>Well, since most Jhereg in the organization at the time were operating in >Dragaera City, he probably would have lived at least a few minutes longer >than he actually did. Touche! :-P >But, given that he was a Tsalmoth, the idea of his giving up on regaining >his former position and accepting life as a Jhereg seems pretty unlikely. "Tsalmoth maintains, though none know how." Interesting, I'd never considered that aspect of his personality as part of his motivations. I suppose a "bad" Tsalmoth (in the sense that Teldra describes young Issola as "obsequious to the point of annoyance") would be one who set his heart on some goal to the point of self destruction and/or the destruction of everything and everyone in his way. I wonder how many Tsalmoth reigns have ended because of the near destruction of the Empire as a result of some inability of the Emporer to back off and see reason about something he wanted? I guess I'd picture Abdiel as the archetypical "bad Tsalmoth". (Abdiel was the antagonist in _To Reign in Hell_ who catalyzed the destruction of Heaven because his plan to gain favor with Yahweh ran out of control and snowballed into something much bigger than he'd ever originally planned.)