[Dragaera] incident with Pel

[Alexx Kay]

>> Is it just me or is Pel much more devious than his counterpart, Aramis?
>
> I'd say that Brust's secondary characters are given more prominence than
> Dumas's.  Long stretches of _LTM_ concern D'Artagnan alone, or him and
> just one musketeer, or him and his lackey.  We do see Aramis being
> devious, or hypocritical depending on one's viewpoint, pretty much
> whenever he's on page, but his scope for action is rather less.  The
> incident in _LTM_ in which Aramis writes a coded letter is probably a
> source for Pel, and his interest in and success with women is another.

And recall that, in later Musketeer books, Aramis is actively plotting the
overthrow and replacement-by-doppelganger of the King of France.  Said
plot could accurately be described as 'devious'.

Alexx