On Wednesday, March 12, 2003, at 12:23 AM, David Silberstein wrote: > On Tue, 11 Mar 2003, Frank Mayhar wrote: > >> Chris Turkel wrote: >>> I have read on various web sites that Dragaera was settled by >>> Terrans...what evidence in the book is there? Did I miss it? >> >> Issola. During Sethra's long-winded explanation requested by Vlad, >> to his >> great regret. :-) She says as much, explicitly. >> > > She doesn't say exactly that. What she says is that Easterners - what > *we* call humans - arrived first (except for the Serioli, who are > native) and were modified by the Jenoine into Dragaerans. She doesn't > say explicitly "terrans", of course. > > This also jibes with the Serioli calling Vlad "of the Old People" or > "People from the small invisible lights". I should modify my original question . I have read Issola but even before it was published there was such speculation. Are there references in earlier books?