[Dragaera] Seventeen penny-farthings?

[Philip Hart]

On Thu, 2 Apr 2009, Scott Crain wrote:

> --- On Thu, 4/2/09, Philip Hart <philiph at slac.stanford.edu> wrote:
>
> Morrolan might do himself the honor to dispute "ruthlessness (in an
> ends-justifies-the-means fashion)".
> I disagree, vociferously.  Morrolan would be one of the first to admit his extraordinary ruthlessness, and might even stroke the hilt of Blackwand while doing so.  While he wouldn't do anything illegal and dishonorable -- illegal, yes, like owning a hoard of Morganti weapons, but not illegal and dishonorable like assassination -- he's pretty open about the 'negative' side of Dragons.  Though to his mind, being ferociously ruthless is definitely not a negative...

This I would describe as M thinking the law doesn't apply to him 
(v. elder sorcery in the early Paarfiad and throughout the Vladiad).
In _Jhereg_ he's clearly unwilling to take shortcuts.  Consider the Dragon 
attitude to assassination.