On Sun, 17 Aug 2003, Jon Carey wrote: #Easterners cannot join the Guard. Easterners and Dragaerans have a genetic #link, but whether that link is remote enough to cause sufficient special #(that's spee-see-el) differentiation, and therefore prevent cross-breeding #is unknown. Perhaps they may be able to cross-breed, but cannot produce #viable offspring, like Horses and Mules can produce Donkeys, which are #congenitally sterile. Bio correction: Horses and donkeys are natural species. When they crossbreed, the offspring is a mule, and is sterile. -- Mark A. Mandel