Expert snuggler wrote:>
Clyntahn reminds me of a story, supposedly from Earth's history.
A general was unavoidably late for a meeting with the emperor. The penalty for being late was death.
The general was then presented with a situation in which he had nothing to lose and everything to gain by starting a rebellion.
A rather important point actually, given how Thirsk is in a very similar situation, Ahlverez is not far behind and from the way Earl Rainbow Waters construes his orders it is quite possible that he too could end up deciding that HIS survival is dependent upon Clyntahn not surviving. MWW does have a habit of foreshadowing a bit and Rainbow waters has a very vulnerable supply line.