Well, most of the other Houses care about lineage. I suspect the Jhereg, like the Teckla, don't give a rat's ass about who your great-great-grandfather was. Unlike with the Teckla, I suspect that the Jhereg Emperorship is for sale to the highest bidder (or it goes to the highest-ranking member of the Jhereg Council, whoever that may happen to be at the time). Alternatively, maybe it goes to whoever "persuades" (by whatever means) the Vallista Emperor to step down. I have it straight from the voice of Steve that NO Jhereg Council-member would EVER agree to be Emperor. It is also unlikely to go to the highest bidder. What is likeliest is that it will go to a bidder who the Council feels will follow orders and be the most easily controlled from behind the scenes. Why be the one IN power when you can have all of the power and none of the risk of that power? Leaders get assassinated alot. Caliann *Owned and Operated by the Grand Poohbah Cheese of the Universe* "Offense theives. -- they take it when it isn't offered." --Tom Digby --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now