On Sat, Sep 06, 2003 at 12:10:28AM -0700, David Silberstein wrote: > Bah. I think you're reading too much into it. A far more likely > interpretation is that Sethra Lavode & Aerich are the most admirable > because they have the fewest personal weaknesses (Khaavren is Speaking of which. Sethra is a spooky legend to Kragar in _Taltos_. I think Paarfi writes about how feared and misunderstood she is. I wonder how much scandal or controversy there would be in Dragaera about his books presenting her as so good and human. Of course she has served in court, and supposedly appeared there right before the Disaster... presumably the power elite is less superstitious of her (while fearing her real power...) but what about the 'middle class' of lower nobility buying Paarfi's books? -xx- Damien X-)