In a message dated 6/17/2002 2:18:49 PM Mountain Daylight Time, singram at videotron.ca writes: > I seem to recall from one of the Vlad books that Aliera states that every > Dragon serves some time in the Emperor's guard. I'm assuming that also > applies to the Teckla Republican guards. She does indeed - it was why Norathar was so ticked off after becoming the Heir, remember? She had to serve a stint in the Imperial Guard because ALL Dragons were required to do so. I don't remember if it was stated how long said stint was supposed to last, though. Stacy