Dragaera

Reading FHYA (possible spoilers)

Fri Aug 29 13:56:27 PDT 2003


sorry about the possible double post, but hey,  I think you guys can handle 
it. :)

SPOI





LERS





PACE



So, there I was, reading FHYA, when I come across two interesting comments, 
and both on the same page!  First was the comment that Kathana 
e'Marish'chala wedded a Dragonlord of the e'Lanya line sometime between TPG 
and FHYA.  Of course bells went off in my head--could this e'Lanya possibly 
be father to a certain Dragonlord-turned-Dragon Heir in the Vladiad?  Steve 
seems to really like loose ends to be tied up, something I mildly disagree 
with, because it seems inconsistent with the many and varied people who live 
in the Empire. But then, there are only so many nobles, and it is the nobles 
that all the books are concerned with, so maybe the coincidences aren't so 
unlikely and convenient as they seem.

Second of all, it is mentioned (all this in Khaavren's letter to Aerich, I 
think) that Tazendra was involved in an explosion at her mansion.  She got 
out unscathed, but it creates a precedent which may have had a more 
pronounced effect after the orb returns from the Paths, to such end that a 
certain Teckla named Paresh might find an abandoned, burnt-out manor house 
in the Duchy of Arylle...

Thirdly, I have a suspicion about Mario. I'm still reading (to refresh my 
memory) FHYA again, so I can't say for certain what behaviour I will see 
regarding this subject, but I was interested to recall Aliera's behaviour 
towards Mario.  Was she warm, or was she in debt, or what?  why did she act 
so nicely towards him, a Jhereg Assassin?  It would hardly be honourable to 
develop a relationship with a JHEREG ASSASSIN!  But then, we know that 
Dragonlords can find it within acceptable limits to lower themselves to 
becoming assassins--going back to that e'Lanya dragonlord mentioned above.  
We also know, from the same example, that dragonlords make extremely 
competent assassins, to boot.  So is it possible that Mario is a Dragonlord 
in a situation like Norathar's?  Unjustly expelled from the house, and 
forced to survive as an assassin?  He certainly can be said to possess 
greater abilities and resources than your standard Jhereg 
assassin--something an accomplished dragonlord wizard might have to hand...

We also know that naming conventions among dragonlords (ahem, Rollondar, 
Morrolan) aren't quite so strict as other houses may have, so is an 
Easterner name for a powerful Dragonlord all that absurd?  I have *very* 
strong doubts that he would be so careless as to be called by his real 
name--especially if he *is* a dragonlord.

But I have not yet re-read the descriptions of him in FHYA, so perhaps this 
third speculation is based on whimsy :P

Jon

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