Details of Barrayar I have forgotten

[beatrice_otter]

Do we know what Padma's Da's name was?  We can presume his father's name was Ivan, as Ivan would have been named after him.  Do we know what Aral's older brother's name was, or Aral's middle name?

What are the Vorbarra colors?  Are they red-and blue like the colors of the imperium, so that Barrayaran soldiers in parade dress are in fact wearing Vorbarra livery?  Would there then be a difference between livery and a military uniform?  I'm pretty sure we only see Gregor wearing nice suits and military uniforms, we don't see him ever wear his House uniform.  Of course military uniform usually trumps House uniform, but it doesn't always seem to.

Comments

[philomytha]

Aral's sister isn't even in the story half the time--it's just Aral watching his mother and brother get killed, and no mention that his sister was even there. I suppose you could try to paper this over by constructing a theory that she died of something else, before the massacre, but it doesn't help much.

And I see no need to suppress the urge to write that fic! I'd read it...