This brings up the point of Vlads baronetcy. Did it exist before Vlad's father bought it? According to the conversation with Paresh in /Teckla/, Vlad says it's a "real place with 2 or 3 families living there." "Taltos" sure seems like an unusual name for a Dragaeran to give to a region, which makes me suspect that the region was named after Vlad (or rather, after his father) rather than vice versa. Majikjon Vlad isn't the Baronet of Taltos; he's the Baronet Taltos. 'Taltos' is not a place, it's a personal name; the current Baronet of Redgrave is Sir Nicholas Hickman Ponsonby Bacon -- who would be referred to in Dragaera as Baronet Bacon, not as Baronet Redgrave. Vlad, since he has an -actual- location -- which actually gets identified at some point -- is 'Baronet of X', and is addressed as 'Baronet Lastname'. For what it's worth, Sir Nicholas is addressed as 'Sir Nicholas Bacon, Bnt' -- a letter with which form of address I believe Vlad receives at the beginning of Dragon.... S. Thomas Crain Author-In-Training --------------------------------- Relax. Yahoo! Mail virus scanning helps detect nasty viruses!