> > From: Philip Hart <philiph at SLAC.Stanford.EDU> > >I'm voting for Vlad killing everybody in his way until the Empress > >tells him to stop lest he unbalance society, whereupon he informs > >her that his GW makes him able to assassinate her despite the Orb's > >protection, after which he installs Kragar as the Council/Heir. > > This doesn't seem consistent with what we've read on the title > page of the Paarfi books, however. I believe that he was thinking of making Kragar the *Jhereg* heir, not the Dragon. Not that I think that any of the above scenario is actually likely. Alexx Alexx Kay Opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily those of my employers alexx at world.std.com http://world.std.com/~alexx Everybody should regularly make a habit of reading things that they disagree with vehemently. It's part of keeping your mental pencils sharp.