Taken from and 's journals (blatantly stolen, more like).

Hard doing a list of characters, having read a few of these. The list had to be cut up and randomly pulled out of a hat (OK, a bowl) ...

1. Savitare Amarathai
2. Jaqien Reynard
3. Rafael d'Aubisson
4. Isimir
5. isavene na'Irsei
6. Xiava
7. Yset de Lys
8. Kiterin
9. Kaian Estoril
10. Valenian Moray
11. Vae Aulysien
12. Kerasye


01) Who would make a better college professor, 6 (Xiava) or 11 (Vae)? What subjects would they teach?
Vae, definitely. Xiava isn't a woman of much patience, liking for her fellow beings or tolerance, and I shudder to think what she'd teach. Something involving torture, most likely. Vae would teach ... hmm, would teach ... something physical involving swordplay.

02) Do you think 2 (Jaqien) is hot? How hot?
Gods, yes. Very hot. Blisteringly hot. Sizzling.

03) 12 (Kerasye) sends 8 (Kiterin) on a mission. What is it, and does it succeed?
Ohhh what an ... umm ... interesting pairing! Well, if it's Kerasye, the mission would have to involve spreading chaos and confusion of a personal/sexual nature, confounding expectations, upsetting the status quo. Sexual is emphatically not Kit's thing, at ALL. The thought of Kit as sex-kitten (sex-kiterin?) is having me laughing out loud. Ummm. Most likely to fail, or if it succeeds, it would be something that would so amaze Kit that she'd be incapable of doing much else for weeks.

04) What is or would be 9 (Kaian)'s favorite book?
Hmm. I have a feeling that his taste would be for some swashbuckling adventure fiction, something he could lose himself in for hours.

05) Would it make more sense for 2 (Jaqien) to swear fealty to 6 (Xiava), or the other way around?
For Jaqi to swear fealty to Xiava, I think, as there's no way Xiava would really swear fealty to anyone, apart from Innoruuk, the God of Hate. Poor Jaqi.

06) For some reason, 5 (isavene) is looking for a roommate. Should she share a studio apartment with 9 (Kaian) or with 10 (Valenian)?
I'm not sure if isavene would be permitted to share such close quarters with an unknown male. Both Kaian and Val are of somewhat ... dangerous and unfixed sexuality, but Kaian's probably more of a loose cannon in that quarter, and more devious, also. For everyone's ease of mind, Val's the better roommate.

07) 2 (Jaqien), 7 (Yset) and 12 (Kerasye) have dinner together. Where do they go, and what do they discuss?
Kerasye doesn't tend to discuss; it (no fixed gender) sort of ... inspires, so Jaqi and Yset would probably discuss ... Kerasye. With Kerasye's approval and connivance, and subtle manipulation. Where? hmmm ... probably just some tavern somewhere if it was Yset's choice,. or an elegant salon if Kerasye's. Jaqi is equally comfortable in either.

08) 3 (Rafael) challenges 10 (Valenian) to a duel. What happens?
Rafael wins. Val would most certainly take up the challenge, and would put up a good show, but a mortal mercenary, no matter how experienced, would simply not be a match for a hungry and intent vampire.

09) If 1 (Savitare) stole 8 (Kiterin)'s most precious possession, how would s/he get it back?
Savi steals from Kit the Thief ... ... Kit's most precious possession is a small box of powder that she believes is an antidote to alcohol and prevents her from getting drunk if she sprinkles a little of it in her port. It's nothing of the kind, of course, but she refuses to believe that she gets drunk, despite evidence to the contrary. (She also has been known to mix it up with her snuff-box when drunk, with amusing consequences). If Savi took it he'd probably do so while shapeshifted into kitty-form. Kiterin would get it back as curiosity would be the downfall of this cat: if Savi dropped the box or batted it open with his paw, he'd be enveloped in a cloud of dust and have streaming eyes and a sneeze for a week. It'd be an easy trail to follow.

10) Suggest a title for a story in which 7 (Yset) and 12 (Kerasye) both attain what they most desire.
I've been wondering just what Kerasye would most desire. Kerasye works with desire, as it's stock-in-trade. Fulfilment? A lack of desire? hmm. Yset wants her family and the past, other than those things she already has. Perhaps Kerasye also has to go back in order to accomplish moving on.
"Past Perfect"

11) What kind of plot device would you use if you wanted 4 (Isimir) and 1 (Savitare) to work together?
This wouldn't be a hard pairing at all. Both are Night Elves; Savi is a druid and Isi, a priest. They have a number of common goals and are quite gentle souls (Savitare when in elven form, at least - he automatically changes if his emotions turn to anger, possessiveness, etc). Nothing too torturous would need to be worked out - just a chance meeting would be most likely.

12) If 7 (Yset) visited you for the weekend, how would you get along?
Very well, definitely!!! Nonconformist, witty, unconventional and with a fetish about purple and black. We'd go and get drunk together, I reckon, and swap ridiculous stories.

13) If you could command 3 (Rafael) to perform any one task or service for you, what would it be?
It'd be tempting to send him out after a few persons and rid the world of them ...

14) Does anyone on your friends list write or draw 11 (Vae)?
Yes!! drew her ... others of mine have been drawn and written about/with by

15) If 2 (Jaqien) had to choose sides between 4 (Isimir) and 5 (isavene), which would it be?
Hmmmm. Jaqi wouldn't particularly get on well with isavene's Master, I think, and wouldn't be too happy about her slave status anyway. He'd likely not side with her as it would be siding with this Erus Irsei fellow. Isimir is more independent and gives off an aura of needing protection (though he is more than capable of looking after himself) which would be noticeable in such a situation. So, I say Isimir.

16) What might 10 (Valenian) shout while charging into battle?
He wouldn't. He'd kiss his sword-blade, set his mouth in a tight line and charge forward.

17) If you chose a song to represent 8 (Kiterin), which song would you choose?
Garbage - "As Heaven Is Wide"

18) 1 (Savitare), 6 (Xiava), and 12 (Kerasye) are having dim sum at a Chinese restaurant. There is only one scallion pancake left, and they all reach for it at the same time. Who gets to eat it?
Xiava. She'd have a knife in her other hand to stab at the hands of anyone who dared to beat her to the prize.

19) What might be a good pick-up line for 2 (Jaqien) to use on 10 Valenian)?
*shock* Jaqi wouldn't do such a thing!!!!
hmm, he'd probably offer to buy him a drink, and try to make up a poem ...

20) What would 5 (isavene) most likely be arrested for?
Whatever she was commanded to do by her Master. Stealing, murder ... whatever. He merely says 'I want ...' or 'I require ...' and the means are up to her, often without any resources with which to effect them.

21) What is 6 (Xiava)'s secret?
That somewhere deep down, she's not a complete bitch after all.

22) If 11 (Vae) and 9 (Kaian) were racing to a destination, who would get there first?
Kaian, definitely!! He's more likely to know short-cuts, take a more daring and adventurous route, know the people to bribe or where the fastest horses are stabled.

23) If you had to walk home through a bad neighbourhood late at night, would you feel safer in the company of 7 (Yset) or 8 (Kiterin)?
Yset. Only a complete idiot would feel safe in the company of Kit. Though she'd at least be useful in that she's at least as dangerous and psychotic as anything likely to leap out of the shadows!! But Yset has well-honed combat skills. And isn't a half-drunken possibly-drugged mildly unhinged borderline psychotic.

24) 1 (Savitare) and 9 (Kaian) reluctantly team up to save the world from the threat posed by 4 (Isimir)'s sinister secret organization. 11 (Vae) volunteers to help them, but it is later discovered that he/she is actually a spy for 4 (Isimir). Meanwhile, 4 (Isimir) has kidnapped 12 (Kerasye) in an attempt to force their surrender. Following the wise advice of 5 (isavene), they seek out 3 (Rafael) , who gives them what they need to complete their quest.

-What title would you give this fic?
"Day of Misrule"
(being a day-long festival in ancient cultures when social structures were inverted)
Isimir having a secret organisation, let alone a sinister one?? Vae being a spy?. Kerasye being captured? isavene daring to give advice? Rafael caring so about the problems of these mortals?



-Name three people on your friends list who might read it.

*sobs* I have so few friends (yes, Liz, that's because you're so lazy and put things off) ... and so ... , and

-Name one person who should write it.

If I didn't myself??