erik at debill.org wrote: >In this case, might not appearance be as important as fact? Vlad >disappears (since they're going to kill him if they ever find him). >Since everyone else who ever squealed has been sent straight to >deathgate courtesy of a Morganti dagger it'll be assumed that's why he >hasn't shown up. I'm sure they'd love for his body to turn up in a >very messy fashion, but you just have to start rumors of last stands >in burning buildings or some such. > > They may have to do just that. But without a body the case stays open for too many people, would be my take. Others would start to wonder just how in touch with things the top brass are & maybe get unhealthy ideas about lightening their kharmic burden, to quote Zelazny. >That or he becomes a legend like Mario. "You want to squeal on the >Demon? Who do you think you are, Vlad?" After all, he's a witch, has >a Great Weapon, is friends with many of the most important people in >the Empire (at least one of whom is a legend in her own right) and >regularly receives person attention from his patron goddess. That's >what it takes to squeal on the Organization and live. Hell, people >might start thinking that Vlad == Mario. > > > > Perhaps. It raises the point: how much does the Organization know about Vlad? A few--but only a few--may know he is a witch. Probably no one knows he's friendly with Sethra, except maybe his own former staff. Certainly, no one in House Jhereg knows he has a GW yet. One final point: Vlad himself puts back on his stones before entering Valabar's. So he isn't taking his own GW as an invulnerable shield just yet. Snarkhunter > > >