<Brust's characters are surrounded by longevity and death. Vlad -- assassin <whose cronies are going to outlive him by centuries. Khaavren -- soldier who <kills enemies without batting an eyelash, is alive 500 years before the <Interregnum and still kicking it when Vlad shows up. Sethra -- about two <days older than dirt, none the worse for wear, has probably rescued and <killed more people than anyone else in Brust's world. I, for one, would be very much interested in "seeing" Khaavren again now that he is so much older. Has he changed at all from the person he was when we first meet him, or is he exactly the same? I can't remember if it is explicitly stated in the books - what "age" is a Dragaeran when they are considered an adult? For us, it's generally age 18 (although I've always thought it stupid that anyone could believe someone wakes up one day and is an "adult" just because they are a certain age. I prefer to think of a range. I think that most humans become adults somewhere between 18 and 25.) So how do the extra years affect Dragaerans mindset??? Or perhaps it doesn't, and they still live life as if they had a shorter lifespan as Easterners do (an interesting idea since many fantasy writers have explored the concept of logevity and/or immortality and its affect upon the race to which it is granted). Stacy