In a message dated Mar/23/2005 1:48:31 PM Eastern Standard Time, Maximilian Wilson <wilson.max at gmail.com> writes: > P.S. Much as he would hate to admit it, I think Vlad fits in better > with the Dragons than with the Jhereg. He's got too much concern > for honor. Jhereg, as Sethra points out in Taltos, would be glad to > sit down and listen to a business proposal no matter how they were > brought into it. Vlad is, much as he would hate to admit it, more > like Aliera in "Jhereg" when she volunteers to feed herself to a > Morganti blade because it gives her a better chance of survival > than making Morrolan kill her or letting him start a war. Declaring > war on Boralinoi for Cawti's sake--is _that_ Jhereg behavior? More > like a honor vendetta. Rescuing Morrolan and Aliera from the > Jenoine? Spending a year of his life wandering Dragaera nursing > Savn back to health? I'm not saying Vlad/Dolivar fits in well with > the Dragons--relative preferences for hot meals vs. fighting come > to mind--but I don't really think he ever really fit in with the > Organization and it's not really a surprise that he got the boot. If the Organization revokes his Baronetcy, he could always fight his way into House Dzur. I think he fits better as a greedy hero than soldier. --KG