On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, Philip Hart wrote: #Doesn't this refer to Tazendra, assuming she survives the end of the #Interregnum etc.? She might well not have been "ready" at the time of #POTD and may still not be by _I_. ISTR discussion on the earlier Brust list (on Yahoo?), suggesting that ... OK, now, in _Teckla_ who's the Teckla whose lord was killed in some sorcerous war and who then learned sorcery from said lord's library? That lord was a Dzur. That lord's own overlord came knocking at the door looking for gya*. The idea discussed was that the Dzurlord was Tazendra and the overlord was Aerich, and IIRC it seemed pretty plausible. *If* that's the case, Tazendra is dead by the time of _Issola_. * "gya" = 'him/her'; see thread about gender in Dragaeran -- Mark A. Mandel http://world.std.com/~mam/Cracks-and-Shards/ a Steven Brust Dragaera fan website