[Dragaera] Gender imbalance in the Jhereg [No Spoilers]

[Jon Lincicum]

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From: Philip Hart <philiph at slac.stanford.edu>
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> On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Jon Lincicum wrote:
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> > Vlad bought his first sword from a Jhereg sword-maker. Not stated to be
> > part of the Organization, and since sword-making is not an illicit
> > activity, I see no reason to assume he would be.
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> Maybe he's actually a sword fencer.  

Heh.

>I mean, he's a fence specializing in swords.

No, it was specified that he made them.

> Or maybe he sells swords with tricks illegal in duelling.  Or he sells
> to felons, or the underage, or ...

Illegal in dueling doesn't mean illegal to manufacture. 

Felons? You mean those guys on the Executioner's Star? Not much market there, they don't tend to pay very well. 

Well, I suppose you could always go through their clothes and look for loose change.

Underage? Vlad bought his when he was like 14. (To a Dragaeran this is like an infant.) And if there were age limits, he wouldn't be allowed to carry the thing, let alone purchase it.

I suppose his shop could be a cover for an illegal game of Shereba in the back--but if every single Jhereg shopkeeper has an illicit card game in the back, one has to wonder why they would bother with a cover business at all. And Vlad probably wouldn't buy a sword from somebody just running his business as a cover anyway.

Majikjon