>Davdi Silverrock <davdisil at gmail.com> writes: > >> So I wonder, which one sounds better? Which is more canonical? > >Someone less lazy than I should look these up in the book search. > >Here's what sounds right to me: > >> "Two Phoenixes" >> "Two Dragons" >> "Two Lyorns" >> "Two Tiassa" >> "Two Hawks" >> "Two Dzurs" >> "Two Issolas" >> "Two Tsalmoths" >> "Two Vallistas" >> "Two Jhereg" >> "Two Iorich" >> "Two Chreothas" >> "Two Yendi" >> "Two Orcas" >> "Two Teckla" >> "Two Jhegaalas" >> "Two Athyra" > >That was harder than expected; we're so used to seeing the terms >used as adjectives or references to the whole House. Okay, I found another reference that supports Davdi (and my) preferences for one of the plural house names: Lord of Castle Black, pg 28: "However, the Vallista had, by this time become so well settled into their new homes..." Conclusion: Vallista is, in fact, its own plural. So we have Teckla and Vallista. Two down, 15 to go. Majikjon