----- Original Message ----- From: "David Dyer-Bennet" <dd-b at dd-b.net> To: <readalong at dragaera.info> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 3:43 PM Subject: TPG:Chapter 1:P.4 Wizards of the Athyra Guard > Khaavren is heading to Dragaera city to join the Phoenix guard, even > though he's not a Phoenix (and he expects to find many Dragons in the > guard, too). But there's a reference specifically to the *wizards* of > the Athyra Guard, in the recent past. I note that doesn't say they're > all *Athyra* wizards, though; I guess it's just noting the degree of > stylistic differences imposed on various parts of the empire when the > cycle turns. That was certainly the way I read it as well. I'm thinking that Dragons are a standard part of all Imperial guards, however, no matter the cycle.