[Dragaera] fame and secrecy [was: Vlad's passivity--getting long]

[Steve Rapaport]

I was pretty sure that most Dragaerans don't even know who the Jenoine are,
except maybe in the most general of terms.   Sethra seems awfully reluctant
to fill Vlad in on even the basics.

My feeling was that, outside of the senior palace officials and the Empress,
most  people think the Jenoine are a legend or a boogeyman story to scare
kids with.  Only the most knowledgeable wizards or Empire security officials
would even believe they were real and represented a threat.

And I think Sethra prefers it that way.

Steve



2008/10/25 Jerry Friedman <jerry_friedman at yahoo.com>

> --- On Fri, 10/24/08, Philip Hart <philiph at slac.stanford.edu> wrote:
>
> [Why didn't Ricard slap Vlad on the back and congratulate
> him for saving everyone from the Jenoine?]
>
> > Part of the Paarfi-Sethra theory has it that the revelation
> > of
> > many state secrets in the Paarfiad is explained by the need
> > to rally the populace against the threat of the J.
>
> Okay.
>
> > Anyway, the point is entirely moot here since _Dzur_
> > follows
> > _Issola_ immediately and with the best of will the events
> > would not be well-known outside the smallest of circles.
>
> Vlad meets Ric two days after the final events of
> /Issola/, according to Alexx's timeline.  That would be
> plenty of time for word to get around Adrilankha, if the
> Empire wanted to publicize the victory, as I think they
> should.  Zerika could have the Phoenix Guards or someone
> post notices on corners around the city, for instance.
>
> Vlad and Kragar exchange pleasantries on day 7-9, says
> Alexx.  That's more than enough time.  (Vlad's
> conversations with other Jhereg don't prove much, as
> they're in no mood to thank him for saving them from
> slavery.  Though it wouldn't be out of the question
> for them to say, "If you think your connections with
> the Empress, or anything you might have done, get
> you off--")
>
> So I still think it's weird that either the Empire
> is keeping it secret, for no reason I can see, or
> people don't talk to Vlad about it.
>
> Jerry Friedman
>
>
>
>
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\Steve