And Noish-pa is very surprised at Morrolan being a witch. Doesn't he say something like "how can this elf know the Art?"
Yeah, good point -- I think it's probably safe to conclude Morrolan is an anomaly in that and all his witches are Easterners.
I was assuming they live in Castle Black, though whether that's because I'm extrapolating from Paarfi or just because I was assuming that he would want to keep them close and defensible, I don't remember anymore. (My suspicion is that Morrolan has, like, not set foot on the ground in Southmoor in the last 200 years, because between the floating castle and teleportation, why would you need to?)
and Norathar is uniquely in the Dragon heir and the next cycle is of the Dragon, so it's probably like trying to threaten the next king's heir's best friend
Yep, exactly. And it's interesting, because the way the succession works, with the Cycle, is that usually you never know if the next Emperor is going to be the heir of the present one, or if the Cycle is going to turn and it's going to be the Heir of the next House in line. But given that Zerika has no heirs and there are no other Phoenix with whom she could create any, so you pretty much know it's going to be Norathar next. And the Jhereg are pretty low in the Cycle, which IIRC is supposed to correspond to not having much political power. So, yeah, if I were the Organization, I would be very leery of pissing off the Dragon Heir by tangling with her best friend.
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Yeah, good point -- I think it's probably safe to conclude Morrolan is an anomaly in that and all his witches are Easterners.
I was assuming they live in Castle Black, though whether that's because I'm extrapolating from Paarfi or just because I was assuming that he would want to keep them close and defensible, I don't remember anymore. (My suspicion is that Morrolan has, like, not set foot on the ground in Southmoor in the last 200 years, because between the floating castle and teleportation, why would you need to?)
and Norathar is uniquely in the Dragon heir and the next cycle is of the Dragon, so it's probably like trying to threaten the next king's heir's best friend
Yep, exactly. And it's interesting, because the way the succession works, with the Cycle, is that usually you never know if the next Emperor is going to be the heir of the present one, or if the Cycle is going to turn and it's going to be the Heir of the next House in line. But given that Zerika has no heirs and there are no other Phoenix with whom she could create any, so you pretty much know it's going to be Norathar next. And the Jhereg are pretty low in the Cycle, which IIRC is supposed to correspond to not having much political power. So, yeah, if I were the Organization, I would be very leery of pissing off the Dragon Heir by tangling with her best friend.