Dragaera

Really, really, really stupid question

Tue Feb 17 17:13:29 PST 2004


On Tue, 17 Feb 2004, 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"


Recall Adron's reaction at the end of _TPG_ to seeing an Easterner with a
morganti blade...