Jerry Friedman wrote: > --- Chris Olson - SunPS <Chrisf.Olson at Sun.COM> wrote: > >>Hmm... Maybe that's the Last Contract? Kelly hires Vlad >>to assassinate the Great Cycle! Another All-Expenses Paid >>trip to the Land of the Dead, with chisel and hammer in >>hand.... >> >>Okay, maybe not. <grin> > > I've taken that idea seriously since somewhere around _Phoenix_ > (probably on one of my re-reads). The main objection, of course, > is that from things Paarfi says, Norathar's reign lasts well beyond > Vlad's expected lifetime. Ways around that: I would say that another huge objection is that Vlad hates Kelly, and while he would be tempted to take Verra and the other Lords of Judgment to task (using his new toy) for various reasons, I don't think that he would really do it unless he had a better reason than Kelly wanting him to. Especially after knowing that Kelly's ideas won't work in the current Empire. Maybe Vlad can manage to live long enough to see those ideas be viable, but not Kelly and his supporters. Jose -- Jose Marquez \ Cthulhu 2004 jhereg69 at hackwater.com \ Why vote for http://www.hackwater.com \ the lesser evil?