On Wed, 4 Sep 2002, magical truthsaying bastard roney! wrote: > Penney, Sean writes: > Has Steve ever hinted at what species' those pre-Kieron houses that didn't > survive to become one of the 17 were based on? > > I haven't seen it, but i would imagine they'd be based on other > animals, such as kethna, darr, and norska. Heck, there might have > even been an original Jhereg tribe. Well, Aliera says there isn't. Vlad: I'm surprised they bothered with an animal like the jhereg. Aliera: They didn't. They managed to put human level intelligence in a brain the size of a rednut, but [she explains where the Jhereg came from]. It's in _Jhereg_, right before Aliera tells Vlad about his past life. Of course, Aliera could be wrong... -Dennis