On 7/13/06, Howard Brazee wrote: > On 2:08 PM Davdi Silverrock wrote: > > >> If Vlad made a few examples out of assassins they probably won't > > >> risk their souls for Imperials. > > > > > > Vlad risked his soul for Imperials every time he performed a Morganti > > assassination - if he had been caught, the Morganti weapon would have > > been used on him. > > Maybe that's one reason he was able to get his reputation and jobs - > Easterners don't have the same concept of immortality and the risk of > losing it as Dragaerans do. > No, I don't buy that. Vlad gets very upset when his life is in danger (or is ended, albeit briefly), and hates Morganti weapons, despite using them when paid. He's pretty partial to his current life, let alone any putative future existence.