[Dragaera] Top and Bottom of the Cycle

[Jon Lincicum]

I found this from the prologue to /Dzurlord/... Which maybe isn't "canon", but it does seem to support the idea that the Houses wane in influence rather than dropping to the bottom of the heap when the Cycle changes:

"The Jhereg, which, along with the Vallista, shares the bottom of the Cycle right now, is a small flying, poisionous reptile that lives on carrion. It represents corruption."

Majikjon