On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, Matthew Hunter wrote: #Remember, we have basically three classes in Dragaera: # #1) Criminals (Jhereg) #2) Peasants (Teckla, Easterners) #3) Nobility No, there are plenty of bourgeois, too: merchants and artisans, like the Chreotha shoemaker, and Orca bankers and sailors. Dzur and Dragons (& Phoenix of course) are often functionally noble, but the other houses (iirc w/o checking my notes and page because my wife is yelling SUPPER!), apart from the Teckla, are noble in theory but economically mostly middle-class. See http://world.std.com/~mam/Cracks-and-Shards/characteristics.html -- Mark A. Mandel http://world.std.com/~mam/Cracks-and-Shards/ a Steven Brust Dragaera fan website