On 30 Dec 2002, Jag wrote:
#As I recall, the Jhereg were basically the outcasts and thieves of the
#main tribes. However, I would not be surprised if some of the tribes
#that didn't make it into the Cycle still have descendants among the
#Jhereg. If you're in a society that's strongly based on what tribe
#you're in and all but a handfull of your tribe dies out and that
#handfull is rejected by everyone else, it would make sense that they
#would start thieving and whatnot on the tribes that pushed them away
#just so they could keep living.
I like this idea.
#But at the same time, I believe the Jhereg are also made up of members
#of the noble houses of the Cycle, probablly bits of every single House.
Which I think is what Aliera said (but I'm not sure w/o exact textev). I
don't *think* we had any indication, that early in the series, that
there ever had been Dragaerans (in racial terms, not Empire terms) with
bloodlines outside the seventeen Houses.
I'm not counting the islanders in this because they could easily be
fitted in as crossbreeds, whose ancestors had
- either left the Empire after its formation
- or left the mainland before the Empire was created,
and who had interbred
- without regard for the House-purity rules of a society and Empire
they weren't part of
- and under the pressure of an initially small population, with
correspondingly limited choices of potential mates.
("Hey, Boss?"
"Yeah, Loiosh?"
"Don't you think that indicates something?"
"Mmm, what and what?"
"I mean, don't you think that
- your perceived need to indent and bullet your prose to
two levels so your audience can tell what the h*ll
you mean
suggests that
- your writing is getting out of hand
and
- you should be writing more and shorter sentences?"
"Shut up, Loiosh.")
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