[Dragaera] Jhereg policy in _TPG_

[James Griffin]

ISTR (being AFB) that the custom was: if the assassin is killed in the attempt to fulfill the commission (and somehow revivified, cf. Cawti and Norathar), the assassin is then permitted to either return the gold (negating the contract) or to keep it and again attempt to fulfill the commission (but then being once again bound to the contract). That is, the death of the assassin nullifies or somehow satisfies the contract?? One can imagine a failed assassin being revivified merely to be "examined" by the targets' private guards or the Phoenix guards (= very bad for the Organization).
 
James Griffin,
 
Still Another Vlad faN
> Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:27:07 +0100> From: steve at romlin.com> To: lincicum at comcast.net> CC: dragaera at lists.dragaera.info> Subject: Re: [Dragaera] Jhereg policy in _TPG_> > Fayaavik himself makes clear that "unearned gold is a chain I will not wear"> and "only employees are paid to make attempts". I think, given Cawti and> Norathar also returning unearned fees, that this was the Jhereg custom.> > StY> > 2008/6/20 Jon Lincicum <lincicum at comcast.net>:> > > Scott Schultz wrote:> >> >>> >> What would Vlad have done in such circumstances earlier in his life?> >>> Would custom allow him to return the fee if he wanted to? I don't> >>> recall such a thing being discussed in the Texts. I can't really> >>> imagine him acceding to such a demand - I suppose he might check> >>> if his employer wished him to continue the job.> >>>> >>>> >> I'm not sure what the custom would be, though I have this impression that> >> "custom" was more about the personal preferences of the assassin than a> >> general policy of the Jhereg. I guess I shouldn't be making statements> >> without books nearby to reference, but I want to say that it wasn't unusual> >> for the fee to be considered a kind of retainer, that the assassin could> >> return without problem if he decided that the job was too dangerous. I may> >> be making that up.> >>> >> > There is precedent for this. Cawti and Norathar return the fee they were> > paid to kill Vlad in /Yendi/. (Presumably to Laris.) Vlad seems to see this> > as a normal type of transaction for an assassin, so it likely happens from> > time to time.> >> > Majikjon> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________> > Dragaera mailing list> > Dragaera at lists.dragaera.info> > http://lists.dragaera.info/listinfo.cgi/dragaera-dragaera.info> >> > > > -- > \Steve> _______________________________________________> Dragaera mailing list> Dragaera at lists.dragaera.info> http://lists.dragaera.info/listinfo.cgi/dragaera-dragaera.info
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