On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 yaga at berkano.pair.com wrote: >> On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 yaga at berkano.pair.com wrote: >> >(that tossed in for the Sethra-is-a-vishivit faction) >> Sethra is a *what*? > >Sorry. Didn't realize the term was so obscure. "Vishivit" is used >for same-species mixed-breeding in multi-species fantasy worlds. You mean like, say, Dragonlance? Or is it Dragonquest? Never touch the stuff. > ie, half-human half-elf is a "half-elf," while half-sindar, >half-avari would be a "vishivit." Ah. One wonders what Tolkien might have thought.