On Fri, 2003-03-07 at 02:31, James Griffin wrote:
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> Now that Vlad seems to (so to speak) have become part of a Great Weapon,
> what is his life-span? (simply assuming Lady T protecting against all other
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> Morrollan and Aliera seem too young to be considered comparably, likewise
> Sethra Y. , and Sethra L. is already undead hence moot-
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> Baritt (the only comparable one I can think of right now) was assassinated
> ("Permanently"- Yendi), but how well was he linked to Pathfinder- what I
> mean is, would he have aged and died naturally, or not?
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> Verra implies (Issola) that Blackwand "might well have done more than that,"
> indicating that even though it might seemed as if Morrollan would have been
> killed permanently, it didn't necessarily follow. (E.G. Blackwand might have
> still preserved his soul somehow beyond the three day limit, or even
> revivified him on its (her?) own.) This raises doubts about Baritt-
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> Was Baritt not protected in that way? or did he "de-link" with Pathfinder to
> hide it in that Morganti greatsword? (Dragon)
Its been a long while since I've read Dragon, but from what I recall,
Baritt may have had possession of Pathfinder, but he was not its
owner/wielder/etc with all that entails. I'm not even sure he was aware
that he had the Greatweapon. It always seemed to me as if Pathfinder
had been hidden inside the greatsword before Baritt came into posession
of the greatsword.
Jag