On Sun, 27 Oct 2002, Akodo Bob wrote: > My theory is that the Empire's attitude is very > much a "Let them kill each other off" type of approach. The Empire has to > perform an investigation because a noble died, and Morganti was used, but > its only going to be a cursory investigation. The Empress probably knew > Vlad did it, and most of the investigators suspected, but its likely that > they simply went through the motions. The Empire and Jhereg have an > > Similarly, I'd imagine that the Empress knows quite well that Moronlann and > Aleria dabble in Elder Sorcery, but wisely keeps her eye blind to the > transgression since they are both loyal to the Empress and are quite well > able to put up a fight if the Empire tried to discourage their use. That's how I always saw it...that it would "cost" too much time/resources/energy to actually do something about those. There is a rich history of legislators turning a blind eye to certain rules or certain cases, or at least minimizing the issue. Although I also wouldn't put it past the Empress and/or Iorich to REALLY go after Vlad or another Jhereg for the same case if someone more important was involved, like say Norathar or another House Heir, outside of Jhereg. Speaking of House Heirs, I don't recall if this issue was ever raised before, but has there ever been mention of who the current Jhereg Heir is? Theoretically, the Jhereg are included in the Cycle, and even if their reign is a long way off, I'm kind of curious if it was ever mentioned who would be the Heir. ****** NyteMuse "Call her life unnatural, feel her undead breath. Color her black for sorcery, color her gray for death." AIM: NyteMuse139 / ICQ: #21966269 (NyteMuse) MSN: NyteMuse / Yahoo!ID: NyteMuse http://www.crowfire.com