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

Will Frank wmfrank at stwing.org
Fri Feb 16 13:55:32 PST 2007


Also Sprach Philip Hart:

> > > We don't know if any of those were Handless, though.
> >
> > The restauranteer was.
> 
> Was there any evidence of that?

I think we'd know if Vlad's father was Organization.

> > "There have been Jhereg in the Guard. None from the business end, of
> > course--but people who bought Jhereg titles rather than staying
> > Houseless."
> 
> This seems rather different to me.  Those are Dragaerans of whatever House
> (maybe not Teckla though) who are only technically Jhereg - they don't
> have the mish-mash Aliera can recognize.

*shrug* Maybe, maybe not. Maybe some Jhereg who are genetically
Jhereg, but not Organization, are in the Guard too.

> > Remember what Zerika says about the Jhereg? "Your purpose is to feed
> > on the Teckla." So, probably, legal gambling (there must be _some_
> > people who pay taxes), inns and restaurants, maybe even
> > wink-making--anything which represents a vice, evin if it's legal.
> 
> This seems like a good take.  The current issue of legal but high-rate
> loans to soldiers might be a good example.  Still, I find it odd that
> Vlad speaks of a Jhereg money-lender and means "a RH Jhereg money-lender",
> and that the distinction never comes up with Kelly's group.

Vlad isn't a Dragaeran. He thinks of the Jhereg and the Organization
as the same thing because from his perspective, they all are. Double
for Kelly and company.



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