Following up on myself...
On Wed, 26 Mar 2003, David Silberstein wrote:
>On Wed, 26 Mar 2003, Philip Hart wrote:
>
>>I reread Chapter 3 of _The Phoenix Guards_ last night and noticed a few
>>things.
>>
>>Secondly, there is a reference to "the Jhegaala army", in which
>>Captain Gaeraeth fought. I wonder if this means an army of Jhegaala
>>or an army of Dragonlords under the Jhegaala emperor.
>
>I am not sure we can be certain that the Houses are ever completely
>uniform.
Erm. I meant "Imperial armies" rather than "Houses".
> Paarfi will sometimes tell us (for example, I think when telling us
>of Sethra Lavode in FHYA, he mentions an army composed of Lyorn and
>Tiassa (I think)
I have now re-read that section, and it doesn't mention the
composition of her army at that point (although it does say that the
rebellious forces are comprised of Dragons, Orca & Teckla). However,
I note that it is the 13th Cycle Lyorn reign, and the stunt she pulls
with the Warlord's Headdress ("... if you care about my honor and /the
traditions of the Empire/ ..." (emphasis mine, of course)) seems most
likely to motivate Lyorn warriors, and I think we can properly assume
that Lyorn made up a significant proportion of her army.
There may be some other place in the books that mentions the Houses of
the army explicitly.