[Dragaera] Vlad's passivity

[Maximilian Wilson]

On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 12:03 PM, Alexx Kay <alexx at panix.com> wrote:
> Eh, not so much.  Noish-pa decided to teach him fencing and witchcraft.
> His first definite kill was in response to a fairly random assault.  He's
> happy to *have* those opportunities and skills, but I don't see evidence
> that he seeks them out.

He practices offscreen. He's got a knife-throwing setup in his
apartment--or had one, when he had an apartment. It's hard to say if
he's as proactive about witchcraft, but he does have a setup in
beneath his office for practicing. He borrowed one of Morrolan's books
about Elder Sorcery, showing a proactive interest in Elder Sorcery,
although unlike with witchcraft he wasn't interested enough to
persevere. I don't think you can argue that Vlad's talent (and hunger)
for killing Dragaerans is the result of passively waiting while
Noish-pa poured fencing knowledge into him--if anything, it appears to
be an acquired talent for intel and detailed planning.

-Max


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