Hullo.
My first post. Forgive me if this has been covered, but I could not find mention of it in the archives.
Without further ado, I propose:
Grita (Orlaan) is the child of Greycat (Garland) and Sennya (Duchess of Blackbirdriver) and therefore Ibronka's half-sister
Proof: (such as it is)
- Grita is described in FYHA as a Dzur/Tsalmoth (pg 66)
- Garland is Grita's father (various, but first at the end of FYA)
- Garland is a Tsalmoth (TPG, 235 "He had..the sinewy legs and arms of the Tsalmoth")
- Garland claims to Dunaan as holding sway over Sennya via scandal (FHYA, 393)
- Grita and Garland then discuss this on pgs 395-396 (cues mine)
GRI:"There are times when I am ashamed to know you"
Gar:"How, you refer to my plan to appease the Jhereg?"
GRI:"No."
Gar:"Then you refer--"
GRI:"Yes."
Gar:"I had not known you cared."
GRI:"I do not."
Gar:"Well, then?"
GRI:"Nevertheless, that you would use--"
Gar:"I have not asked for your opinion"
- Ibronka's mother vhemently (though secondhandly reported) opposes Ibronka's coupling outside her house (LoCB, pg...shoot, near
the end) which, while a typical response at the time, is, nonetheless, apropos.
Which will most like be a plot point in SL when the inevitable showdown between Piro et al and Grita occurs. I have formed this
theory whilst re-reading FYA after reading TPotD and LoCB, and am still looking for corroboration (or conflicting) evidence in
those latter books.
Thoughts?
Peter / Yaga