Actually, the inability to be perceived by others seems like witchcraft to me. Imagine that Krager pissed off a witch (maybe one of Morrolan's which could explain his animus) and now is living out his fate... On Nov 4, 2003, at 3:48 PM, David Silberstein wrote: > On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, Matthew Hunter wrote: > >> On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 01:05:28AM -0800, David Silberstein >> <davids at kithrup.com> wrote: > >>> On 3 Nov 2003, Jag wrote: > > [Skinter -> Kragar, perhaps] > >>>> 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. > >>> Yes, but that wasn't some ex cathedra explanation, that was Kragar's >>> own off-the-cuff explanation - which, I think, even Vlad thought was >>> more than a little fishy. I won't absolutely accept it until I see >>> Morrolan or Sethra mentioning it. >>> >>> And thinking about it, it doesn't really make sense. How in hell >>> would he get a command unless he impressed his superiors with his >>> ability to be a commander? They don't just throw soldiers in the >>> field and tell one of them "Hey, you. You're in charge. If you fuck >>> up, you're outta the House." (And how would they have noticed him to >>> do so?) >> >> Actually, they do -- with nobility, at least in our own feudal >> societies. When you have a heriditary noble in charge, you >> pretty much have to hope that he knows his stuff or else knows >> enough to leave it to those who do. > > Well, perhaps. Assuming he's had this "fade" thing going on for his > whole life, I can see him setting up a trusted liutenant to relay all > his orders, and perhaps, when this trusted liutenant gets killed, he > can't cut it? > >> I can easily see Kragar as the son of someone important, expected >> to be a military leader for that reason alone, and given various >> commands that he manages not to entirely fuck up until he's got the >> chance to *really* get in trouble. >> > > Still "trouble", in the military, usually means death, or possibly > forced retirement from the army itself. Assuming he didn't do > something that the military would deem deserving of execution, > incompetence alone would probably just get him cashiered. > > No matter what his fuckup was, expulsion from House Dragon itself is > very, very unusual. > > Hmm. Now I am reminded of my previous Kragar theory, which is that > he's a half-breed mixed-House of some sort. > > > http://dragaera.info/mailinglists/archive.cgi?1:msp:6162: > jchnmcgmchpbemkjfpnp >