Chris Olson - SunPS wrote: >If I'm recalling correctly, Drien was either a female-turned- >male, or a male-turned-female. > >Did the name come from Charles d'Eon de Beaumont? (I recently >read of d'Eon (changed from Deon), in "By the Sword", and >the similarity was remarkable. I had to ask.:) > >For those interested: d'Eon lived in the 18th Century and was >an excellent fencer as well as being a secret agent, soldier, >lawyer, diplomat, etc. As d'Eon would, throughout his life, >dress sometimes as a man and sometimes as a woman, his sex >wasn't known until his death (fooled a great many people, too...). > >Just curious to know if that was were Drien came from, or >if it was just coincidence. > >Cheers! >Chris > > > > I have sometimes wondered if Drien was named after Adrienne/Adrian Morgan, apparently a major influence on the world of Dragaera and who seems to have changed the spelling of his (her?) name in ways that make it a little ambiguous as to masculinity/femininity--but I don't know the person and hate to speculate too much.