Trevor asked me to forward this and I haven't seen a resend. My apologies
if this is now a duplicate post.
-Dennis
Me:
> Right. If it was about the Demon, he'd have no
> reason to go after Vlad at
> all. Vlad took out someone who was quite possibly a
> rival and the Demon
> is plently smart enough to make sure Boralinoi was
> succeeded by someone
> who would fit the Demon's plans.
Trevor:
Ah,... politics. :)
> > broke the "not at home" rule BUT, I don't think
> > it's hit family side.
>
> I don't think there's an explicit rule for going
> after stool pigeons.
> Sure, it's good business, but that doesn't make it a
> rule.
Actually, I think it is. I'm trying to recall the
incident where Vlad nailed the stoolie at his
mistress's. Now, I can't recall if he couldn't hit him
at home because he was hiding under impersial
protection or because of the rules.
Could someone enlighten me?
> > then everyone and their uncle will start breaking
> the
> > rules which will ultimately work against the house
> and
> > the head of the house and its structure.
>
> I don't see it. Generally, the rules and customs of
> the Jhereg are
> enforced very simply. You break a big one, you die.
> Yes, Vlad broke a
> big rule and he hasn't died yet, but I guarantee
> that knownig that if you
> manage to acquire a Great Weapon, you can go to the
> Empire and live isn't
> going to start a wave of people talking to the
> Empire.
But it's become a matter of FACE to the Jhereg. Vlad
Taltos, the easterner son-of-a-kethna who manage to
turn in a high ranked Jhereg to the Empire, toss
another to Greenare <sp?> for a nice beheading and
then walked into Valabars like nothing happenned.
At the very least, he'll have his Baronacy <or
whatever his title was> stripped. But that is a slpa
on the wrist given what the empress gave him.
> > We know the Demon has been willing to risk and
> > inter-house war before with Mellar. But even then
> that
> > was only with great reluctance. There is precedent
> > that states Vlad must be handled.
> I disagree. What Mellar did was different. The
> Demon said it was
> different. It was the one, specific thing that
> could cripple the House
> for all time.
> Let a House of crooks know that the House's Treasury
> can be had, and
> you're done. Forever. Let the same House that
> someone managed to survive
> after talking to the Empire and... nothing changes.
> After all, Jhereg
> squealed long before Vlad got away with it, and
> they'll do it long after he's dead and gone.
Touche! Admittedly, this is on a lower scale and
there were mitigating circumstances with fealty to the
empire.
> Of course, the person who played the Demon just told
> us what he would do,
> which is a much more elegant solution anyway.
And he had a point. And not to disagree, but I wonder
how that would be interpretted by the
populous/organization as a whole?
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