Grady Brandt <gbrandt at Tampabayfederal.com> writes: >> 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?" It should still be a pretty good deterrant; not very many people are willing to risk being killed morganti. -- 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/>