>> Ok, let's all play another game with my
>>stories. This one is called "Find Gestald."
>>It's a little like "Were's Waldo," except not
>>as hard on the eyes.
> >
> > Gestald is a minor character in my second
>>novel, who also plays a minor role in DotA. In
>>the "second" DotA that Sam and I started but
>>have not yet finihsed (quit bugging me, Sam, I
>>I'll continue when I'm ready!) Gestald finally
>>gets a "starring" role. The continuing joke
>>was that Gestald is kind of a "character
>>actor"--he plays the smaller parts really well,
>>but doesn't have the "star power" to carry a
>>story on his own. To further that continuing j
>>joke, I decided I was going to write Gestald
>>into every single story I wrote from that point
>>on. He obviously makes an appearance in
>>"Method's of Concealment", so don't bother
>>pointing that out. But Gestald also makes a
>>cameo in one of the other stories that I posted.
>
> Just a question. If that guy in Zippy's tavern >from "The Master's Hand" -- you know the dude
>with leather and buckskin breeches -- was
>actually supposed to be Gestald, well then, I
>thought he was Darius. Except I was a bit
>surprised you'd describe the heroic Darius as a
>fruit.
>

Well, before I answer your question, I guess I have to ask whether or not this is your "official" guess. :-)