Two threads of the Vulland Chronicles actually connect up - the courier and Jade Mountain cross, and come into conflict. And it ends at the point that the only published story in Vulland (that I'm aware of) begins - now I need to find that story again and read it. There's not much to this one, though, it's all connection and setup. It's annoying, because the entire Vulland Chronicles (including the ones that aren't written, or at least not published, yet) might be quite a good story, but these little bits are too scattered and disconnected to impress. Even trying to read them in quick succession doesn't work very well, the disjunction between sections/stories throws me out of the story. ( )