On Feb 17, 2004, at 4:42 PM, David Rodemaker wrote: >>> 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 I'd be inclined to agree here. I mean, certainly there's a high degree of racism, but a possible outcome is maybe a bit of grudging respect for Vlad from Dragereans. Also, they might recognize him as a possible problem, but if someone you knew about had a Great Weapon called "Godslayer", would you to make your criticism too vocal, notwithstanding them being an Easterner? -Jeff