On 4/21/06, Jon_Lincicum at stream.com <Jon_Lincicum at stream.com> wrote: > "Rion Bergquist" <carpovita at earthlink.net> > Sent by: dragaera-bounces at dragaera.info > 04/21/06 09:02 AM > > >Steve's e-mail is down, and this list is sort of his posse so.... > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: chazkemp at comcast.net > >To: Rion Bergquist > >Subject: Dragaera questions > > > > > > >1. Do the Iorich have wings? There's a passage in one of the books that > >describe something that is as soft as an Iorich's wing. But in his > >Crossroads adventure book, he doesn't mention them as having wings. > > http://dragaera.wikia.com/wiki/Iorich_%28animal%29 I've always suspected that "Soft as an iorich's wing" was a typo for "Soft as an issola's wing". There's a precedent for this sort of confusion: http://www.speakeasy.org/~mamandel/Cracks-and-Shards/misc-cracks.html#Prison > >2. What sort of dog would he describe the Lyorn as? Are they like > >golden retreivers or some other breed? If the breed is left up to me, then > >that's cool too. :) > > http://dragaera.wikia.com/wiki/Lyorn_%28animal%29 While the fur is probably golden-retreiver-colored, I suspect that the body of the lyorn is that of a fiercer animal. Sort of how Kathy Grantham's orca looks way meaner and nastier than an ordinary Earth-orca. Making it look just like a golden retreiver would be a mistake, I think. > >3. Can I draw the dzur as a black tiger with white stripes or can you > >even see the stripes of a dzur? > > http://dragaera.wikia.com/wiki/Dzur_%28animal%29 > http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/art/k/a/kathyg/dzur96.jpg.html While the dzur is probably all black, I once had a black cat who had very dark gray fur, with darker black striping visible if examined closely. I think that might be Cool as well.