Maximilian Wilson wrote: > Ah, a Yendi allusion. Do you remember how Vlad tells Cawti about how > much he loathes Dragaerans, that he even has to work to forget how > much he loathes his own employees? Bunk, I say, even though he might > believe it at the time. It's pretty obvious that only Vlad believes this. Vlad has some of his Father in him, but wants to be his Grandfather - except his grandfather wouldn't be an assassin. He doesn't know what he wants to be when he grows up, but he's finding out, book by book.