Dragaera

Joining a house, or changing houses

Tue Aug 31 13:02:45 PDT 2004

This may have been discussed before, but how exactly does one "join" the
Jhereg (or any other house for that matter) from the outside?  We have seen
only three example of which I know.

1. Buy a title in the Jhereg as Vlad's father did.
2. Defeat seventeen Dzur champions and win the right to join in the Dzur as
Mellar did.
3. (Easterner) Spend your life  working for a Lord, and be granted
membership in the House of the Teckla (presumably any Lord from other Houses
can "grant" Teckla membership - interesting).

But we have an example that does not "seem" to fit any of these -- Kragar
left the House of the Dragon, and (presumably) joined the House of the
Jhereg.  But there is no mention of him buying a title, as was done by
Vlad's father.  (And that seems a bit unlikely as well, given the price for
the benefit.)

I also have this fleeting memory of something mentioned or alluded to about
a way to join the House of the Dragon, but I haven't been able to recall it.
I also remember Vlad making some comment about that in some houses - titles
do not always corresponding to real locations any more.. that some houses
just make them up as needed.. which would imply there might be needed in
order to allow new "membership".

So.. if your a Teckla that just happens to be "good with his hands", and
ends up doing a bit of "work", can you "join" the Organization, and thus
presumably the Jhereg?  I assume you would not have a title at that point..
you would just be "my lord" ?   What about a Dzur that turned out to fear
combat, but have a flair for architecture and construction.. could they
"move" to the House of the Vallista?