On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, David Silberstein wrote: #Well, we do have a booksearch now. It was a bit tricky to find the #combination of words to get what I think you are remembering, but #it would appear to be in /Yendi/, chapter 8: # # Morrolan: "Have you met Vlad's assistant, Kragar? He's as much of a # Dragon --" # # Aliera (interrupting Morrolan): "That snake? He was thrown out of # the House, as you well know." [...] #Aliera's use of the word "snake" is interesting. It might apply to #either Skinter (as a rebel), or a Dragon-Yendi (or Dragon-Jhereg, #jhereg are also reptiles) half-breed. Somewhere I know we've seen the word "yendi" used as a epithet, for someone who was not a Yendi. "The yendi ..." [did something or other]. And a yendi is a kind of snake, is it not? -- Mark A. Mandel http://cracksandshards.com a Steven Brust Dragaera fan website