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...