> -----Original Message----- > From: Jag [mailto:agrajag at dragaera.net] > Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 15:40 > To: Damien Sullivan > Cc: Dragaera Mailing List > Subject: Re: Concerning Great Weapons & Baritt (spoilers for POTD) > > > On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 17:16, Damien Sullivan wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 11:12:10AM -0500, Jag wrote: > > > > > > > > I believe that, to Dragaeran "necromancers" (and to the Jenoine), > > > > "aliveness" is in some way translatable into "location" -- perhaps > > > > in a similar way to how Einsteinian physics sees space and time as > > > > inextricably bound-up aspects of each other. > > > > > > I seem to recall at one point that someone claims that the Necromancer > > > just considers being alive and dead a matter of energy levels. But it > > > > In _Yendi_, when Sethra had StY exiled, didn't she say she had > the Necromancer > > move StY to another plane? (Where time passed faster.) And > the Necromancer > > is the one trying to keep the Jenoine from skedaddling in _Dragon_. > > Was doing some quick reading in _Dragon_ for another thread and > found an answer > to this one as well. Turns out I was, yet again, wrong. > > On page 110 of the paperback, the Serioli gives a name for Blackwand > which Morrolan roughly translates as 'Magical wand for creating death in > the form of a black sword.' Then the Serioli goes on to correct him, > saying 'creating death' isn't quite right, but 'removing life-substance' > or 'sending life-substance to--'[1] would be better. He is talking > about Blackwand in specific, but I believe it probablly applies to all > MWs. That, or the 'wand' part of Blackwand makes it special in how it > deals with souls. > > Another interesting thing is that the Serioli goes on to say that all > the GWs were designed to find and destroy those who sit on the Thrones > of Judgement, and that one in particular, Pathfinder, became something > else and was able to find any object the wielder desired. So, even > though we haven't seen it yet, it appears that there is something about > the GWs that will allow them to locate the Gods. Newer, faster, better > divine summoning. > > [1] Morrolan cut him off before he could finish. > > > ** Issola spoilers ** > > > > > > > > > > > There was comments on another thread about why Verra told Vlad to bring > Spellbreaker in contact with Pathfinder and why she chose Pathfinder. > Read the passage I mentioned above, it deals with that in some ways. > Although its a bit vague, it does say that Pathfinder and Godslayer are > somehow linked in their creation. > > Interesting thought leading to a proposed logical progression. If parts made up GodSlayer, then perhaps GodSlayer + Pathfinder (maybe more) would beget something greater. Interesting to see a battle where one person wielded more than one too. W Presume not that I am the thing I was --William Shakespeare