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

[Howard Brazee]

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.