[Dragaera] Vlad's passivity

[Jon Lincicum]

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From: "Maximilian Wilson" <wilson.max at gmail.com>
> On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 2:36 PM, Jerry Friedman
> <jerry_friedman at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > threaten him (and in two cases, his friends).  Alexx's
> > point may be that we have not seen Vlad, unthreatened, say,
> > "It may seem like things always have to be this way, but I'm
> > going to change them."
> 
> Like, say, suddenly deciding to go back East to organize a defense
> against a possible future invasion by Sethra the Younger?

This is an excellent point, and follows the point of mine about knowledge and resources...

Vlad has spent so much of his life REacting, being passive, getting beaten up by Orca bullies, or Jhereg bouncers, or Phoenix Guards, or Borlisconi's thugs, or undead Necromancers, or power-hungry Guild leaders, or Jenoine. All because he's a poor Easterner without the resources to adequately protect himself. 

Now that he has Godslay... er, Lady Teldra, he finally has the means to protect himself, even with half the Jhereg after him, and now the other half also after him, if you follow my meaning.

This newfound bundle of resources may eventually (say, in about 3-4 years) make him a much more assertive individual. 

I am eager to see what /Iorich/ has in store for us.

Majikjon