It is just a case of verbal strokes. Anyway, I vote for Vlad being made a Dragon. He has the right soul, an Imperial title, an enviable weapon, and friends in high places. He has served in the army and earned a medal (albeit unawarded). This solves virtually every problem except the creation of interesting stories. Vlad the Jhereg is much more interesting than would be Vlad the Dragon. On the other hand, his father could return from the grave to shep naches. Ken On Wednesday, August 20, 2003, at 11:30 AM, Laurie Brassard wrote: > --- Daemian Spayde <Daemian_spayde at sbcglobal.net> > wrote: >> I would actually have to disagree with you Laz. >> We've seen Vlad's >> progression _away_ from his old life in several of >> the more recent (time >> line) books. I believe that Vlad's days of being >> Jhereg are long gone. I >> would have to describe him more accurately as the >> 'Anti-Hero'. >> > > My first reaction was to agree that Vlad is moving > away from the Jhereg, but I really like the idea of > him moving into more power within the Jhereg, as well. > What if (just trying to untie some concepts I like) > Vlad *changed* the Jhereg? That is, what if he did > take over the Council in some way, but not by killing > them all? Political assassination? Something > different & cool that Steve comes up with... I don't > know, but considering the (not so) small matter of his > soul, it would make sense for him to create a whole > new path for them to follow. > > And someone said (sorry for the vague attribution; I > don't have the older posts here) Piro might be the > Demon. I agree with later comments that it's > unlikely, but he's certainly becoming a Jhereg, isn't > he? > > Finally, in reference to a more recent post I deleted, > I think I'm going to have to put "elocute > masturbatively" on a bumper sticker. It makes so very > little sense, but it does so in such an obscene way... > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com >