On Feb 1, 2004, at 12:18 PM, Michele wrote: > On 30 Jan 2004 at 8:17, Steve Simmons wrote > >> >> It also makes me wonder if the separateness of the Houses is due to >> the Gods and the Orb. In PoTD/etc we see that the Interregnum seems >> to have weakened the taboo on cross-breeding. Perhaps Greenaere is >> the end result of what long isolation from the Orb will do? > > Further wondering - did those who live on Greenaere choose to do so > because of the black and gold Phoenix stones in an attempt to get away > from the orb? If so why? Correct me if I'm wrong, b/c I can't recall the citation, but don't we learn that the Jenoine somehow bred the animals into dragaeraeans creating the houses each with characteristics of the animal who was their "ancestor". -Jeff