On 11/13/05, Scott Schultz <scott at cjhunter.com> wrote: > > > > > >However, do not forget that there is an entire House made up entirely > > >of crossbreeds, which House is in fact also ruled by the Cycle. > > You're referring to the Yendi cuckoo theory? Cuckoos are not the same as crossbreeds. However, all Jhereg (except for an exceedingly small number of possible exceptions) are crossbreeds, since the Empire began. > > How many full-bread Phoenix are there in the Jhereg right now > > that only need to be re-admitted to the House in order to count? > > Possible but if it was that easy then you'd think Zerika would already have > tracked down such people and begun rebuilding the House. Or for that matter, they'd have been mentioned by the Gods. Or *someone*. > > There seems to be a common conception of Zerika I as a Reborn Phoenix. > Zerika I was not "reborn". She was simply "first". Before her there was no > House and the Cycle itself might even have been in flux. Remember that there > were 34(?) tribes when the great migration started and Kieron and Zerika > began building the Empire. There was no rebirth because there had yet to be > a death. > > "Our" Zerika is the first Reborn Phoenix. > I wonder if this is certain? There is much that is not told of the Phoenix.