Gaertk at aol.com writes: > 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. He seems to do well enough as an Easterner of no house. His important relationships don't seem to depend on his house membership at all. In fact, that might be a non-eventful way to resolve the problem -- formally expell him from House Jhereg, in lieu of killing him (with a little fancy footwork to explain why that's actually worse, of course). Then he could get on with his life. -- David Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b at dd-b.net>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/>