On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 12:39:30 -0500, Steve Simmons <scs at di.org> wrote: > If Vlad wants to return, the threat of Godslayer alone will probably be > sufficient to stop most assassins. > If Sethra Lavode, the Empress, Morrolan and Aliera announce they will > avenge Vlads assasination by wiping the Council and their successors to > the third iteration, The Organization will likely swallow hard and agree > to leave him alone. Not by itself. We have seen that they are willing to have a genocidal war for similar reasons. They need a way to save face as well. > If Brust wants to bring Vlad back to town, there are no more ifs: he can > do it. But he's more likely to recognize that the Organization will need for Vlad to do something to earn amnesty (and save face). Because that gives him another story to write. -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/