- Range of signifiers depends on the scryee and the version of the high calendar in effect. You wouldn't see Liozh signifiers during the hexarchate era, even if the practitioner had been trained during the heptarchate. Think of the range of possible signifiers as a deck of cards that originally had seven suits in the heptarchate, and then in the hexarchate they removed the Liozh suit so you can't draw those cards anymore.
- Faction members usually but not always manifest faction-specific signifiers. I have a fragment of a short story on my hard drive somewhere involving Shuos Zehun working with a Shuos assassin who has a massive chip on their shoulder because they have an ashhawk signifier and people keep making fun of them about it. (Kind of dangerous around an assassin if you ask me, but, Shuos.)
Some people have what are called variable signifiers reflecting different aspects of their personality (Shuos Mikodez is one of these), and a percentage of those people can change their signifier at will (Shuos Jedao is one of these). Cheris was pretty consistent signifier-wise in Ninefox Gambit, but honestly given the amount of ?!?! in her head after the end of that book, she could plausibly be running around with a LOT of different signifiers.
- All signifiers are faction-affiliated. The Rose Chalice is an Andan signifier, and it generally means amiableness/docility with a side of "I'm a bit of a doormat" (which explains why Kujen was mucking around with it).
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Date: 2017-07-01 01:18 am (UTC)- Faction members usually but not always manifest faction-specific signifiers. I have a fragment of a short story on my hard drive somewhere involving Shuos Zehun working with a Shuos assassin who has a massive chip on their shoulder because they have an ashhawk signifier and people keep making fun of them about it. (Kind of dangerous around an assassin if you ask me, but, Shuos.)
Some people have what are called variable signifiers reflecting different aspects of their personality (Shuos Mikodez is one of these), and a percentage of those people can change their signifier at will (Shuos Jedao is one of these). Cheris was pretty consistent signifier-wise in Ninefox Gambit, but honestly given the amount of ?!?! in her head after the end of that book, she could plausibly be running around with a LOT of different signifiers.
- All signifiers are faction-affiliated. The Rose Chalice is an Andan signifier, and it generally means amiableness/docility with a side of "I'm a bit of a doormat" (which explains why Kujen was mucking around with it).
Hope this helps!
(BTW, Mabinogion fan? :D)