Howard Brazee <howard at brazee.net> Sent by: dragaera-bounces at dragaera.info 06/28/06 11:19 AM To cc dragaera at dragaera.info Subject Re: How? >On 12:00 PM Jon_Lincicum at stream.com wrote: >> Well, there are at least some indirect references to Mario's continued >> activities (The Demon mentioning to Vlad that they would hired Mario >> but for the time limitations, etc etc) > >I'm not at all sure that the Demon saying that means anything except >that's what the Demon wanted Vlad to hear. True enough. Still, it implies that the Demon would expect Vlad to have the idea that Mario is still active... Which could, of course, just be unfounded rumors, but it's certainly not the case that Mario is known for sure to be dead. >>I've always thought it would be interesting to have a Vlad book narrated >>by Mario. Maybe that would clue us in? > >I suspect Steve has left us clues about his plans for Mario that we have >missed. But even if not, I suspect that he has known where he's going >with Mario for a long time. Picking out the clues that are important from the ones that are red herrings is one of my favorite types of speculation. For example, re-reading /Teckla/, I noticed Vlad flippantly commenting about joining the Phoenix Guard. (He also asked Morrolan and Aliera about it in /Yendi/.) Is this just Vlad being Vlad? Or is this foreshadowing? Will /Tiassa/ see Vlad serving under Khaavren as the first Easterner member of the Phoenix Guard? (Narrated by Mario, who's been hired to kill Vlad for the Organization, perhaps...) Majikjon