[Dragaera] speculation on forthcoming books (possible spoilers)

[Jon Lincicum]

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From: Howard Brazee <howard at brazee.net>
> On 10/20/2008 J C wrote:
> >  CHREOTHA
> > 
> >  Chreothas like to bargain.   Perhaps as an alternative to their
> >  destruction, or maybe as a result of their destruction and their
> >  dawning comprehension that Vlad is basically untouchable, the Jhereg
> >  come to recognize that a bargain with Vlad is better.  Personally, I
> >  don't see this as happening.  The Jhereg *HAVE* to kill Vlad, or at
> >  the *very* least, never stop hunting for him.  Otherwise, their
> >  credibility is shot, and they become the carrion that they're
> >  supposed to be feeding on in the first place.  That being said, that
> >  may happen anyway.  Blood makes for the most powerful magic, and if
> >  the Jhereg Council is killed off for failing to kill Vlad, that
> >  should satisfy the PR side of the whole thing, and the Jhereg can
> >  then uncomfortably forget about it, and then insist that it never
> >  happened.
> 
> Of course, the Japanese in WWII were in a similar situation until the 
> Bomb and the Emperor dictated otherwise.

I wonder if Vlad could get back on good terms with the right hand by wiping out the left hand? Or at least by forcing them to come under control of the council?

After /Dzur/, I seriously doubt we've seen the end of Vlad's dealings with the left hand.

Majikjon