Kragar is smart - consider how often Vlad takes credit for his ideas. It seems much more likely to me that Skinter's cousin asks for a sex-change as part of the exile package, ... By the way, do we know that Kragar is a citizen? What's his title in the Jhereg? Hmm, guess he must be a citizen, as he contacts Vlad psionically, presumably using sorcery to do so. Has he ever been observed to teleport? On Mon, 3 Nov 2003, David Silberstein wrote: > So I wondered: what will happen to Kâna, also called Skinter, after he > loses? We know he's going to, of course. > > Well, the most likely scenario is that he will lose his head. But I > had the following notion: > > Consider that the driving force behind his strategy, the brains of the > outfit, is really his cousin. > > Consider also that perhaps the illegality of his rebellion situation > is a bit uncertain. Is he in fact being treasonous? There isn't an > Empire yet for him to be treasonous *to*. > > And What if he eventually surrenders? What if the Empress decides to > show him clemency? What happens next? > > Well, it occurs to me that his House might be sufficiently annoyed > with him that they might well eject him from it. And either the > Empire or the House might wish to punish him for his overreaching > arrogance by somehow cursing him (using sorcery or elder sorcery or > necromancy, or whatever), by causing him to become a complete > non-entity, well-nigh invisible. > > And he might then change his name, and join the Jhereg, and, suffused > with bitterness, vow never to be the one in charge. > > As I type this up, it seems more and more farfetched. > But I still think it an amusing notion. > >