Dragaera

Question about Tazendra

David Silberstein davids at Kithrup.COM
Sat Oct 30 12:47:09 PDT 2004

On Fri, 29 Oct 2004, Jose Marquez wrote:

>Matthew Klahn wrote:
>> 
>> On Thursday, October 28, 2004, at 11:15PM, <MaidensPowrSlave at aol.com>
>> wrote:

>>> Just me being curious...but is it possible at all that Tazendra is
>>> Sethra the Younger? -Denny
>> 
>> I think that question is answered in the negative in _Sethra Lavode_
>> pretty clearly. If you believe Paarfi. But then again, Paarfi is the
>> only one who talks about Tazendra, so...

>Also, I think that Sethra the Younger has been definitively
>described as a Dragonlord in Yendi, which, assuming that Paarfi
>got Tazendra's house (not to mention personality/character) right,
>rules out her being Sethra the Younger.

StY is also described as being a Dragon in the Viscount books,
as I recall.

> I think conquering the East is something a Dragon aspires to
>(thus her machinations in Yendi), but not necessarily something a
>Dzur would aspire to except as it gives the opportunity to have
>combat with a large number of opponents.
>

There is the suggestion, though, that Sethra Jr has been
evangelizing her idea of conquering the East to Tazendra,
when in /Paths of the Dead/, Tazendra makes some offhandedly
racist remarks about Easterners (and Zerika requests that
the subject be immediately dropped).  This may be Tazendra's
own opinion, or it may be that she has accepted Sethra Jr's
propaganda.