Howard Brazee <howard at brazee.net> Sent by: dragaera-bounces at dragaera.info 06/14/06 04:50 AM To Dragaera <dragaera at dragaera.info> cc Subject Re: Sethra Lavode (Large spoilers, esp Orca/Issola) >Although it seems odd that all 17 houses would average the same >height. Are there relatively short houses? It's somewhat odd, but I never got the impression that height was a distinguishing characteristic of any particular house. I would guess that Phoenix, Dragons and Dzur are usually pretty tall, and that Chreotha, Orca, Jhegaala, etc are somewhat shorter, but this is just a gut reaction, and I know of no textev to back it up. (And we know examples, like Aliera say, that do not conform to what I would perceive to be the norm for their House... Yet no one ever seems to miss the fact that Aliera is very clearly a Dragonlord.) House distinctions have always been described in terms of face/hair characteristics (Phoenix have golden hair/eyes, Dragons have dark hair, Dzur have very pointy ears, Teckla have no noble's point, etc), or in terms of behavioral differences. Of course, Vlad may not be particularly sensistive to height differences between Houses, since they're all just bloody-goddamm-tall to him. Paarfi doesn't mention anything like this either, however... For whatever that's worth. Majikjon