"Scott Schultz" <scott at cjhunter.com> Sent by: dragaera-bounces at dragaera.info 06/23/06 11:43 AM To "'Dragaera List'" <dragaera at dragaera.info> cc Subject RE: How is House Jhereg governed? >Yeah, the more I examine things the less likely it seems that there's some >actual "non-Business" end of the House of any significance. Everything's >Business in one way or another unless they are people, Eastern or Dragaeran, >who happen through circumstance to be "noble" without ever being recruited >into the Organization. Vlad's father was one of these, apparently. They took >his money but otherwise ignored him, barring some revelation about Taltos >Sr. that we haven't been given yet. Here's a "to the point" piece of textev from /FHYA/ (page 393, paperback): Greycat (To Dunaan): "The House of Jhereg, as you know better than I, is a fiction. That group of entrepeneurs of which you are a member controls the House, and runs it like a business." This seems pretty clear. >I wonder if Taltos Sr. ever took it into his head to visit his baronetcy? hm. Probably not. Doesn't seem to be a "Dragaeran" thing to do. >The only question I've got left is where the Left Hand fits into the greater >scheme of things. It seems _Dzur_ might shed some light on that topic. Indeed. Looking forward to it immensely. Majikjon