[Dragaera] comment on Dzurs (and Lyorn)

[Mark Mandel]

>
> Of course it's dangerous to generalize from one Lyorn.
>

That *was* meant as an allusion, was it not?

> Everybody generalizes from one example. At least, I do.
> —*(Issola*, I think)
>

Mark Mandel


On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 5:07 PM, Philip Hart <philiph at slac.stanford.edu>wrote:

> 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.)
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