Starshadw at aol.com writes: > In a message dated 6/25/2002 4:49:03 PM Mountain Daylight Time, > tyan at twcny.rr.com writes: > > pp42-43: [G'aereth background] Lady Yaro e'Lanya {"e'" = abbrev for?} > > p48: [Frai e'Terics] {"e'" = abbrev for? = same as e'Lanya?} > > > > The e' stands for "of/from/descended from the line of <insert infamous > Dragonlord name> I've only seen it used with Dragons, so it appears to be > one of their little quirks. Can anyone remember any other Houses using it? The "e'Kieron" line is mentioned in a few places, going back go Jhereg I believe. Yes, here it is: first occurrence is in chapter 4 of Jhereg, referring to Aliera e'Kieron. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b at dd-b.net / New TMDA anti-spam in test John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net Book log: http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/Ouroboros/booknotes/ New Dragaera mailing lists, see http://dragaera.info