Dragaera

Size as a House Characteristic

Mark A. Mandel thnidu at yahoo.com
Sun Jun 25 19:06:08 PDT 2006

--- Jon_Lincicum at stream.com wrote:

> Updating an earlier conversation, I found an interesting reference in 
> /Five Hundred Years After/ that seems to imply that height (or rather 
> size) is indeed one of the indicators as to house identity.
> 
> This comes from the first description of Grita, page 66, paperback:
> 
> "Yet the roundness of her eyes gave the lie to this conclusion, and, 
> furthermore, her complexion (which was nearly the color of an unripe 
> olive) and her size spoke of the house of Tsalmoth."
> 
> While it's a bit unclear if this indicates that Tsalmoth are especially 
> large or especially small, it does indicate the one or the other is at 
> least a factor for a Dragaeran who's trying to figure out what House 
> another Dragaeran is a member of.
> 
> Majikjon

"She was of middle years, certainly not more than six hundred, and small,
with hair the color of new straw." (FHYA pb p. 65, describing Grita)


-- Mark A. Mandel, proprietor, Cracks and Shards
   http://www.cracksandshards.com
   a Steven Brust fan website



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