Despite what Tawny had to say about him, and in spite of his greatly enhanced security, and rough taxation, most of the people in the city are not, openly, at least, opposed to Emperor Lessan's rule. While a few of the noble families do disagree with him, there doesn't appear to be any active opposition, nor open hatred towards him. Likewise, the rulings Draiss observes over the course of the week seem to be relatively fair and balanced, though his foreign policy, and treatment of foreigners seems less favorable than most; he prosecutes foreign lawbreakers much more harshly than native ones, for instance.<br/><br/>The one thing that does catch his eye is the number of noble families who are rather newly appointed, within his lifetime, apparently. Possibly to fill the holes, left by former noble families? It's hard to say, without digging into the history, and there's few documents referring to his early reign, and fewer still are the people willing to talk about it, in any real detail.<br/><br/>The most interesting fact, however, that his shadow stalkers will discover, is the fact that the Emperor himself is a changeling, though whether he always has been, and was never revealed, or if he's a replacement, it's difficult to know.