---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Jeffrey Kiok <blackbird0 at yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 21:29:32 -0800 >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. Er, I think you mean she'd _flout_ the traditional color-schemes of the Houses. She certainly flaunts her love of the color red, though. Khaavren and Daro are the second-cutest couple in the entire history of the Empire. ¬ mj