Talk:Lief/@comment-26134723-20160219030702/@comment-172.91.44.165-20160219042837

Technically, yes. Lief should look mostly Toran and have mostly Toran ancestry if all the kings and queens did indeed marry Torans. However, it is quite possible that not all of their "Toran" spouses were fully Toran. (After Adin and Zara's marriage opened the way for more Del/Tora unions, the Del and Toran tribes became somewhat intermixed.)

The key point here is that Adin's bloodline determines his heir. Adin's bloodline, the Del tribe bloodline, is Lief's dominant tribe. The Toran blood may be mixed in with Plains and Del blood, but it is the Del line that matters, and the Del bloodline alone that the Belt recognizes.

(And Samaru's point about Lief having Del characteristics but lacking magic and other Toran traits is also a very good point.)