[Dragaera] left hand right hand in Iorich

[andy]

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>>> Did it bother anyone else that Vlad suddenly started referring to the
>>> "right hand" of the Jhereg?  I am certain that in one of the earlier
>>> books Vlad states that while the mostly female sorceress side of the
>>> house is the "left hand" but the business side of the house is never
>>> called the "right hand".
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>> I noticed, and it confused me briefly. Without checking, was he talking
>> to people who don't normally have dealing with Jhereg, and thus might
>> find the distinction between "left" and "right" clearer than "Jhereg"
>> and "left hand"?

I think it highlights that he finally has an emotional split with the 
jhereg.  It used to be 'us' vs the left hand of the jhereg.  from his now 
outside perspective its now them vs them. thus the right hand vs the left 
hand.   He's completed whatever internal journey was necessary to not 
implicitly think of himself as part of the jhereg.  he's outside now.  the 
question becomes what does he now think of himself as belonging to, if 
anything.  he's a supremely dangerous loose cannon, subject to murderous 
whims and now possessing a weapon puissant enough to get the job done on 
damned near anything.  Obviously Verra and Sethra have plans for him.  His 
current circle of friends and his family are the only immediate ties he has. 
Lady Teldra will most likely draw him into whatever his next sense of 
belonging will be.  Maybe I'm reading too much into Steve's plans for his 
little creation, but I think there are most definitely plans for Vlad. 
Whether he goes along with what the other characters do is obviously up to 
the author, and his underlying sense of cool  :D.  He's obviously hinted at 
some sort of loose association with the great weapons, most likely 
spearheaded by Sethra (who apparently enjoys trying to herd cats.. cats with 
great weapons for claws), and guided to some degree by the gods, and 
specifically Verra.  And this goes along with Sethra's purpose of protecting 
the realms from jeonine and god knows what else.....