I think this story is a classic example of Vlad not knowing wtf he's talking about...it's absolutely filled with inconsistencies. For example: 1. The mention of "Lower Kieron Road". I'm sure that Dragaera City probably had a Lower Kieron Road, but don't you get the impression that Vlad means the one in Adrilankha? 2. The mention of teleportation. As made clear in FHYA, teleportation wasn't possible (except for one or two notable exceptions) until /after/ the Interregnum. 3. The mention of revivification. When Vlad talks to Verra in Phoenix (p. 117) she mentions that, in the post-Interregnum society, "even resurrection of the dead has become possible". I have a feeling that Verra knows what she's talking about here. Of course, what's really going on here is that Jhereg was the first book written, and there was nothing like a set-in-stone chronology at the time...but for the sake of argument, let's just say that Vlad doesn't have the vaguest idea what he's talking about.