Jag <agrajag at dragaera.net> writes: > Vlad was not a citizen of the Empire until his father > bought a title in the Jhereg. Its mentioned in one of the > books (probablly _Taltos_ or _Jhereg_) that Vlad only > received his link to the Orb when his father purchased the > title. I want to debate this point. Didn't Vlad begin his sorcery training befoe his father bought the title? I'd guess the family was Teckla before that point (or maybe Vlad's mother was a citizen). --KG