On Mon, 30 Sep 2002, Erik Berman wrote: >Has anyone suggested that Khaavren is just the commander of the Phoenix >guards? I haven't read Orca for a long time but on page 201 of Teckla, >Vlad meets Lord Khaavren and names him "the Brigadier of Guards." Well, he's not "just" the head of the Phoenix Guards because we know he's also head of Special Tasks. But I think that's it, given the evidence. >Also, if we are looking for a Warlord, I think we should look at >Dragon's we've meet. I seem to recall someone commenting that the >warlord is always (at at least almost always) a Dragon. OBSP: "Dragons", no apostrophe. Nothing is elided, and it's not a possessive. Some thoughts: I think the Warlord is an older man, probably at least as old as Khaavren. Threatening to resign is the behavior of someone confident in his principles, and secure in his status and perhaps nearing the age where he feels ready to retire, all marks of maturity. He might also be someone we've met who admires Khaavren, and perhaps the threatened resignations are in emulation of Khaavren's behavior (or perhaps the other way around). Hmm. Do we know what happened to Uttrik e'Lanya? I note that at the end of Phoenix Guards, he is steward of the Pepperfields under Adron, but I don't remember if FHYA tells of him.