Joy Jennifer Nicholson wrote: >Which makes Zerika the only non-Dragon (that we're aware of) who holds >a great weapon. > > Well, at the moment. It *is* held by Dragons once a cycle . . . > > > >>--------------040604030607080609060102 >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed >>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >> >>You forgot one . . . the Orb, IIRC, is also a Great Weapon. >> >>Mia >> >>Steve Simmons wrote: >> >> >> >>>On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 11:48:31AM -0700, Maximilian Wilson wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 12:39:30 -0500, Steve Simmons <scs at di.org> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>>If Vlad wants to return, the threat of Godslayer alone will probably be >>>>>sufficient to stop most assassins. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>Sure. Probably not any of the good ones, though, since you normally >>>>don't figure on the target fighting back anyway. The Jhereg were >>>>willing to go after Sethra Lavode in Dzur Mountain during the >>>>Dragon-Jhereg war, at least until she destroyed a number of assassins. >>>>(Heh heh heh.) I think Godslayer makes a better _pretext_ for backing >>>>off than an actual defense--it would probably have to be pretty much >>>>as Scott Schultz suggested, the Demon waking up to find Godslayer >>>>pointed at his eye. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>Come to think of it, it may well be that most Jhereg have very little >>>idea of just what a Great Weapon can do. Consider - there are only four >>>we know enough of to name the holder. Of those four, two have only >>>surfaced in the past few years (Godslayer, Pathfinder), one in the past >>>two centuries (Blackwand), and one has been largely in exile (Iceflame) >>>since Sethra died. Consider also that Vlad is startled as all hell when >>>Blackwand continues defending the dead Morrolan. I'd hazard a guess that >>>your average Jhereg on the street doesn't have a clue to what a Great >>>Weapon *really* is. And thus Godslayers reputation gives Vlad no more >>>protection than any other Morganti blade. >>> >>>Until, of course, the first successful assasination attempt. Someone >>>takes out Vlad with a Morganti blade. Vlads dead hand, weilded by >>>Godslayer, kills the assasin. Sethra and Morrolan pop in and revivify >>>Vlad. While Vlad sits there groggy, they drop a few words to the passers >>>by neither they nor Godslayer are going to be real tolerant of any future >>>attempts. >>> >>>The Jhereg Council promptly shits it collective pants and becomes very >>>amenable to negotiation. >>> >>>I'd pay to read that scene. >>> >>>. . . >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>>If Brust wants to bring Vlad back to town, there are no more ifs: he can >>>>>do it. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>Sure, but it has to be done in a way that's "cool." >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>IMHO the above is cool, but I'm only Steve, not Steve Brust. :-) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>P.S. Much as he would hate to admit it, I think Vlad fits in better >>>>with the Dragons than with the Jhereg . . . >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>Nice analysis. I think you're right. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>--------------040604030607080609060102-- >> >> >> >> > > > >