[Dragaera] Iorich ***SPOILERS****

[Ken Koester]

Howard Brazee wrote:

> On 1/13/2010 5:52 AM, Ken Koester wrote:
>
>>> There should be a broad spectrum of people who are very interested 
>>> in Great Weapons.   Which doesn't mean everybody knows.
>>> >
>>>      
>>
>> Why a broad spectrum?  I would think it a narrow circle of cognoscenti.
>> After all, how many people know what chobham plate is?  Compared to the
>> populace at large, that is.
>>
>> And how, exactly, would people know in Vlad's case?  Sethra, Aliera,&
>> Morollan aren't going to say squat about it.  The Empress, ditto.  The
>> Demon will probably put the word out among House Jhereg, at least as far
>> as those doing "work" so they can take that into account when trying to
>> go up against Vlad--but they aren't going to tell any other Houses.  And
>> I bet the small fry operating the businesses of the House don't know
>> either.  That basically leaves the Left Hand, Kragar,&  a certain young
>> Dzurlord.  Again, the Left Hand gains nothing by gossiping about this&
>> the Dzurlord must have a certain amount of discretion, or Sethra would
>> never take him on--besides, if he wants to gossip he's got his own GW to
>> gossip about.  Kragar could spread the word, but to who?  House Jhereg,
>> basically.  Unless he's got still other connections we haven't seen
>> yet--possible, certainly.  Any way, Kragar doesn't strike me as likely
>> to talk about Lady Teldra unless Vlad wants him to.
>>
>> That leaves Daymar, I guess. . . but you'd have to get his attention
>> with the Dragaeran equivalent of a two-by-four first (-:
>>
>> At any rate, I don't see the other Houses as being much interested in
>> GW's, one way or the other.
>>    
>
>
> The spectrum may not be deep, but there will be people in every house 
> who are interested in power, who are interested in magic, who are 
> interested in the gods, who are interested in the Serioli, and who are 
> interested in the battle that created her.   And they have magical 
> means to help their researches.
>
I very much doubt that is true of every House.  And as for the battle 
that gave birth to Lady Teldra, I repeat:  who knows about it?  The 
prinicpals simply aren't going to blab.  If you don't know that there is 
something to investigate, you aren't going to investigate.

Snarkhunter