Just a thought, could the morganti sword that adron got from that easterner (I forget his name... Crionefar or something)in Phoenix Guards be a great weapon? the sword was given to him by a Taltos horse so I think it possible. but then again, in dragaera, any thing is possible. >From: Jose Marquez<jhereg69 at earthlink.net> >Reply-To: jhereg69 at earthlink.net >To: dragaera at dragaera.info >Subject: Re: Morganti Musings >Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 17:36:46 -0700 > >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 _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx