>maybe you didn't mean to imply that his title was to >a city block. When I first read this I thought you >were associating Vlad's title with his "area", and that's >just not right. No, I was comparing the size of it. I suppose it could be a couple of acres, since we don't really know more than the number of people living on it. I've just always imagined it to be a few house lots and not much more. I wouldn't be very surprised if it actually was a city block someplace that the House charged rent on. >So I vote "not every Jhereg has a title". I'd say that's almost certainly true. >Maybe it's only required of those wishing to join the House >that they join as nobility. Maybe. We don't really know how Kragar joined The Organization, for instance. There's never been any hint that he has a Jhereg title. Aliera even seems to sneer at him for being a disgraced Dragon rather than for being a Jhereg. I'd imagine that you can end up working for The Organization without actually being an "official" member of House Jhereg. You don't see many Easterners in The Organization for the same reason you don't see Teckla: They are the Jhereg's natural prey. It's true that Vlad's title greased a few wheels as far as his entry into The Organization, but I think it's fair to say that Kiera should take most of the credit for that. Your typical honest social-climbin Easterner buying a title would be content, probably even happy, to have nothing at all to do with the business end of the House. I can't imagine that Taltos, Sr. had a career as a "workman" in mind for his son when he bought the title.