On 6/13/06, Jon Lincicum wrote: > Davdi Silverrock wrote: > > On 6/13/06, Jon Lincicum wrote: > >> Jon_Lincicum at stream.com wrote: > >> > "Davdi Silverrock" > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > On 6/13/06, <Jon_Lincicum at stream.com> wrote: > >> > > >> > > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> Sethra Lavode Spoiler Space (which is to say, for nearly every > >> >> book out there): > >> >> > >> >> 1 > >> >> 2 > >> >> 3 > >> >> 4 > >> >> 5 > >> >> 6 > >> >> 7 > >> >> 8 > >> >> 9 > >> >> 10 > >> >> 11 > >> >> 12 > >> >> 13 > >> >> 14 > >> >> 15 > >> >> 16 > >> >> 17 > >> > >> > /Phoenix/, Chapter 7. (Page 255, omnibus) > >> > > >> > "You haven't met (Sethra) yet, so picture if you will a tall Dragaeran > >> > wearing... > >> Hmmm... "Tall for a Dragaeran" vs "a tall Dragaeran". > > > Consulting Paarfi, here's how he describes Sethra in /FHYA/: > > "Five Hundred Years After", Chapter 8, page 101 (paperback): > > "...we must look beyond her physical manifestation, for her appearance > was not, we know from several sources, unduly prepossessing. She was not > exceptionally tall; she was neither remarkably handsome nor unusually > grotesque." > > "not exceptionally tall" to me says "perhaps a bit taller than average, > but certainly not short". To the left, I can see someone using the phrase "not exceptionally tall" to mean "a little on the short side, but not wanting to call attention to it". I note that Kragar is described several times as being almost exactly 7ft, or a little under (maybe 6' 10" or 6' 11"). > > To the left, "small" as it describes Kiera, puts us about 6' 6" to 6' > 9". (ballpark). Seems reasonable. I would guess her to be a little closer to the high end, since that would allow her to reach the average with a 3-inch heel, not too unusual. Oh, and another thought about height adjustment: Sethra might levitate, like Aliera does, only with an illusion of her feet extending to the ground.