On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 12:34:50 -0600, Ryan <terrick at cox.net> wrote: > I think its just a matter of is Mario available and willing to do work. I > don't think even he'd want to go up against a greatweapon, not to mention > vlad's friends. So you drop vlad, whats your lifespan like with the > resources of Sethra, Aleria, Morrolan, and most likely even Cawti looking > for you. I'd imagine even less then mellars was. This may be an incentive for them to settle, but they were obviously willing to risk it already--whether because they were pretty sure they could take out Morrolan et. al or because they had no choice (a la Mellar) is debatable. I do think they have a choice now. Max -- something funny