[Dragaera] Dragaera Digest, Vol 69, Issue 2

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I do not think Aliera had Pathfinder at this point time, right? And a large
part of the reason that Daymar's mind probe worked is that Mellar was
thrown into a ball of confusion with everything else going on.

Also, I am not sure Kragar had proof that Mellar infected Onarr's wife, he
merely suggested it was highly likely.


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>   1. Re: alternative solutions to Jhereg? (Jerry Friedman)
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> > From: Philip Hart <philiph at slac.stanford.edu>
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> > Subject: [Dragaera] alternative solutions to Jhereg?
> >
> > During a discussion about the difficulty an outfielder experiences
> catching a
> > ball hit directly at him, someone mentioned that a lunge with the point
> > extending on a line is harder to pick up and parry.? I forget whether the
> > classic Dragaeran style calls for the sword held high directed at the
> > opponent's eye (and the poignard directed at his or her heart).
>
> Yep.
>
> "'Draw your blade,' I continued, 'and get into a guard position.'"
>
> "He
>  did so, standing full forward, with his blade level with his own head.?
>  His blade... formed a straight line from his eyes to mine."
>
> /Jhereg/, Ch. 16
>
> > Anyway, I wanted to mention two possible alternative solutions to
> _Jhereg_,
> > without, admittedly, having searched the Text for counters.
> >
> > First, boringly, the Jhereg treasury is 9M gold; they don't use 10% of
> that
> > on a regular basis, surely, and I have to think the Dragon treasury, or
> > Sethra's sub-basement if you think Aliera wouldn't loan a copper to the
> > council to save dozens
>
> Thousands?
>
> > of lives, could cover the deficit for 17 days.? Then
> > it's just a question of squelching any remaining leaks or speculations.
>
> Since there won't be any new leaks with money in the safe?
>
> > Secondly, Kragar apparently has solid evidence that Mellar had Lord
> Onarr's
> > wife infected and cured by witchcraft.? (How Kragar could learn this some
> > hundreds of years after the witch or witches died is beyond me.) Sending
> that
> > info to Onarr might well result in Mellar's immediate death. Well, I
> guess
> > Vlad wouldn't countenance Morollan's hospitality being flouted in that
> > way, so never mind.
>
> You're right.
>
> "...'What about a Dzur?? Couldn't you maneuver a Dzur hero into taking him
> out for you?'"
>
> "I
>  shook my head.? 'No good, beloved,' I said, thinking of Morrolan's
> speech earlier.? 'Aside from the chance that Morrolan would figure out
> what happened, I'm just not willing to do that to him.'"
>
> Ch. 14
>
> > Ok, instead Aliera has Pathfinder find the 9M in gold, or
> > all the ownerless buried treasure in the world,
> > and then as above.
>
> I'd
>  only thought of trying the same trick with Daymar that actually worked
> in the text, but much earlier.? As soon as Vlad knows that Mellar is at
> Castle Black, presumably without the 9 million gold, he should be trying
>  to locate the treasure.? If he can get it back, Mellar hasn't succeeded
>  in robbing the Organization and there should be much less pressure.?
> And Vlad can address Mellar as "dead man".
>
> This also suggests that Mellar should have had the money in his luggage.
>
> > Incidentally, http://dragaera.wikia.com/wiki/Lord_Onarr says various
> things
> > about Onarr that I don't recall from the Texts.
>
> "Dragon-Issola crossbreed"?? That's not in /Jhereg/.
>
>
> Jerry Friedman
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