At 11:27 AM 6/20/2003 +0000, Iván Rebollo wrote: >... if there are just three open houses who accept to include members not >born there (Jhereg by selling titles, Dzur fighting seventeen heros and >Teckla becaming a servant), a half-breed will only be able to have a link >to the orb and thus use sorcery through entering in one of the former three. This got me thinking, how does one actually get a "link to the Orb?" After an Easterner buys a title in the Jhereg, is there a ceremony that connects him and does that pass on to his family? This gets even more confusing in the Teckla scenario where all one has to do to be a Teckla is be a peasant. So if a Dragerean peasant from Greenaere or Elde moves to Adrilankha, do they automatically get a link to the Orb, or do they have to be formally recognized as a member of House Teckla first? Charley Sumner charles_sumner at harvard.edu An open mind is one thing, letting geese run around in there is completely different.