> On Sat, 5 Apr 2003, David Silberstein wrote: > > > I imagine that our resident medical/biological experts could explain > > learnedly about the widow's peak being a recessive or dominant trait, > > Dominant. Of course, nobles are rarely submissive. > > > and the genetic implications behind the fact that it shows up in all > > Dragaerans except Teckla. > > The implication would be that no nobility ended up as Teckla, or nobles > who join House Teckla don't have children, or that a noble's point is a > strong selection disadvantage for Tecklas (which I can well imagine). > I assume that the recessive gene was bred out of nobles long ago because > homozygous recessives get kicked out or perhaps exposed a la Oedipus. > > Note that it's _not_ a simple way for the nobility to kick out Teckla > hybrids. > > > > > > I also started looking for it in portraits of Dragaerans, since that > > was kind of the whole point. The covers of the Paarfian romances > > do in fact show Khaavren & Piro having a clear noble's point, > > > > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0312864787 > > Is this Piro? He looks too wry and doesn't look young enough; and his > clothes seem a bit simple for a Viscount and the colors are wrong. I > thought this might be intended to be Morrolan, which would make the > altar-like object more probable. > Doesn't look anything like him, cloths are wrong, demenor is wrong, color is wrong, background is incorrect -- Must be a book cover. W "Women. Can't live with 'em, pass the beer nuts." ---Norm, "Cheers"