----- Original Message ----- From: "Henrik Jonsson" <antuhej at hotmail.com> To: <dragaera at dragaera.info> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 5:02 PM Subject: On lords of various houses... > > On a related note to the "Joining a House"-thread, I'd like > to ask a question I've been wondering about. > > We read about Dzurlords and Dragonlords... What about Hawklords? > Orcalords? Issolalords? Where are they hiding? :-) > > There's definitely a difference between being "merely" Dzur and > being a Dzurlord, right? Between being "merely" a Dragon and > a Dragonlord, n'est pas? So, why is this distinction so sorely > lacking in all the other Houses? Actually, I don't think there is... there's no clear distinction between a "Dzur" and a "Dzurlord." All Dzurs are lords; "Dzurlord" is just a polite way of saying Dzur. The same applies to Dragons and Hawks. These houses get the special distinction because of ease of pronunciation. It would be too much trouble to say "Tiassalord" or "Lyornlord" just for polite conversation.