Lyorn is red, and Phoenix is either red and gold or just gold...I gotta go check this, but I believe Teckla is green, and I know in Orca when Vlad's pretending to be a Choretha he mentions their colors. Dzur...are black, no? Jhereg is predominantly gray, I think there's also mention of gray/black attire. Issola are green/white, I believe. On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 02:15:00 EST, FRIEDA2133 at aol.com <FRIEDA2133 at aol.com> wrote: > Rion Bergquist wrote on Wed, 5 Jan 2005 21:00:17 -0700 > > >I would appreciate it if you folks could dig through your respective gray > >matter and give me quotes (with sources) that describe each House's patron > >animal and the colors that each house is generally seen wearing > >i.e. Dragons wear Blackand Silver and have, well a Dragon as their patron > >animal. > > >The sooner we have these descriptions the sooner we'll have art together for > >Steve to approve. After that we hope to have a Merch section on the > >Dragaera site that will have shirts, mugs, and various other print on demand > >Dragaera fan gear. > > Hi, > > Yeah! > > Cool! > > dragon > > "had a sudden, clear vision of a monstrous head--narrow, triangular, > and reptilian. He had never seen it before, but his stay in Faerie > had taught him to recognize it. Three small tentacles, which Miklos > knew to be sense organs, descended from its chin, there would be > larger ones around its neck, Miklos didn't remain to see them." > > Brokedown Palace, Chapter 3, page 44 > > "The dragon stopped suddenly, and the Prince could see its neck > tentacles becoming hard and rigid. He chuckled to himself at the > vaguely sexual impression it gave. Then he realized that the > dragon was standing in almost the same place he had vacated a > few minutes before, and he was very pleased he had moved. But what > had it found? The athyra. > > Brokedown Palace, Chapter 3, page 45 > > "It is one thing to know that a dragon's head is taller than you > are, another to see one close up. The dragon wasn't looking at > him but at the dzur; and all of its tentacles were fully erect. > This time Miklos found nothing amusing about it. He stared > mesmerized, until he heard a louder snarl than he'd hear yet, and > a thin black streak launched itself across his line of sight and > into the dragon's face." > > Brokedown Palace, Chapter 3, page 46 > > "He was fifty feet away when Vilmos leapt onto the dragon's > back, crying, 'I said I'd strange you, and by the Demon Goddess > I will!'" > > "Even his massive hands couldn't come close to actually > fitting around the dragon's throat, but he took one of its > great tentacles and twisted and pulled it." > ... > "Teeth, however, are not the dragon's only weapon. A claw that > was as big as Vilmos himself swung out too quickly to be seen," > ... > "Miklos saw the dragon's tail whipping around." > > Brokedown Palace, Chapter 3, page 49 > > "The dragon...turned toward us, then, its mouth open, showing teeth > the size of Blackwand, and began to move in our direction." > > Issola, Chapter 15, paperback, page 235 > > The size of Blackwand: "It was small for a longsword" > The Book of Taltos, Taltos, Chapter 6, page 60 > > "It is really hard to conceive of just how big a dragon is, I can > tell you that that it could eat me, perhaps without the need for a > second bite. I can mention that it has tentaclelike things all > around its head, each of which is longer than I am tall and as big > around as my thigh. I could let you know that, at the shoulders, it > was eighteen feet high and much, much longer than that. But, until > you've seen one up close, you just can't really image it." > > The Book of Taltos, Taltos, Chapter 12, page 126 > > lyorn > > words used in describing a normal dog > > "the sleek build of a lyorn" > > The Book of Athyra, Orca, Chapter 2, page 228 > > dzur > > "He heard a snarl off to his left and stepped back, alert. He > found himself staring into the yellow eyes of a dzur, about thirty > feet away from him. Five hundred pounds of black death." > > Brokedown Palace, Chapter 3, page 46 > > Issola > > "The issola is a beautiful white bird. I'd seen several during my > recent travels. One usually saw them standing, graceful and lovely > in the early morning or late evening, in swamps or the shallow > banks of rivers. They stand as if their only reason for being > were to look lovely and graceful. And, then the issola would be > holding a fish in its beak, and you'd never see it strike. And > then the fish would be gone in a single swallow, and the issola > would be standing on one leg, looking lovely and graceful." > > Issola, Chapter 1, paperback, page 14 > > jhereg > > "It was of average size, if female, a bit large, if male. If my > spell had worked, it would be female. Its wing span was about the > distance from my shoulder to my wrist, and it was a bit less than > that from its snakelike head to the tip of its tail. The forked > tongue flicked out" > > The Book of Jhereg, Prologue, page 6 > > "The jhereg walked up to me. Its claws were long and sharp, but > more useful for running then for fighting. After a full meal, a > jhereg will often find that it weighs too much to become airborne > and so must run to escape its enemies." > ... > "It was odd to see intelligence in small, beady snake eyes, and to > have nearly human-level communication with an animal whose brain > was no larger than the first joint of my finger." > ... > "And she turned and spread her batlike wings. She had to run a step > two before taking off." > > The Book of Jhereg, Prologue, page 7 > > "this ugly little reptile was lying amid broken shell fragments. Its > wings were tightly drawn up against it, and its eyes were closed. The > wings were no larger than my thumb." > ... > "The bite was too small, and the poison still too weak for it to affect > me, but he was certainly in possession of his fangs." > > The Book of Jhereg, Prologue, page 11 > > "allowed me to scratch its snakelike chin." > > The Book of Athyra, Orca, Chapter 1, page 217 > > Colors of the jhereg and also a guess of color change in spring. > > "The female was larger and becoming dark brown as summer gave way > to autumn; the male was smaller and lighter in color. Savn > guessed that in the spring the male would be green or grey, > while the female would simply turn a lighter brown." > > The Book of Athyra, Athyra, Chapter 1, page 9 > > "each wing when folded forms a perfect triangle" > ... > "Yet seen from the front, it looked like there was a snake's head > bobbing up and down between the walls of two houses that had been > built too close together." > > The Book of Athyra, Athyra, Chapter 9, page 104 > > iorich > > "Her eyes were as soft as an iorich's wing," > > The Book of Jhereg, Jhereg, Chapter 7, page 58 > > orca > > "Off to the left, the side I was on, a pair of orca surfaced for > a moment, then dived. I kept watching, and it happened again, > somewhat closer, then yet a third time. They were sleek and > graceful; proud. They were very beautiful." > ... > "Yinta said, 'Those were shorttails. Did you notice the white > splotches on their backs? When they're young they tend to travel > in pairs. Later they'll gather into larger groups.' > 'Their tails didn't seem especially short,' I remarked. > 'They weren't. They were both females; the males have shorter > tails." > > The Book of Taltos, Phoenix, Lesson 2, page 193 > > dream of an orca with the face of a dragon??? > > "I woke up in the middle of the night with the half memory of a > dream in which I was flying over the ocean, into a nasty wind, and > my wings were very tired. I kept wanting to rest, and every time I > did an orca with the face of a dragon would rise out of water and > snap at me." > > The Book of Taltos, Phoenix, Lesson 4, page 227 > > teckla > > "A little way off, a teckla sat up on its back legs, motionless > except for a quick, furtive movements of its gray, whiskered head." > > Brokedown Palace, Chapter 3, page 44 > > athyra > > "On a branch of the oak nearest him sat an athyra with its thick > brown plumage and hooked beak. > > Brokedown Palace, Chapter 3, page 44 > > "A large brown bird that I recognized as an athyra studied us with > one eye." > > The Book of Taltos, Taltos, Chapter 11, page 113 > > Bye. > > Linda G. > >