> From: Ken Koester [mailto:kkoester at email.ers.usda.gov] > Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 7:56 AM > Since they've already gone after Morollan once, even though he's had > Blackwand for 200+ years or so, that argues that either they (House > Jhereg) don't really know what a GW is, or they discount what it can do > (ie, they do not excessively fear it), or that it is *not* easy to > recognize what is and what isn't a GW. Any of these mean that Lady T. > cannot be counted on to cause the Council to back off in the slightest. I think surviving a verifiable Morganti job (maybe two) should be enough to give them pause, regardless of what they know about GWs in general and whether they know Vlad's got one. The only incident of this occurring that we're aware of was with Aliera, and the only people privy to that were in Morrolan's ballroom at the time and probably don't have the full story. The whole event was pretty short and confused. > I do see an interesting situation if Vlad stays in Adrilankha or "goes > public" as it were: pressure on Kiera. ("You know that Easterner you > used to hang out with? Well, he's been spotted in Lower Kieron Street > last night. Sure you don't know anything about it? What can you tell > us, eh?") I haven't seen enough Council handiwork to know exacly what > they would do--I spell my name S-n-a-r-k-h-u-n-t-e-r, not S-t-e-v-e--but > I think it would make for an interesting storyline & even more > interesting choices for Kiera & her secrets. > That actually could work out. Kiera could "set up" Vlad for the Council in order to coerce events to fall out just right. However "just right" happens to be. Having a friend on the inside works both ways. Hmm. Wonder if the Council would try to pump Kragar, or if they wouldn't think of it. :)