[Dragaera] comment on Dzurs (and Lyorn)

[Philip Hart]

The Cycle drawing at the front of _Tiassa_ has House Dzur representing 
heroism and honor.  The Lyorn are tradition and duty.  Judging from the 
Paarfiad, I would tend to think that the Lyorn are more concerned with 
honor - Aerich, I would have said, cares more about honor and principles 
than Tazendra (e.g. in being unwilling to break bread with criminals). 
The Dzur are interested in standing alone just for the sake of being 
different - I would have said "heroism and iconoclasm".  Thus for example 
the number of Dzur hybrids in the Texts, and the suggestion somewhere 
that Dzur might defend Tecklas or Easterners (in _Dragon_?) - certainly 
Tazendra taking Mika as servant is an intentionally iconoclastic action.

It should also be noted that, as discussed on pg. 406 of the paperback 
of _FHYA_ and probably slipped in edgewise between courses in _Dzur_, 
that part of being a Dzur is a sort of zen-like preparation and even 
meditation on one's goals, a searching for answers - maybe "heroism and 
exploration" would be best.  For Lyorn I might say, "knightly virtue" 
or "nobility", though the latter is often called a Phoenix trait in the 
Paarfiad.  (Of course it's dangerous to generalize from one Lyorn.)

(Aside, the conversation I referred to above is hard to understand given 
that Paarfi knows that Sethra is a Dzur in some sense.)