--- Scott Schultz <scott at cjhunter.com> wrote: > > Sethra's game playing isn't designed to be without grave > > consequences > > should she loose. Not unless she's not the person we see her to be. > > I'm not convinced that's really true. Her "game" is more of a hobby and > a > personal challenge. A test of her abilities and in the case of a handful > of > fortunate people, a chance to have friends that she couldn't otherwise > cultivate because of her position and reputation. Would she accept > imprisonment? Certainly. There's probably no prison that can hold her > anyway. Torture? Maybe. Permanent bodily harm? Possibly, depending on > whether we're talking scars or maiming. Death? I don't think so. Jenoine conquest of Dragaera? Almost certainly not. Whether Sethra has Iceflame hidden on her person or can call it to herself quickly, she has access to it. Also, her secret isn't worth a life, even Vlad's--and giving away her secret would be one way of "losing". So I think it follows that she would use Iceflame to save her "life" (or just Vlad's, Savn's, Gesundheit's, the jheregs', and Buddy's). > Her "game" IS just a game. Something to while away a rather long > lifetime. > Her responsibilities (such as we know of them) require her to be alive "alive" > and > well in order to carry them out. She can't very well do that if she > allows > herself to be harmed as "just desserts" for having lost at her "game". Right. > > > It makes me wonder if his connection to [Godslayer] is also > > > fundamentally > > > different than Morrolan and Aliera's connections to their respective > > > weapons. > > > > How about Sethra the Younger? Twice? > > Not sure what you're driving at here... Me neither. Jerry Friedman __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com