In a message dated 4/12/2004 12:57:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time, mam at theworld.com writes: > What evidence do we have that a Fenarian-descended citizen of the > Empire, who has a pretty fair income and (at least in the earlier > books) identifies himself with Dragaera rather than with his > racial group, is going to eat differently than a Dragaeran of > similar standing? Vlad says at one point that Dragaerans will happily admit that they can't cook. (And Valabar's high esteem supports this.) Any evidence for or against the Valabar family being Fenarian? --KG