"Davis, Iain E." wrote: > > Sigh. I intended to send this to the list. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Davis, Iain E. > Sent: Monday, 2002 December 30 9:03 > To: 'J.Jasper' > Subject: RE: The Jhereg > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: J.Jasper [mailto:jsjasper at attbi.com] > > > Or, perhaps the Dragaeran prejudice about having mixed Houses > > does not apply to children of Gods. After all, the problem > > seems to be with mixing Houses, and Gods exist outside of the > > great Houses, so mixing with a God is OK because the > > bloodline is not "contaminated" by another House. It might > > have to do with every house but the Jhereg having animal > > genes mixed in by the Jenoine. Which would mean that Gods > > who are "just" ascended Dragaerans (Morrolan mentions some > > Gods are just that in _Phoenix_) would have to breed with > > Dragaerans from inside their House, but Verra, being a prior > > servant of the Jenoine, is exempt because she has "pure" > > Dragaeran genes. > > Except that Verra is not Dragaeran or "Easterner". She's not human, in both senses of the word (at least that was my impression). > IIRC, she is a servant of the Jenoine who rebelled. No mention I can remember was made about what race she came from.