TBird50 wrote:It would be very satisfying if Duchairn or Irys or Merlin would off Clynthan; but it seems to me that the best way would be by public court and hanging. If he is murdered by someone, then he has the opportunity to become a martyr, whereas if he is publicly condemned with evidence shown as to all the atrocities he has committed, then he becomes just another tyrant that has finally met his doom.
TBird50... I think you are right on target with this. The thing is, he is the cop with the red and blue lights flashing in your rear view mirror. He can top 90 on his way to the doughnut shop but you have to sit there and smile when he says "Do you know why I stopped you"
Who is going to arrest him?
That is why I suggested <in a different post> that Helm Cleaver should provide his steward with a bottle of his favorite spirits with order-less, tasteless nano that trigger a stroke when he gets into one of his rages... my most twisted side wants him to be unable to speak or right but fully capable to hear and see. I would also like to thank him for all the pain and destruction he caused by putting a voice in his head.
Oh and the nano would have to have some sort of a short range transmitter that would alert Merlin when Clinton has has a few shots so Merlin and/or Helm Cleaver can do something the will send him off the deep end.
I guess that is too convoluted and this is just one more example of why you read David Weber's stories and not mine