The Dragon-Jhereg half-breed is atypical since there is no genetic "Jhereg". A Jhereg can be a genetic Dragon--how would a Dragon geneticist figure that out? On Friday, June 20, 2003, at 09:57 AM, Casey Rousseau wrote: > Jag wrote: > [snip] >> be, or maybe the social structure was to new and delicate then to try >> to >> figure out where to fit in such people. Either way, I'm sure that the > [snip] > > Consider for a moment a Dragon-Jhereg half-breed during a Phoenix > Reign. Should s/he be accorded the social standing of a Dragon (High) > or a Jhereg (Low). What about if it was during a Vallista reign? > > I wonder how much the "unacceptance of half-breeds" that we see in the > books is a product of where we are in the Cycle (Phoenix reign > throughout). Since the only truly "open" Houses are Jhereg, which is > at the bottom of the wheel, and Teckla, which is descending and has a > _long_ time to wait for their next reign, it may be that half-breeds > are simply being assigned the social status of members of these two > houses. > > Casey >