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  • Of the two directly before the open doorway, one was a young man radiating the arrogance of privileged landers, dressed in the white of a seltyr factor.

    Cadmian's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2006

  • Neither did I. Daughter of a seltyr, would you refuse such a gift?

    Cadmian's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2006

  • The alector stood behind the center seltyr, the only one who sat on something resembling a throne.

    Cadmian's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2006

  • If I had sons to another seltyr, even to a junior son, they would have a claim on Stylan.

    Cadmian's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2006

  • Although Rachyla had not said, Mykel gathered the impression from Herisha's gray garments and withdrawn demeanor that she was not the aunt who was the mother of the current seltyr.

    Cadmian's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2006

  • He couldn't help wondering how he had ended up dancing with the daughter of a seltyr of Dramur in Southgate.

    Cadmian's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2006

  • Although he'd been told that some wealthy seltyr families from Dramur had close ties to Southgate " and often interests in businesses there " Mykel doubted that Rachyla would have admitted being related to a mere cloth factor, even if it were so.

    Cadmian's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2006

  • He's a cloth factor, one of the larger ones, but certainly not so wealthy as a seltyr.

    Cadmian's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2006

  • But he had no proof, although that sort of conspiracy would certainly explain many of the strange aspects of the Third Battalion's deployment to Dramur, including why Majer Vaclyn had made sure that the seltyr had been killed.

    Alector's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2005

  • The seltyr " or his captain " had been smart enough not to fire on the two Myrmidons, and that indicated that someone was well aware of what a skylance could do.

    Alector's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2005

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