[On the original subject of Dzur and cross-House shenanigans] On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, Philip Hart wrote: >I would however like to reiterate my Yendis-sleep-around-a-lot theory, >accounting for both their lack of House features and their low status. Yendi have low status? Well, they have reputations for being deceptive, which is not entirely the same thing. >Re the spoiler below, I'm sticking with my they're-gay theory for now. I tend to doubt it, but perhaps we shall see. >Also re the spoiler, see _TLoCB_, top of page 234. > [spoiler space for /Lord of Castle Black/ inserted again] Ah, yes. I see that I forgot to mention Tazendra and her desire for a permanent union with Aerich. And from PotD, the shameless cohabitation of Lord Shant and Lady Lewchin, also a Dzur and a non-Dzur. I realize that my earlier post was somewhat selective in the information presented. After all, Dragons too seem to be interested in cross-House liasons (Jenicor & Pel, Aliera & Mario, etc). However, Dzur seem to be less careful about having these liasons and letting people know about them, and sometimes less careful about preventing, well, you know. It occurs to me that in /Sethra Lavode/, Khaavren may well see Illista for the first time in 700 years or so, recalling to him, no doubt to his great embarrassment, his own youthful cross-House lust. Perhaps he will be prompted to seek forgiveness from Piro, who, after all, is not much older than Khaavren was at that time.