> > Perhaps now that Vlad's got a Jenoine-Jabber of his > > own, Paarfi will sit up an take notice... > > I don't know if Vlad's going to want to publicize that fact. > He's got a lot less to fear nowadays - conventionally anyway. > I would imagine that an Easterner (no matter his reincarnationary > lineage) bearing a Great Weapon would be a major affront to > no small number of Dragons, Dzurs, and others. If it became > widely known, Vlad would probably have to go through quite > a number of nasty duels to convince the population that they > couldn't just 'make things right' by killing him and taking Teldra. I think you may be making an assumption (though not necessarily an untrue one) that Dragerean's would have a 'issue' with an Easterner having a GW. For all we know, and there's a certain amount of evidence that supports this, Dragerean's may very well think it's *weird* and may even think that there's a *problem* but that's not the same as saying "Easterner + GW = Bad", they may be just as likely or more likely to say "[Former Jhereg and Friend of Setha & Crew (Now Imperial Count? IIRC)] + GW = Possible Problem" David