On Wed, 23 Mar 2005, Shawn wrote: > I've been re-reading the books for the ump-teenth time, this time with an > eye to all of that reincarnation of the soul stuff, and I have to agree that > Vlad acts like a Dragon, and it's not something I really considered before, > even though I've read _Jhereg_ over and over for 15 years. He has these odd > periods of stubborn commitment, like refusing to bug out in _Dragon_, even > though that's clearly in his best interests. He's just not a carrion-eater, > and if you pay attention you can see Steve leaving these clues about Vlad's > nature. [snippage] This is good analysis, however I think V is a whole human (or on his way there) so of course he displays elements of various Houses. But he's not Dragaeran, and really should be either a Teckla (a House of whole Dragaerans plus Easterners) or something new - a Houseless citizen - or a Lavode. (Actually, if the Lavodes are Houseless then perhaps my speculation above and earlier that citizenship required being in a House was silly.)