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<blockquote data-quote="Hellcow" data-source="post: 7872617" data-attributes="member: 15800"><p>I haven't had an opportunity to read the entire thread, but one thing caught my eye and I'm curious...</p><p></p><p></p><p>Where are you getting this figure?</p><p></p><p>Of the <strong>thirteen</strong> primary dragonmarked houses, seven have male leaders, four (Jorasco, Sivis, Phiarlan, and Lyrandar) have female leaders, and two (Cannith and Tharashk) have mixed leadership. Add in House Tarkanan (led by Thora Tavin) and the line of Vol (in the form of Erandis) and that would end with 7 led by men, 6 by women, and 2 mixed.</p><p></p><p>Beyond this, a larger point is that the houses aren't established as being institutional patriarchies (or matriarchies). CURRENTLY there's more houses with male leaders than female leaders, but if Trelib d'Medani died tomorrow, the house could be led by a woman next week. Breland is currently ruled by King Boranel, but it was Queen Wroann who led it into war; of the surviving Five Nations two are led by women and two by men, and Cyre was ruled by a queen until the Mourning. </p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm not sure what you're trying to say with Ghallanda. First of all, Ghallanda has a male baron; you may be mixing it up with the other halfling house, Jorasco, which has a female leader. But also, what do barmaids have to do with anything? Ghallanda is the backbone of the hospitality industry: food services and lodging, with a thriving side business in concierge services and information. It's not "The House of Barmaids."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hellcow, post: 7872617, member: 15800"] I haven't had an opportunity to read the entire thread, but one thing caught my eye and I'm curious... Where are you getting this figure? Of the [B]thirteen[/B] primary dragonmarked houses, seven have male leaders, four (Jorasco, Sivis, Phiarlan, and Lyrandar) have female leaders, and two (Cannith and Tharashk) have mixed leadership. Add in House Tarkanan (led by Thora Tavin) and the line of Vol (in the form of Erandis) and that would end with 7 led by men, 6 by women, and 2 mixed. Beyond this, a larger point is that the houses aren't established as being institutional patriarchies (or matriarchies). CURRENTLY there's more houses with male leaders than female leaders, but if Trelib d'Medani died tomorrow, the house could be led by a woman next week. Breland is currently ruled by King Boranel, but it was Queen Wroann who led it into war; of the surviving Five Nations two are led by women and two by men, and Cyre was ruled by a queen until the Mourning. I'm not sure what you're trying to say with Ghallanda. First of all, Ghallanda has a male baron; you may be mixing it up with the other halfling house, Jorasco, which has a female leader. But also, what do barmaids have to do with anything? Ghallanda is the backbone of the hospitality industry: food services and lodging, with a thriving side business in concierge services and information. It's not "The House of Barmaids." [/QUOTE]
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