[Dragaera] Gender imbalance in the Jhereg [MAJOR_Dzur_ Spoiler]
Jon Lincicum
lincicum at comcast.net
Wed Feb 14 17:30:28 PST 2007
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From: Philip Hart <philiph at slac.stanford.edu>
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>
> On Wed, 14 Feb 2007, Jon Lincicum wrote:
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> > I seem to recall Kiera telling Vlad that most Jhereg aren't criminals at
> > all...
>
> That would contradict my view, so I'd be eager to see a cite.
>
>
> >
> > > The only answer obvious to me would be that Vlad knows there are many
> > > non-Organization Jhereg but he simply fails to ever mention them (and
> > > their characteristic differences from RH Jhereg). If so, that means
> > > that e.g. Kragar made the conscious choice to be a RH Jhereg and not
> > > simply a non-criminal Jhereg. This doesn't fit my view either.
> >
> > Kragar strikes me as a fellow who isn't one to let breaking some petty
> > rule keep him from a nice healthy chunk of change.
>
> I agree that Kragar is a well-adjusted Jhereg at the time of the Vladiad,
> but I don't have a sense of him joining the House and saying, I want a
> job as a criminal, esp. an enforcer sort. He would make a fine aide
> to a D.A. or a politician or business man, for example...
...or as a business agent for an assassin, say?
Which might just explain how he got into the business side of the House in the first place...
Majikjon
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