Dragaera

Sethra's House, the Necromancer

David Dyer-Bennet dd-b at dd-b.net
Wed Oct 29 08:44:44 PST 2003

Philip Hart <philiph at SLAC.Stanford.EDU> writes:

> On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 wyrmouroboros at comcast.net wrote:
> 
> > ... I, who had some importance in the tribe [of Dragons]...
> 
> > --Sethra Lavode, _Issola_, p. 41 (Hardcover).
> 
> > It would appear, at least at the time of the Empire's founding, that
> > Sethra Lavode is or was considered a Dragon.  What that means to the
> > current estimation of her House is up to the PTI (Power That Is, i.e.
> > Steve).
> 
> I disagree - she's still important to House Dragon, but that doesn't make
> her a Dragon.  She's sui generis - maybe she's a Dragon and a Dzur, maybe
> whatever - which _is_ up to SKZB.

She does say "...important in the tribe".  That's not quite IMHO a
claim that she's a dragon, but it's closer than "important to",
anyway.
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