On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 12:57, Brian Vanskyock wrote: > maybe the MW's use the "consumed" soul to protect and nourish the person with > whom they are linked ? just a thought Only if its a GW. I don't think normal MW's care at all about who holds them. In fact I seem to recall one point where Vlad was holding a morganti blade and could feel that the blade would be just as happy to turn in his hand and cut him as it would be to cut Vlad's enemy.