[Dragaera] Jhereg policy in _TPG_

[Steve Rapaport]

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
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\Steve