On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 03:26, 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. It is a rather amusing notion, but I believe I've found a flaw in it. It was mentioned that due to Kragar's natural ability/curse of being unnoticed, he was unable to lead in battle, and that was somehow related to him being thrown out of his original House. So, this means that Kragar has always been unnoticed (or at least it started before he left the House), *and* he was a very ineffective leader in battle. We know that Kana has been somewhat of an effective leader, and people do notice him, so I'm hesitant to believe your theory.