This is my first attempt to post on a list like this, so I'll apologize in advance for any technical mistakes. S P O I L E R S P A C E S P O I L E R S P A C E S P O I L E R S P A C E S P O I L E R S P A C E Question: Where was Morrolan when Zerika made her descent to the Paths of the Dead? Background: In Taltos (Chapter 9) Morrolan tells Vlad that he was with Zerika when she made her descent. He claims to have been busy killing a group of bandits at the time. But in The Paths of the Dead, Morrolan was not with Zerika's group at all. In fact, he had not yet met her. (The bandits were real though.) Possible Explanations: 1. Paarfi got the story wrong. 2. Morrolan lied to Vlad. 3. Vlad's memory of this conversation is wrong. (We already have evidence that his memory of this time has been tampered with.) 4. This is the complicated one. From Issola, we know that one of the necessary elements in the creation of a Great Weapon is a soul from someone other than the wielder. From Vlad's description of the process, his soul and that of Teldra have, to some extent, become one entity. I would expect that Morrolan would have a similar relationship with Blackwand. If the soul that inhabits Blackwand is >from one of the people who were with Zerika, then Morrolan would have those memories, and, in a sense, he would be telling Vlad the truth when he said that he was there. According to The Paths of the Dead, Morrolan had not yet found Blackwand when Zerika jumped, so this theory is possible. (Incidentally, the only other female in Zerika's group was Tazendra, and in Issola Blackwand was identified as female.) -Patrick Quigley