> What do we know about the Tsalmoth, Vallista, and Jhegaala > houses? I believe they're all somewhat "retail", but what > are their areas of special interest, preferences, etc.? I'm not sure what the status of this project is after the Crash, but I'm rereading The Phoenix Guards, and I found a passage about the tsalmoth: pg 121 - [Ricardo, the Easterner librarian] displayed some of the characteristics of a tsalmoth--attacking any problem from a dozen angles simultaneously, but never letting go until it was solved. Bryan