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<blockquote data-quote="PsyzhranV2" data-source="post: 7929679" data-attributes="member: 7015332">This isn't really the case. From ERFTLW: &quot;About half of the members of a bloodline manifest the mark.&quot;. From 3.5e's Dragonmarked: &quot;Though the appearance of marks cannot be consistently predicted, approximately half the children born to dragonmarked parents eventually develop dragonmarks of their own.&quot; While it's not stated exactly how big the Houses themselves are going off of this standard, anywhere between a third to two thirds of each House's bloodline members should have their House's Dragonmark, averaging at about one half, not factoring in outsiders accepted into the House and not (yet) in the family tree.Also, there are ways to be a Foundling, manifesting a Dragonmark with no ties to your parent house, without being descended from an Excoriate. If you have the Mark of Finding, the Dragonmark has been with your people long before House Tharashk had ever been established, and the House is really more of a formality for those city dwellers over east. If you have the Mark of Storm, you could have relations to the Wind Whisperers, a fleet of pirates in the Lhazaar Principalities. Aereni and Tairnadal elves sometimes manifest the Mark of Shadow, despite House Phiarlan deserting Aerenal thousands of years ago.This is never mentioned anywhere. All the sources that describe the players hiring a Lyrandar airship only have them paying for one heir's service. If there were any regular flights that took longer than 24 hours and thus needed a copilot at the ready, that would probably be mentioned.An apprentice/understudy being trained by the pilot? Possibly. But a full fledged heir would probably either have an airship of their own or be in another branch fo teh house (sea fleets, Raincaller's Guild, etc.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PsyzhranV2, post: 7929679, member: 7015332"] This isn't really the case. From ERFTLW: "About half of the members of a bloodline manifest the mark.". From 3.5e's Dragonmarked: "Though the appearance of marks cannot be consistently predicted, approximately half the children born to dragonmarked parents eventually develop dragonmarks of their own." While it's not stated exactly how big the Houses themselves are going off of this standard, anywhere between a third to two thirds of each House's bloodline members should have their House's Dragonmark, averaging at about one half, not factoring in outsiders accepted into the House and not (yet) in the family tree. Also, there are ways to be a Foundling, manifesting a Dragonmark with no ties to your parent house, without being descended from an Excoriate. If you have the Mark of Finding, the Dragonmark has been with your people long before House Tharashk had ever been established, and the House is really more of a formality for those city dwellers over east. If you have the Mark of Storm, you could have relations to the Wind Whisperers, a fleet of pirates in the Lhazaar Principalities. Aereni and Tairnadal elves sometimes manifest the Mark of Shadow, despite House Phiarlan deserting Aerenal thousands of years ago. This is never mentioned anywhere. All the sources that describe the players hiring a Lyrandar airship only have them paying for [I]one[/I] heir's service. If there were any regular flights that took longer than 24 hours and thus needed a copilot at the ready, that would probably be mentioned. An apprentice/understudy being trained by the pilot? Possibly. But a full fledged heir would probably either have an airship of their own or be in another branch fo teh house (sea fleets, Raincaller's Guild, etc.) [/QUOTE]

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