> I just thought I'd mention that if you like this sort of thing, you > might very well enjoy "Master and Commander". Speaking as a 21st-C. > landlubber, I think this film went to great lengths to provide an > excellent & reasonably realistic reproduction of a 19th-C. naval > campaign. > > I also found myself trying assign Dragaeran Houses to the characters. > Captain Aubry's tenacity, ferocity & suprising cleverness do seem to > be definitely Orca-ish. Dr. Maturin is very much like a Hawk. > Good to hear they did a good job. I'm going to be seeing the movie in the next week sometime, I hope. I'd always figured Jack as a Dragon, actually, though certainly you're right--Stephen is a textbook Hawk.