In a message dated 11/16/2003 8:52:05 PM US Mountain Standard Time, mam at theworld.com writes: Vlad smoking. Well, Gandalf does too, but SKZB hasn't mentioned this particular vice that I recall. But I'm more bothered by its being a cigarette. Aliera doesn't worry about breaking a glass on Morrolan's floor even if she is barefoot, 'cause her feet don't touch the ground. Aliera isn't supposed to be blonde, is she? Or is she? Is there not a reference somewhere to Noish-pa smoking a pipe? I have a very vague memory of his doing so in the shop during a visit from Vlad and Cawti, but I could be thinking of three other people. I thought Aliera had reddish-blonde hair, but again it's a vague memory. tal