On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, Jerry Friedman wrote: > --- Mark A Mandel <mam at theworld.com> wrote: > > On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, Steve Simmons wrote: > ... > > > #And when action comes to the cusp, who's on the front lines? Sethra, > > #Vlad, the Necromancer, Devera. Verra's a ways back in the ranks. > > > > That can be fairly attributed to generalship (non-Dragon style) or > > manipulation. Was Eisenhower ever in front-line battle (as a General)? > ... > > Anyway, I don't think it's true. As I recall, Verra jumped on a > Jenoine like a tag fighting in a brothel, or something. Corrolary: Verra has to be humiliated to make Sethra more heroic...