Alexx S Kay wrote: >>Alexx S Kay wrote: >> >> >> > >Spoiler space, so I can stop talking around possible future spoilers. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>>Certain speculations that have passed over this list before involve a=20 >>>death that would result neither in Deathgate nor in reincarnation. I >>>am being vague because I think that they're right, and that it's a huge >>>spoiler. >>> >>> >>> >>Wouldn't these speculations be now moot, seeing as a certain Dragon has=20 >>already linked to the appropriate object? >> >> > >Morrolan has a big Morganti weapon he refers to as his "black wand" >(note the lack of capitalization), and which none of the better-informed >people in his retinue have yet referred to as a Great Weapon. > >Remember, in _Issola_, how a powerful Morganti blade only became a GW >when combined with a human soul? I believe that we'll be seeing a >similar scene at some point in _Sethra Lavode_. > > Hmm. When you put it that way, I'm almost convinced. Perhaps it was precipitous of me to assume that what Morrolan receives was an Official Great Weapon (tm). Still, I have a feeling that what happened with Godslayer was unique to that particular weapon. Great Weapons were meant to be used against the gods, apparently, but the gods have subverted this purpose and thus Great Weapons are used to defend against the Jenoine. With Godslayer being such an overt threat to them, however, it was disassembled. Anyway, when it was reborn, in addition to two souls being present, Spellbreaker was the most important component that was apparently missing. I would venture that Spellbreaker is/was the essence of Godslayer, and that practically any powerful Morganti weapon would do for putting it back together (not to mention just about any soul). From the descriptions of Morganti weapons Vlad has given us in the past, the sword Morrolan currently holds (as described by Paarfi) seems like more than just an extremely powerful, but still standard Morganti weapon. It's possible that Blackwand was also disassembled and requires a soul, but what is the missing component that contains the essence of what the weapon is designed to do? Jose -- Jose Marquez jhereg69 at earthlink.net