On Fri, 11 Jul 2003, Warlord wrote: @> > > #Why do you think that Morrolan PUT the soul in the sword? The Great @> > > #weapons were created long ago, with only Godslayer having been delayed @> > > #by the gods themselves. @> > > @> > > Do we have textev for that? @> > @> > It seems to me simplest to imagine that Blackwand hasn't been lying around @> > 200 millenia or so unsouled - if so, it's odd the gods would allow a @> > powerful weapon against the Jenoine to not-rust unburnished, not to shine @> > in use. However, Pathfinder is bonded to Aliera though she didn't kill @> > anyone (one hopes) to achieve the effect; note that Pathfinder doesn't @> > have an apparent gender (_Issola_, Chapter 11) - maybe some GWs aren't @> > human alloys. @> @> I noticed this and it is why I think the soul in Pathfinder is Drien. Why are we assuming that the souls in GWs stick around forever? It wouldn't surprise me if they departed and were replaced periodically.