[Dragaera] Just got ahold of Dzur

[Davdi Silverrock]

On 8/26/06, Philip Hart wrote:
>
>
> On Sat, 26 Aug 2006, Philip Hart wrote:
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> > > (spoiler space)
> > >
> > > Out
> > > came
> > > a
> > > dragon
> > > from
> > > her
> > > den,
> > > fa la lanky down dilly,
> > > That
> > > killed
> > > God
> > > knows
> > > how
> > > many
> > > men,
> > > fa la lanky down dilly.
>
> The Daymar discussion reminds me of a question I had: Vlad hasn't used
> witchcraft in a while - could he not do something along the lines of
> casting a spell on a certain house to make those inside feel an urge to
> leave?  Could Cawti not have hired a witch or a coven in SA to do the
> same, or to drive out other Jhereg influences?

I don't think we've seen witchcraft used against a really good
high-class sorcerer, so far.  If someone did try it, the attempt might
be noted, traced back, and result in a high-level smackdown from the
sorceresses.

A coven might have a better chance, but I don't get the impression
that there are that many covens around.  I rather think that there is
more effort involved in collaborative witchcraft than Paarfi
understands or conveys in his novels.

>
> For that matter, couldn't
> she just polish up her knife-tossing skills and work on those trying
> to take over (prior to the Left Hand stuff at least)?
>

I think she takes her retirement from the assassin gig seriously.
Mario implies that it was Norathar &c who went in and started killing
flunkies.

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> And what's up with Kelly's group?  Are they not willing to organize in
> support of Cawti's efforts to clean up the neighborhood?
>

I rather suspect that Kelly's group were the ones who encouraged the
total shutdown that she tried at first, and the she split from them
(or rather, they kicked her out for ideological impurity) when she
tried to run the area "more gently", as Mario put it.  I note that
they aren't even mentioned in /Dzur/ - presumably, Cawti is too
embarrassed to bring them up, and Vlad doesn't mention them because he
doesn't care what happened to them, and he considers them to be
irrelevant anyway (except for how they impact his life).