Dragaera

kethna

Tue Nov 23 08:50:59 PST 2004

--- Jose Marquez <jhereg69 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Joy Jennifer Nicholson wrote:
> 
> >I would consider it likely that kethna  have 4 legs and 2 wings.  A
> significant
> >number of "native" animals in Dragaera seem to have a total of 6 limbs
> - the jhereg,
> >the tiassa (which has wings), and the cat-centaurs. 
> >
> Jhereg have a total of 4 limbs. The cover artists probably used a 
> traditional fantasy dragon template, which is 6 limbs, but Steve has 
> confirmed that Loiosh has two legs, two wings. Thus the confusion; if 
> you believe the covers, Vlad actually doesn't have a mustache and has 
> red hair. And every cover appeals to a broader fantasy base by having 
> what seems to be a mini-dragon, but this doesn't match the description 
> of jhereg in the books. (Loiosh would kill me if I had used the words 
> "pet dragon" instead...)

AOL.

And just in case anyone is confused, all the mentions of "kethna
wings" in this thread have been jokes about "whether pigs have
wings".  We have no reason to think kethna have wings.  Aside
>from wishful thinking.

Thanks to whoever it was--Philip Hart?--for reminding me of Kelly's
"pig eyes".

Jerry Friedman, who deletes e-mail immediately



		
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