[Dragaera] [Dzur Spoiler] Mistaken Identity

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Re-reading /Dzur/, I paid close attention to the portion where Triesco and 
Crithnak get muddled together, and think I may have an explanation that 
works for the story.

The only conversation where he talks about Crithnak as "Terion's Lover" is 
his talk with Kragar, where he's throwing out his half-formed ideas, and 
Kragar is shooting them down. 

He states that he needs "Terion's Lover" killed (when, in fact, he needs 
Crithnak killed, who is *not* Terion's lover, but rather the sister of the 
sorceress whose soul he destroyed earlier).

He seems to think that this will "Draw out" Terion. 

Interestingly, he never actually names Triesco during this conversation, 
and in the part where he talks about "Terion's Lover" he doesn't mention 
her name either... Just referring to "The woman I need killed." (Though 
Crithnak's name does come up earlier in the conversation.)

Fortunately, Kragar forces him to re-evaluate this plan, since it likely 
wouldn't have worked the way Vlad thought it would. 

It appears Vlad simply got confused about who was who--but since his plan 
changed, it didn't end up mattering. 

This explanation doesn't require anyone to be confused about identities 
other than Vlad--since Kragar doesn't know the difference between the two 
women, he's just taking Vlad's word for everything, and no one else's 
responses are different than what they should be for Triesco to be 
Terion's mistress, and Crithnak to be the dead sorceresses sister.

Since Vlad was in the middle of having a mess of "new" memories dumped on 
him,  was fighting for his life under a lot of stress, had a new presence 
(Teldra) muddling around in his head, and was (as usual) pretty much just 
making things up as he goes, this kind of non-critical mistake is somewhat 
understandable.

Majikjon

Of course, it seems pretty clear that it wasn't just Vlad that got 
confused on this point, but our author as well. If there's a way to revise 
this chapter before the paperback version of the book ships, the 
conversation with Kragar would probably make a lot more sense... And 
wouldn't need elaborate explanations from fans about why it's okay...