[Dragaera] Dzur/Jhereg crack? [Some minor Dzur spoilers]

[skzb]

That's what I had in mind all along.

Notice the innocent, sincere look and the vigorous nodding?  How could 
you possibly doubt me?

Jon Lincicum wrote:
> Jot Powers wrote:
>> On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 09:57:30AM -0500, Bryan Newell wrote:
>>  
>>>> Jhereg (pg 53 of my copy)
>>>> "[...] In eight years he's [Mellar] got a territory bigger than you 
>>>> have now.  A year after that, he wipes out Terion and takes his 
>>>> place on the council."
>>>>
>>>> So, unless we have a different Terion who is high up in the Jhereg 
>>>> Council, or some other strange hand waving coincidence, it looks to 
>>>> be a crack to me, since Mellar killed him a few years earlier.
>>>>
>>>> Thoughts?
>>>>       
>>> Maybe "wipes out" didn't include killing him (just taking his 
>>> territory,
>>> rackets, etc.), and then later with Mellar out of the way, Terion 
>>> resumed
>>> his former position?
>>>     
>>
>> I categorize this under "handwaving".  :)  I think the term "wipes out"
>> would pretty typically mean "finalizes" in standard Jhereg language.
>>   
>
> Sure, Mellar killed Terion.
>
> Someone clearly paid to revivify him afterwards. This was probably 
> allowed by Mellar only on condition that Terion relinquish his spot on 
> the council in exchange for not making it Morganti.
>
> Once Mellar dies, however, there's nothing left to stop Terion from 
> resuming his former ways and recapturing a spot on the council.
>
> Majikjon
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