On Tue, 2002-12-17 at 04:53, PQuigleyII at aol.com wrote: > Okay, I'll try this again. This was supposed to be part of the Morrolan and > Zerika thread. Hopefully I sent it correctly this time. I don't see a difference in the two emails other than the subject, which probablly doesn't warrent a resend. > > 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.) I know he says he doesn't always trust his memory (how many people can actually trust their memory to provide small details of something that happened 5, 10 years ago, or maybe longer?). However, I don't remember anything about it being 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.) Wow. That is an interesting theory. I don't remember Vlad saying he got all of Teldra's memories, but it is interesting. Along the same lines, I supposed Morrolan could have psionically shared memories with someone there (again, Tezendra makes the most sense as she'd be the most likely to try to use sorcery). However, when Vlad talks about sharing memories with Noish-pa, he makes a point of saying they weren't his memories.. I would think Morrolan would do the same. As far as Blackwand goes.. there's also the possibility that Blackwand has already been "forged". Godslayer is the only Great Weapon we've seen be created, however, Vlad is not the only person we've seen get a Great Weapon. My personal theory is that at one point prior, Godslayer was whole, but was then torn apart. (Who knows, maybe they didn't like the founder of the Jhereg having one of the most powerful Great Weapons) So I think Godslayer was somewhat of a special case. But at the same time, I think that Pathfinder was 'put together' by Aliera in one of her past lives.. and with Sethra's help she was able to remember it and that's how she knew she should have it with such certainty. It will be interesting to see what exactly happens in how Morrolan gets Blackwand. Jag