Dragaera

Cycle Progression

Sun Mar 14 21:29:32 PST 2004

On Mar 14, 2004, at 8:15 PM, Bryan Newell wrote:

>>> Now, we know Vlad is not the foremost expert on House
>>> identification (see the Lady Daro, a Tiassa who Vlad mistakes
>>> for a Lyorn), so who knows.
>
>> This doesn't reflect on Vlad - Khaavren makes the same mistake.  Has 
>> Vlad
>> ever seen Daro, for that matter?  Does he know she's married to 
>> Khaavren?
>
> You are correct, sir, I forgot Khaavren made the same mistake.  So 
> either
> both of them are terrible at House identification, Lady Daro is a 
> convincing
> Lyorn, or House identification as a rule is not as clear cut as it 
> might
> appear to be.  One begins to suspect Paarfi might not even be that 
> good at
> it (although he _did_ get the Lady Daro's House right).

As I recall, it was because Daro always wore red, which is a Lyorn 
color.  She would flaunt the traditional colors of the Houses, which is 
why Khaavren, understandably, mistook her for a Lyorn.