Noticing his confusion, Trahearne clarified, "The centaur are a race of people that have an equine lower half, and an upper torso that resembles that of a human. They have been at war with humans for a very long time. It's part of what made Ventari so unique in both seeking peace and not rejecting Ronan's friendship."

The idea of family does draw a faint smile out of him. There were complications to an idea like that, of course, but it was still a pleasant way of looking at it. "All sylvari consider each other siblings, even if those ties aren't as strong as they are within the other races. After all, I have a great many younger brothers and sisters I've never met." Possibly numbering in the thousands by now - Trahearne isn't sure if any of the many efforts to do a census were ever successful. "Ventari's memory exists in the Dream we have before awakening, though I'm not sure if Ronan's memory does. It's possible that the Pale Tree was too young to have known him before his passing."