On Sun, Mar 14, 2004 at 09:34:06PM -0600, Bryan Newell wrote:
> There is one other semi-major Tsalmoth, unless Vlad is mistaken:
> Jhereg, page 101 of the Book of Jhereg - Fentor was a Tsalmoth, and he'd
> been with Morrolan's security forces for over fifty years.
> Yendi, page 240 of the Book of Jhereg - I concentrated on a certain
> Tsalmoth, who worked for Morrolan and reported directly to me. . . . "Who is
> it?" said Fentor.
> Now, I'm half convinced this Fentor is the same Fentor from the Lord of
> Castle Black, but _that_ Fentor was a Dragon:
> The Lord of Castle Black, page 73 - [Morrolan] had been fortunate enough to
> find a Dragonlord named Fentor e'Mondaar.
> Now, we know Vlad is not the foremost expert on House identification...
I'd be willing to bet that Vlad saw Fentor at Castle Black in Dragon
colors (since he's serving a Dragonlord), and made an untowards
assumption. Fentor certianly isn't a lackey, but he's also serving
in a fairly sensitive position and in many senses representing the,
er, forceful side of Morrolan. Not unlike, for example, the Phoenix
Guards wearing gold cloaks in spite of their house.
As a backing fact, note that Khaavren mis-identified the house of his
future wife due to her clothing choice. So we know that members of
houses *do* dress in other colors, but that it's unusual enough to
fool Dragaerans who have strong interest in correct house identification.
IMHO, Vlads error. No harm, no foul, no second Fentor.
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