> -----Original Message----- > From: PQuigleyII at aol.com [mailto:PQuigleyII at aol.com] > Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 3:53 AM > To: dragaera at dragaera.info > Subject: RE: Morrolan & Zerika (POTD spoilers) > > > 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. > > S > P > O > I > L > E > R > > S > P > A > C > E > > S > P > O > I > L > E > R > 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: > 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.) I really like this theory, because Vlad's description of Blackwand's personality fits with what we know, or think we know, of Tazendra's personality. Although it doesn't fit with my pet theory about Tazendra being the one who blew herself & her lands up, leading to that Teckla saving himself and living in her house & learning sorcery & eventually meeting Kelly & joining the Teckla Rebellion. I might have to let that one go. Rachel