Damn I have to find _Broke Down Palace_! -C In a message dated 1/9/2005 2:15:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, FRIEDA2133 at aol.com writes: >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. >