On Thu, 13 Mar 2003, Michael Mattoni wrote:
>Spoilers for Issola
And also _Dragon_
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>>In Issola, Sethra tells Vlad that there are 17 Great Weapons.
I re-read her infodump about the Great Weapons, and I don't see any
such specific number.
No-one authoritative (ie, Sethra, the Gods, or the Serioli), has given
a specific number yet. *Vlad* has told us 17, but he's unreliable.
The only number we have for certain is a minimum of 4 (and now with
Godslayer, 5) - Iceflame, Pathfinder, Blackwand, and whatever it is
Zungaron bears. [1]
>>2-If Dragerea's been around for a couple hundred thousand years,
>>isn't Morrolon a little young to have a Great Weapon? Or are they
>>handed down as family heirlooms?
>I'm sure that more info will be forthcoming in tLoCB, since at the
>end of tPotD, Morollan didn't have Blackwand (If memory serves -
>always a dicey proposition).
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Morrolan does not have Blackwand (so your memory does serve), but at
the beginning of tPotD, he has a dream or vision (after dedicating
himself to Verra the Demon Goddess) which *hints* that he is destined
to bear Blackwand. Paarfi seems to think that Morrolan is full of
shit, but that's Paarfi for you.
>>3-Why did Sethra insist on calling Lady Teldra Godslayer? It didn't
>>slay a God, it slayed a Jenoine. There is a big difference.
>In Dragon, Vlad meets a Serioli who identifies Spellbreaker as one
>who will be Godslayer.
The Serioli is a lot more obscure, obfuscational, gnomic and
circumlocutional than that, but yeah.
> I won't say any more if you haven't read the book. As I recall, it
>was again Sethra who discussed the original purpose of the GWs, which
>was to kill the gods, not the Jenoine.
That's actually confirmed by what the Serioli says, if you read it
carefully.
[1] I had a notion that Zungaron is the current king of Fenario, and
the Great Weapon he bears is the staff that contains Bölcsesség
(Bolcsesseg). As usual, this is just a notion.
Somewhat sillier is the notion that Zungaron is actually Zungaron
Valabar, bearer of the Great Weapon Pepperslicer.