Thomas Yan wrote: > > FelixEisen at aol.com writes: > -snip- > > > > 17 traditional Great Weapons, a whole host of Morganti blades. It > > is clear (from commentary -- Kragar's?) that the Morganti weapon was > > the Serioli plan for the elimination of war, and maybe murder, too > > -- make the idea of killing someone so repugnant ('cause you're > > destroying their 'immortal soul') that the entire concept of > > war/murder becomes anathemic to your society. > -snip- > > That's what Kragar said [1]. Vlad thought the idea and maybe also > that it worked was crazy, but Kragar pointed out that it worked *among > the Serioli*. As you also point out, it isn't clear if the Serioli > were trying to stop war among themselves, stop themselves from > fighting Dragaerans/Easterners, or stop war between any of those three > races. (Yeah, that was not a parallel grammatical construction. > Deal.) I've always interpreted that conversation to mean that the Serioli invented Morganti weapons to eliminate war amongst themselves (Serioli vs. Serioli). Then along comes the enterprising Dragaeran, who doesn't see the weapon as a deterrent, but rather a symbol of power. I can see a Dragaeran walking into a Serioli armory and saying, "Hmm. Kills the soul, as seen on TV. Great idea. I'll take ten." I mean, not only are Morganti weapons powerful in the practical sense, as symbols of power, two Dragonlords could conceivably go to war over a stash of them... hey, wait a minute... *grin* Jose -- Jose Marquez jhereg69 at earthlink.net