> >How many of the damned things exist, anyway? Did the Serioli ever > >create any Morganti weapon proliferation treaties? The S. reportedly built them to make war unpalatable and succeeded, so I should think they've stopped production (plus having been cleansed into legendary rarity makes it a problem). Also note that the Jenoine have access to them, though not to Dragaera, whatever that means. Also note that the J. apparently don't have a knock-off of their own. If you want to know, though, you just need to estimate the price (<< 5k Imperials or whatever a Morganti job costs - Vlad supplied his own weapons for these - or at least in _Jhereg_ - and they're easily available to Kragar) and the demand (Vlad has had one or two of these jobs in the last ten-or-so years and had one contracted against him) to estimate the supply (guessing that 90% are in the hands of Adron's heir [pre-Aliera] and Morrolan etc.) > > >How was a Great Weapon hidden inside a Morganti sword? Does smelting > >a Morganti weapon alter its properties? When StY and Aliera fought at > >the end of _Dragon_, and the Morganti sword exploded, wouldn't the > >shrapnel have been positively hazardous? If not, then does sundering > >a Morganti weapon dissipate its noxious nature? I'm reminded of the end of that excellent movie Time Bandits - "Do be careful. Don't lose any of that stuff. That's concentrated evil. One drop of that could turn you all into hermit crabs." > And a final good question. > > You really need to stop asking those. ;-) Yup - definite headspin danger. Excellent use of the word "smelt" though.