Hi, "Issola will work as minstrels, as well as being diplomats, interpreters, and priests." http://www.dd-b.net/test/dh_issola.html I do not know if this counts as work, but there are Issola snake-dancers. "was very similar to the motions and gyrations of an Issola snake-dancer." The Lord of Castle Black, paperback, Chapter the Thirty-Sixth, page 9. FRIEDA2133.aol.com wrote on Wed, 20 Apr 2005 23:47:52 EDT >Famous Dzur: Captain G'aereth and Gyorg Lavode Sorry, I forgot to mention text evidence that they were Dzurlords. "The first was that an old, powerfully built Dzurlord appeared from the door in front of Pel, walking quickly into the middle of the room. This was plainly the Captain." The Phoenix Guards, paperback, Chapter the Third, page 33. He was a friend of Sethra Lavode: "Lord Gant-Aerethia had earned many friends at court, not the least of whom was Sethra Lavode herself." The Phoenix Guards, paperback, Chapter the Fourth, page 43. "'would you know Gyorg Lavode to look at him?' 'Of a certainty.' 'Well, is he a Dzurlord of perhaps half a millennium, rather taller than Aerich with fiery dark eyes, a hooked nose, and thin lips?' 'You have described him exactly.' The Phoenix Guards, paperback, Chapter the Eleventh, page 109. Also a friend of Sethra Lavode: "Gyorg Lavode, who was Captain of the Lavodes, and moreover, my friend." Five Hundred Years After, paperback, Chapter the Eighth, pg 112. I keep hoping the next part of Paarfiad will be about Captain G'aereth and Gyorg Lavode and fill in the missing pieces in the Phoenix Guards and between that book and Five Hundred Years After. Bye. Linda G.