Dragaera

Piro's New Career, w. minor SL spoiler -- Thoughts?

Mon Jul 19 09:22:31 PDT 2004

On Jul 19, 2004, at 12:13 PM, erik at debill.org wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 10:11:39AM -0400, charles_sumner at harvard.edu 
> wrote:
>> At 10:22 PM 7/18/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>>> First, the Please-don't-flame-me disclaimer : I've been afk from the 
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>>> discussion if there was one. So...question is below
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>> he is).  On the left hand, it's unlikely that Piro could rise through 
>> the
>> ranks of the Jhereg quickly enough to get a council seat when the 
>> Demon
>> supposedly did.
>
> Are you forgetting Mellar?  10 years from joining to council seat.
> Very unusual, yes, but it HAS been done.
>
> Vlad's age estimate probably rules it out, though.  I can't see him
> being THAT far off.
>
>
> Erik

While I'm inclined to agree, you can't rule out Vlad being wrong. He 
has been before. He's not the most trust worthy narrator.