In a message dated Mon, 10 Jun 2002 10:57:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Mark Porter" <mporter at rogers.com> writes: > My question, though, is this. Much to my delight, 'Lord' > Khaavren was mentioned twice. Now, I'm just curious what > his current role is in the Empire. He can no longer be > the Captain of the Guard, since Vlad seems to know of him, > yet still wonders if the Dragon woman that showed up > outside of Kelly's was the Captain, which I think leaves > two possibilities. Obviously, Vlad was upset at him as if > Khaavren had something to do with the troops being > present, so I'm thinking he's either been promoted to > Brigadier, or possible he's even gotten himself a job as > Warlord. I think "captain" may be a mid-level rank in the Guards (or at least Vlad thinks so). My conviction is that Khaavren IS Warlord (compare the Warlord refernces in _Phoenix_ with comments about Khaavren in _Orca_), with the biggest piece of evidence the fact that Morrolan ain't. --KG