> > The biggest loose end: since Dragaera is clearly an ancient human > colony, why don't off-world souls get reincarnated into Dragaeran > bodies? Huh. Fascinating thought. Though we don't actually *know* that they don't... [snip, and re-inserting spoiler space] > Great Weapons can hold souls locally, much as the gods hold souls > in the Paths. Both GWs and the gods can release the soul for use > in a body. This explains what has happened with Lady Teldra, I don't think it *does* explain Lady Teldra, unless you posit that Morganti (non-great) weapons can also "hold souls" (as I do). The weapon that killed Lady Teldra was not a Great Weapon -- though it soon became one. [I suppose one *could* invoke the "gods messing about with the space-time continuum" hand-wave here, but I'd rather not...] Alexx Alexx Kay Opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily those of my employers alexx at world.std.com http://world.std.com/~alexx Selections from Gamers Famous Last Words: 350-"Say, what's that red dot on your forehead?" {laser sight}