On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, David Silberstein wrote: > On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, Philip Hart wrote: > > [Concerning Lavodes, and Sethra training them] > > > > >Doesn't this refer to Tazendra, assuming she survives the end of the > >Interregnum etc.? She might well not have been "ready" at the time > >of POTD and may still not be by _I_. > > > > Yet we see in tPotD that she is sufficiently confident of her status > as a Lavode to call herself that explicitly. And yet Sethra in > _Issola_ says that there are no more Lavodes, currently. > > I tend to find more agreeable the notion, previously put forth here, > that Tazendra's soul is currently bound up in Blackwand. This would > allow Morrolan to have made the statements he did in "Taltos" (about > defending Zerika against bandits above Deathgate Falls) without being > a complete liar. Hmm, the idea of Tazendra winding up as part of a bloodthirsty weapon doesn't appeal to me, which doesn't affect its likelihood. Also, it would be fun for Vlad to meet her and hear what Loiosh has to say. Anyway, what T thinks about her readiness doesn't mean that much to me. On a related subject, I've been wondering why Sethra let Morrolan carry his Great Weapon into the Paths - presumably they had discussed how to get it out afterwards - it seems likely to me that M would have told Aliera to take it herself, though Vlad doesn't report this. Also the interaction between Veera and M doesn't seem warm or something enough given he's pledged to her. I think Vlad had a bit too much peach brandy before dictating _Taltos_.