In the Stormgate Choth, Eyath's and Vodan's parents think that their marriage would:
"'...be so good an alliance between houses.'" (I, p. 17)
The family remains the basic social unit among Ythrians. If Eyath were to marry out of her choth, then she would live elsewhere on Avalon. However, flying Ythrians can revisit home more readily than Terrans who walk the earth.
In Chapter III, the omniscient narrator, as opposed to a historian like Hloch or Arinnian, informs us that the mainland choths are diverse in three ways: size; organization; tradition. Their members are in the thousands at least which means that some are even larger. Apparently, they can be roughly analogous to:
clans
tribes
baronies
religious communes
republics
etc
We are not shown that amount of diversity among the choths that are prominent in the narrative: Stormgate, Mistwood and Highsky.
In the Oronesia archipelago, there are very small choths, some constituting only a single household, but also the very large Highsky whose human members include Tabitha Falkayn/Hrill. We would like to write more about this but are being interrupted by twenty-first century Terrestrial activities.
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Kaor, Paul!
Given the advanced technology available on up-to date planets within the sphere of Technic civilization, human Avalonians could travel about the planet more quickly and easily than Ythrians flying with muscled powered wings.
Ad astra! Sean
Kaor, Paul!
Given things like grav belts, aircars and airbuses, humans don't need wings. Also, Ythrians are so awkward and clumsy on land. To say nothing of how the enormous effort needed for flying requires a similarly large need for food. And they weaken very easily if they can't fly.
Diomedeans have an advantage over Ythrians due to the former having true legs. Meaning they can move about on land as easily as humans. Granted, the special conditions enabling them to fly on Diomedes won't be found on many other planets.
Ad astra! Sean
Kaor, Paul!
Another thought I had was recalling the planet Ythri has a gravity 75% that of Terra's, low enough to make me uncertain Ythrians could fly on Earth. I think it would certainly be difficult and tiring for them. It was stated in the stories that the colonization of other worlds was more difficult for Ythrians than for humans (or Merseians for that matter).
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