S P O I L E R > 3) Does citizenship imply loyalty? Can Zerika keep > track of "everything" in > these first days of the new Empire? > > Clearly, Imperial subjects are capable of treason. > Clearly, Zerika can't just > read minds. Seems to me that someone born before > the Interregnum (and > therefore familliar with citizenship) who is alive > at Zerika's emergence could > accept citizenship, yet go right on working against > the good of the Empire. > > Our dragons in loyal (ha) opposition wouldn't do > that because it would be > beneath their dignity; but someone with a more > flexible sense of honor would > certainly be capable of this. I would think that the Orb can judge the sincerity of people when they accept citizenship. Before and after the Interregnum, Dragaerans are born into their house and citizenship, and I would doubt that any infant would have treasonous thoughts. The exception, of course, is people like Vlad's father, who buy entry into a house. In the case of the Dragaeran's gaining citizenship immediately after the orbs return, the orb would judge their adult minds, motivations, and sincerity.