philiph at slac.stanford.edu wrote on 8/20/2004 7:08:36 P.M. > Fair enough - but Sethra hardly knows Iorich justiciars. So S->Z->I_j. > Or perhaps through Pel, which would be interesting. Hi, I think it could not have involved Pel because I believe Pel is dead or maybe I just want to believe “the hot-tempered Yendi” (Lord of Castle Black Paperback page 113) who sometimes acts like a Dragon was dead before Vlad was born. If Pel had been alive and Prime Minister in Yendi, I think he would have put a stop to the whole thing years ago because his chances of staying Prime Minister during the Dragon Reign would have been better with his friends Morrolan or Aliera as Emperor. If Pel had been alive and Prime Minister in Phoenix, Pel would have warned the Empress about the danger of creating martyrs and that the Jhereg(House) was up to something. We know at least that Pel is not Prime Minister when Orca happens (The book of Athyra, Orca page 305). For almost a month, I kept myself from writing about this because it could turn out not to be true with just a sentence in a upcoming book and maybe it is something that Steven Brust is waiting to reveal. Today, I just finished reading The Sun, the Moon, & the Stars (Orb trade paperback reprint), which ended before I wanted it to. I took Pel being mentioned today, and philiph at slac.stanford.edu writing (8/20/2004 6:19:42 P.M.) >Incidentally, nice to see some Text-based discussion, >and esp. connections between the Paarfiad and Vladiad. and Steven Brust writing in “The Sun, the Moon, & the Stars” page 202-203 “It would be nice if you were to find what I tried to put there,”, as a sign that it might be okay to write about Pel acting like a Dragon. I just hope writing about this does not spoil anything in the future or make past incarnations different like (Heh!) Tazendra. I am hoping the next part of the Paarfiad will be about Dolivar or maybe about Verra before she could be in two places at once. Bye. Linda G.