[Dragaera] Vlad the Dzur? (Was Re: Okay, it's official)

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Ray Lee <ray at madrabbit.org> 
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07/27/06 12:16 PM

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Re: [Dragaera] Okay, it's official




>David Dyer-Bennet wrote:
>> Anybody doing a reread, or at least a last-previous-book reread, in
>> preparation for Dzur?  Dzur picks up seconds after Issola ends, so
>> there's probably more reason than usual to do so.
>
>I found myself curious as to how one of the comments (of questionable
>canon) in A Dream Of Passion play into Vlad's apparent Dzur-like
>behavior. But that was at best a, y'know, mental re-read :-).

I've always found Vlad to have many of the characteristics of a 
Dzur--perhaps more than those of any other house--whether he's willing to 
admit to it or not. 

He's never afraid to go up against superior odds... (and is often 
successful against them.) He seems to enjoy a good fight--however much he 
complains about the circumstances that brought it about... He's been 
trained from childhood to be a fighter... He's got a heroic streak that 
comes out in the heat of battle... He's a fairly decent sorcerer (no 
matter how much he disparages his own abilities in this department)... 

He even when charging into Dzur Mountain to see the Enchantress one 
time... ;-)

It will be interesting to see these traits magnified (as tends to happen 
in each of the Vlad books with the corresponding house...) in /Dzur/.

Majikjon