[Dragaera] Irresistible Force vs. Immovable Object (Was Re:Unstoppable Force vs Immovable Object)

[Maximilian Wilson]

On 11/17/06, Davdi Silverrock <davdisil at gmail.com> wrote:
> No, it's (presumably) a way to discover the truth of some important
> matter.  As already repeated several times, Tagichatn was a Duke.  You
> might have noted that dukes are usually rather important people -
> Adron, Kana, and Morrolan were or are dukes.

Ah, but they're all Dragonlord dukes. Titles have different meanings
to different houses, and there's no particular reason to think that
Jhereg dukes are any scarcer than Orca dukes, which is to say pretty
common. To the left, it might be discourteous to take notice of the
provenance of a title; thus investigating Tachitagn's murder is (may
be) a matter of polite fiction.

> The fact that Tagichatn's title was a flashy bit of status seeking by
> someone very low down in the hierarchy is why the actual investigation
> was so cursory.  But the very title itself meant that the
> investigation had to be carried out in the first place, including
> requesting the Empress' time so that the interrogations could be
> carried out under the Orb.

I should have finished reading your post before responding.

-Max Wilson

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