lazarus wrote: >On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 21:11:55 -0400, you wrote: > > > >>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 >> >> > >Possibly control? Morrolan has stated that Blackwand is his familiar, >and will also do what he wants with souls that it takes. A regular >Morganti, no matter how powerful, doesn't have the same ability to be >controlled that we know of. > I was thinking more of a physical component, like Spellbreaker. Spellbreaker is good at negating magical energy, and when melded with a semi-sentient cutting tool and a pinch of soul added, you get a weapon that negates a god's (or a Jenoine's) magical protection and thus can easily kill said being. Spellbreaker also demonstrated semi-sentient properties, healing Vlad (protecting its owner) and coiling up and sorta threatening Verra (its Godslaying aspect). But so far, I haven't noticed any similar objects in Morrolan's possession. From what I could tell, although nobody said it was a Great Weapon or named it properly as Blackwand, it still seems the complete and fearsome artifact we see in the Vlad books. But as Alexx says, we'll (probably) find out in Sethra Lavode whether it is complete or is missing something. Jose -- Jose Marquez \ Cthulhu 2004 jhereg69 at earthlink.net \ Why vote for http://home.earthlink.net/~jhereg69 \ the lesser evil?