mr. hart. i've decided to nominate you for devious bastard of the year, slightly ahead of my ex girlfriend......;) andy > Dear SKZB: > > Just so you know, We're going to have to insist that after finishing the > 19 books of the Vladiad you start in on the next set of books, about 136 > of them, about simple hybrids - We suggest starting with Jhereg/Phoenix. > Then you can start on the next 680 books starting with Jhereg/Phoenix/Teckla. > > Looking forward to reading Iorich/Jhegaala/Dzur/Tiassa. > > Yours, > The Cycles > > > > > On Thu, 30 Oct 2003, Bear wrote: > > > Might this not have something to do with the info that would have > > embarrassed the Dzur? That Mellar had bred with a high-profile Dzur > > daughter??? An interesting multi-breed there just waiting for a plot... > > > > bear > > > > >annnnd this is a magical world. it is entirely possible that if you are in > > >the dzur house while not being a dzur, and then breed with a dzur, that the > > >genes of the house become dominant and wipe out the halfbreed.. only the > > >stev... err only the shadow knows.. > > > > andy > > > > > > > > > I did get the idea that the fact that he was a half-breed and a Jhereg > > > was at least slightly embarassing to the Dzur--at least the fact that > > > someone of that background could get into the house, and would then > > > throw it away, seemed likely to embarass the dickens out of them. At > > > least, that's how I read that part of Mellar's scheme in _Jhereg._ > > > > > > I suspect that on the whole, though, someone who earns his way into the > > > house and comports himself with the dignity (or perhaps the bravura) > > > expected of a Dzur would be fully, or at least sufficiently, accepted by > > > them that he could marry one of their daughters and attend their social > > > functions. After all, why let someone earn his way in and then treat > > > him as if he didn't? Surely that would be beneath the House of > > > Heroes--if nothing else, they can't admit that someone who beat them > > > isn't worthy of being treated as an equal; if their inferiors can beat > > > them, they're in the same fix, more or less, that the Jhereg are if > > > peoplpe know someone can lift the Council treasury and escape. > > > > > > At least, that is how I see it. I could be wrong. It's a big and > > > complex world, and I sometimes feel as simple as an Easterner. > > > > > > bonham15 wrote: > > > > > > >