On Sat, 26 Oct 2002 FelixEisen at aol.com wrote: >Sort of like a morganti weapon -- illegal, but overlooked so long as >you don't use it, and so long as the authorities don't need to hassle >you. But if they need to hassle you, hey, expect it to be pulled out >of the drawer. > >Makes me curious, though; morganti weapons are illegal. The Great >Weapons are morganti. By simple logic, the Great Weapons are all >illegal. I think the fact that the bearers of Great Weapons are serving the will of the gods renders the issue moot in the eyes of the Empire. Tangental to that, though, I can't help but wonder - if the Empire suspected (or knew) that Vlad had used Morganti weapons, they might very well have asked him about it while they had him under the Orb. The more I think about it, the more it seems to me that Vlad's interrogation under the Orb was probably scripted such as to let him walk. I mean, if they had an infallible method of determining the exact truth to such statements as "Have you ever killed anyone using a Morganti weapon?", wouldn't they have used it and nailed him on that (at the very least)? I also find it hard to believe that they couldn't find the right questions to nail him for the murder itself - his derisive evasions and carefully worded "truths" would only go so far if they *really* wanted him. Perhaps the issues of soft interrogation and laws which exist but are rarely & selectively enforced will be explored more in "IORICH". >Of course, arresting someone who is in full possession of a Great >Weapon is probably not high on the Phoenix Guards' list of things to >take pleasure doing ... > Heck, owning a Great Weapon and experimenting in Elder Sorcery hasn't even hurt Morrolan's Imperial career - he's Court Wizard (per ISSOLA).