Nytemuse wrote: > Since discussion seems to be tapering off a tad... > I was explaining the dragaeran universe to my primary the other night, and > he asked a question I wasn't sure I could answer. He wanted to know if > being a member of the current ruling House carried any special > perks/privileges/prestige? I.E., if a Jhereg rule comes around in Vlad's > lifetime, and he wasn't an outcast on the run from his House, would he get > any prestige merely by association (either from other Jhereg, or other > Dragaerans)? Well, we know from the books that fate tends to favor houses that are closer to the top of the cycle than those further down. I'd say that's a perk!! Other than that, I can't recall any special privileges granted to houses who are currently ruling. Except maybe the Guards... Anything I'm missing? (heh.) Chris "Life is the nightmare that leaves its mark upon you in order to prove that it is, in fact, real." -Thomas Ligotti- 'The Sect of the Idiot'