[Dragaera] "Work" and money

[Louis Eastman]

Dzur semi-not even important spoiler: highlight below
Vlad mentions that he has money but it would be dangerous to get. This may
be a stash, like he mentions or Orca, or Noish-pa's Szurke money.
On 10/12/06, Jon Lincicum <lincicum at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Maximilian Wilson wrote:
> > Hmmm, 65-odd assassinations for at least 3000 each, plus whatever he
> > was pulling in from his area. I dunno. Then again, the only comment I
> > remember about Vlad not being able to keep wealth is from /Taltos/,
> > where he seems to think it got blown on impressing girls.
> >
> Impressing girls... blowing cash on teleports across town so he could
> have two at once... Getting a nicer place... presumably doing some
> gambling, &c, &c, &c.
> > He has plenty of money in /Orca/, though. Maybe it's just a comment on
> how
> > marriage affects your financial habits.
> >
> I'm assuming his money by the time of /Orca/ is coming from his new
> estate in Szurke... He's an aristocrat now, and getting lots and lots of
> money from his Teckla serfs. Considering he doesn't have the expensive
> vices of some aristocrats, (doesn't have his own army, doesn't blow it
> all on priceless art, doesn't gamble with other nobles, &c) his wealth
> is therefore likely to be beyond his means to spend. (Though he does at
> times express the notion that refilling his purse is not as simple a
> process as he might like... It likely involves a trip to visit Noish-pa
> and withdraw from his treasury.)
>
> Majikjon
>
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