FRIEDA2133 at aol.com writes: > David Dyer-Bennet wrote Sat, 09 Apr 2005 22:59:51 -0500 > >>Do we know anything about "monks" or a "monastery"? The Athyra are >>supposed to have a tendency in that direction, but what do we know >>about it? > > Hi, > > So, I am thinking that I do not remember anything about monks or > a monastery. I was thinking there were Discreets, but no monks. > And then yesterday while rereading The Paths of the Dead looking for > recipe/text extracts, I came across this: > > "She was sitting, to all appearances as imperturbable as an Athyra monk" > > The Paths of the Dead, paperback, Chapter the Twenty-eighth, page 294. > > So there were monks...and Athyra monks. Athyra monks are imperturbable, > wear robes and are peaceful. There was a Street of the Monks in Dragaera > City. Thanks for the research help! Filed in the collection. (Yeah, I'm working on something. People here will know about it soon enough.) -- David Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b at dd-b.net>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/>