[Dragaera] Seventeen Maybe Different Jhegaala Spoilers

[Scott Schultz]

> On Mon, 14 Jul 2008, Scott Schultz wrote:
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> He takes off the gold stone for just a moment, incidental to taking off
> the black stone - and we have seen in _Orca_ that Loiosh will detect
> a locator spell, and anyway Vlad was still wearing Spellbreaker.

Well, yes, but that's why he goes to such lengths to put himself in a 
defensive position. At the time he removes the phoenix stone, Vlad has 
prepared for the unlikely, yet possible, scenario of a Jhereg assassin 
teleporting right into the stable. An invisible one at that. Note also that 
Loiosh DID detect something; he just wasn't sure what it was. Paraphrased - 
"I blocked you from it, so it wouldn't affect your Working, but I wasn't 
able to block it from you." As it turned out, it was a couple of somethings 
at the same time. Spellbreaker is irrelevant to being found, though of 
course quite relevant to dealing with the fallout of such an event.

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> Also, I don't understand how an assassin is supposed to find out enough
> to bribe a servant of the Count and then try to subvert Dahni without
> making, or certainly risking, a big ripple of gossip.

Here again, we're left with the mystery of a Count who knows about the Court 
of a faerie kingdom on the other side of "impassible" mountains.

It isn't spelled out, but it's pretty clear that someone from the Empire has 
been to Burz or its environs before. Find that person, or even just someone 
who has visited Fenario City and memorized it, and you've got instant access 
to the area and enough information to know where to look for an informant. 
Vlad did this sort of thing all of the time. You watch the comings and 
goings, draw conclusions and act on them. I have little trouble believing 
that a top Jhereg assassin who wanted to "case" an Easterner town without 
being seen would find a way to do that. Dahni is shown to be greedy and gold 
is clearly gold regardless of its origin. Especially when you're dealing 
with someone who convinces you that saying "no" is a death sentence, and 
that person displays the morganti blade he's carrying by way of convincing 
you.

I'm not sure where the gossip would come from as long as Dahni kept his 
mouth shut about it.