has, on occasion, referred to Dragaerans
as "elves" or "pixies", if I remember correctly. In much of
fantasy lore, races with longer lifespans, such as elves,
pixies, dwarves, etc, tend to have much lower birth rates.
If you think about it, it would only make sense- if they
don't die as quickly, high birth rates would quickly lead to
overcrowding and poor conditions. I haven't yet seen any spot
in the books where Dragaerans live in squalor- even Teckla.
It's only the short-lived Easterners who live like that.
Methinks this is just another way that SB has put excellent
thought into the society and balance of Dragaera at large,
without having to hit us over the head with it. :)
-Rick