[Dragaera] Chreotha (the book)

[Ken Koester]

Jon_Lincicum at stream.com wrote:

>Ken Koester <kkoester at email.ers.usda.gov> 
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>>Jon_Lincicum at stream.com wrote:
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>>>Sure, there's a Jhereg *in* /Jhereg/, and a Yendi *in* /Yendi/, and 
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>>>are superficial nods in the direction of the houses, but they don't 
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>>>explore the character of the Houses to the extent that, say, /Dragon/ 
>>>looks at Dragonlords in general, or /Issola/ talks about Issola.
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>>Well, we do learn a fair amount about House Jhereg, not to mention 
>>Dragon-Jhereg wars.  And the main action of the book is "work".  I'd say 
>>it's a pretty strong association, myself.
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>Yes... But we learn almost as much about House Jhereg in /Yendi/ and 
>/Dzur/ as we do in /Jhereg/... And "work" is a focus of several of the 
>books... And the scheme he uses at the end of /Jhereg/ feels convoluted 
>enough to be a Yendi scheme, more than something a Jhereg would think of.
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We learn something about many of the Houses in each book, but Jhereg is 
the only one tightly focused on 1 piece of "work," the total planning 
of, & yes, "work" is an important part of House Jhereg.  The scheme 
itself isn't all that involved, if you think about it:  just 2 pieces of 
misdirection (maybe 3, depending on how you count Pathfinder) & a 
straightforward fight to the death.  A Yendi scheme would have had the 
whole business of revenge be a cover for some other scheme altogether, 
the players would never have known they were playing a role--and the 
Yendi would never have been in sight.

>In this regard, I'd hold up /Athyra/ as probably the book with the closest 
>tie-in to the House it's named after. The whole psyche of the Athyra is a 
>running theme throughout the story. /Issola/ and /Orca/ are also very 
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I don't really get that from =Athyra= at all, probably because it is 
narrated from the POV of a Teckla.  I'd say =Dragon= has the tightest 
House association.  Some are always going to be tighter than others, of 
course.

Snarkhunter