Well, I highly suspect Morrolan, Aliera, and Sethra would dissaude them. On 1/13/06, Jon_Lincicum at stream.com <Jon_Lincicum at stream.com> wrote: > > Howard Brazee <howard at brazee.net> > Sent by: dragaera-bounces at dragaera.info > 01/13/06 12:01 PM > > To > "'Dragaera (E-mail)'" <dragaera at dragaera.info> > cc > > Subject > Re: Fw: Not a witch? > > > > > >I like the idea that he was gone long enough to change his personality > >some. What intrigues me is what happened to his family during his > >absence - and what Steve has planned for his relationship with > >particular known and unknown family members. > > One of my notions is that Noish-Pa ends up being a better administrator of > Szurke County than most other Dragaeran nobility. > > I get these visions of him lowering all his Teckla traditional tribute > percentages to a mere fraction, resulting in a happy, healthy, prosperous > region with a booming population and high tax revenues due to a robust > economy. > > He'd probably pour all this extra wealth back into benefits for the > commmoners, kicking the cycle into ever higher spirals. > > When Vlad comes back to claim his estate, he may find that he's become > *very* rich indeed. > > But hey, there's always the chance that a jealous neighbor in a nearby > county might try to stir up trouble for him, so things may not be all > sweetness and light. > > Majikjon > > > > >