On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 Gaertk at aol.com wrote: > There are no Teckla lords, and no non-Teckla serfs. Other than > that, the heirarchy is mixed. We've already seen a Lyorn with a > Dzur vassal (Aerich and Tazendra) and some lucky Dragonlord (I'm > hoping Morrolan) has Vlad for a vassal. Nice thought re Vlad, but post-_Phoenix_ doesn't his Countship (Countdom? Countity? Countitude?) come directly from the Empress, hence he reports to her?