>I guess my point is that we have some obvious text examples of how a noble >goes about recruiting an assassin when the need arises, and it seems to be >on a strictly free-lance, individual basis. Point taken, though I was thinking of more mundane examples. Somebody needs a loan on the hush-hush, or wants to acquire some item that his neighbor owns, or just wants some ostensibly illegal "action" that's in keeping with his station. These are the petty sorts of dealings that make up the bread and butter of The Organization by the sorts of people who, I'd imagine, don't usually have the connections that Greycat clearly had or developed once he had the need. Actually, if we believe Vlad, House Jhereg rarely "works" outside of the House. I'd lean towards labeling Greycat as an aberration, primarily because he was out of favor and therefore wasn't making any pretense at "honor". He was essentially a Jhereg in action, if not in fact. Given his obvious organizational skills despite his setbacks, I wonder how far he'd have gotten if he'd been willing to settle for a place in the Organization instead of trying to recover his position at Court?