No, they're not -- and that's parcel of the miscommunication on this issue. Deselynian discussed his character background with the previous Bard -- who did not discuss that background with me, due to real life stuff eating him and requiring him to take an extended break, and screwing up our OOC communication. We're working to adjust the relative power level back down, because that came as a bit of a shock to me, too.

Also: Des is usually much better about not telling people how they react to what he's doing ICly. I think he was just a little off his game last night due to logging on and discovering that -- surprise! -- he's Bard now. On Tuesday he was two votes behind in the election, after all, and he wasn't at the meeting on Wednesday.