> -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Schultz [mailto:scott at cjhunter.com] > Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 11:49 AM > > David, in the Easterners' section you write: > > "Easterners can become members of House Jhereg by buying a title. We don't > know if they can become Citizens of the Empire in any other way." > > I believe we know of two other ways. > > In _Brokedown Palace_, we meet Miklos on his way home to Fenario after > having spent some years working as a laborer for a Dragaeran lord of one > sort or another. He has a link to the Orb by virtue of having joined House > Tekla. The implication is that anyone can join House Tekla simply by > asking > since, well, who would WANT to be a Tekla in the Empire? I lost my copy of > Brokedown Palace some years ago so I can't supply a citation at the > moment, > though. Since there doesn't seem to be a central Tekla administration, one > might wonder how you "apply" to enter the House. Also, the bit in > _Viscount_ > where Mica and Lar discuss the Houses feeling superior to each other and > concluding that Easterners exist so that Tekla have someone to feel > superior > to, would at least indicate that Tekla are actually not that open to > taking > in outsiders. I believe this is mentioned in one of the Vladiad as well, but the reference escapes me. One of the later ones in the timeline I think.