On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 Jon_Lincicum at stream.com wrote: > We don't? What about Vlad? It was his *father* that bought a title for > himself in the Jhereg, and Vlad then inherited it. > > This says he's part of the house, and so are his descendants, etc etc. Dunno - the title might have been valid for heirs of his body (assuming that means immediate heirs) or might be otherwise defeasible. Vlad had access to the Orb before his father was killed, because the latter had hired a sorcerer to teach him, hence Vlad was already a citizen and not an inheritor of that status. Perhaps an Imperial title is heritable.