Dragaera

Vlad and the Organization - If, If, If...

Wed Mar 23 13:40:35 PST 2005

> From: David Dyer-Bennet [mailto:dd-b at dd-b.net]
> Maximilian Wilson <wilson.max at gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 15:28:46 -0500, Ken Koester
> > <kkoester at email.ers.usda.gov> wrote:
> > IMHO, it's a Good Thing that Lady Teldra's nature isn't obvious. She
> > can't make Morganti weapons *safe* for Vlad, but it does... Hmmmm.
> > What would happen if the Organization killed Vlad, Morganti-style, and
> > then learned he was prowling around Adrilankha again a few weeks
> > later? I'm thinking they would probably just kill him again and then
> > kill the assassin who "bungled" it the first time, so no interesting
> > story there. Unfortunate, because the thought of how badly it would
> > scare his original killer amuses me.
> 
> Since assassins mostly don't want witnesses, they might indeed just
> assume it was bungled.  On the other hand, when executing Vlad for
> treason, they might request a more public demise.  If 100 witnesses
> all saw him killed Morganti, and *then* he turned up walking
> around....

Now -that- might give the Council an excuse to let him off.
"Well, we had him done Morganti. That's punishment enough, eh? No reason to
rub it in by harassing the boy. No hard feelings, right?"