[Dragaera] [Dzur Spoiler] A terribly amusing Speculation

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"Davdi Silverrock" <davdisil at gmail.com> 
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>On 9/9/06, Philip Hart wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 9 Sep 2006, Davdi Silverrock wrote:
>>
>> > Spoiler space for /Dzur/
>> >
>> > No
>> > sword
>> > could
>> > enter
>> > through
>> > her
>> > skin,
>> > Which
>> > vexed
>> > the
>> > knight
>> > and
>> > made
>> > her
>> > grin,
>> > Fa la la-n-fa,
>> > da-n-da da-n-fa,
>> > lanky down dilly.
>> >
>> >
>> > So, who would forget the current term to refer to the illegal 
business
>> > side of the Jhereg?
>> > Who wouldn't have heard the phrase "Bitch Patrol"?
>> >
>> > Someone who's retired, that's who.
>> >
>> > What if... Kragar was actually Mario's apprentice, and is the one who
>> > has been doing all of the recent "work" attributed to Mario?
>>
>> I think I've played with the latter part of that idea in the recent
>> discussions, mainly because I didn't find the Mario and Kragar stuff
>> as presented immediately plausible.  Of course it ties in with the
>> idea that Mario didn't off Tortaalik, which is perhaps also in its 
favor.
>
>I suppose I have in mind at least the possibility that the young,
>nondescript assassin that Khaavren saw, the one who made the first
>abortive attempt on Tortaalik, was Kragar.

Hmm.. I must admit, this would go a long way to explaining how Mario could 
hide so easily in the Seven Room prior to the first assassination attempt.

But is Kragar really over 900 years old? I always got the impression he 
was younger than that--like 500-600 years old. 

>However, it could still be that it was therefore Mario (picking up
>where his apprentice had fumbled the job) who then finalized the
>Emperor.  However, he couldn't have done it without the intelligence
>about how the Orb works.
>
>I suppose there's still room in the theory for Sethra colluding with
>Mario/Kragar to off Tortaalik.

How well does Sethra know Kragar? 

Majikjon