On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 17:13:40 -0500, Mia McDavid <mia_mcdavid at comcast.net> wrote: [...] > I'm not so sure about that. My impression is that all Dragons, and all > Dzur, are lords. At the other end, no Teckla are lords, and no Teckla > can be emperors; hence the Teckla Republic. In Athyra, Vlad commenting on the city of Adrilankha: "It's what you make of it. It is a thousand cities. It is a place where there are more noblemen than Teckla, it seems. It is a place of ease, luxury, and sudden violence, depending on where you are and[...]" --Laird