On Fri, 15 Aug 2003, David Silberstein wrote: > On Sat, 16 Aug 2003, Matthew Hunter wrote: > >> pH wrote: > I have already speculated that perhaps Aliera's ability to > manipulate raw Amorphia might have been a potentially useful > defensive measure agains the Jenoine on Dzur Mountain. > > Sethra might have also been thinking in terms of backup > plans if she failed against the Jenoine. After Sethra, > perhaps Zerika would have been called upon to fight the > Jenoine with the Orb. If *that* failed, then a Dragon > Heir who could also manipulate Amorphia would have been > the next fallback plan. > > She might have had other levels of defenses planned, > especially with the aid of Sethra the Younger & the > Sorceress in Green, but Aliera might well have been > a crucial part of some portion of those plans. First-rate speculation. > >> Also on the subject, in _Issola_, when M and A are kidnapped, BW and PF > >> come along for the ride, though presumably there was no physical contact - > >> the J could have grabbed them when they were both in the shower or the > >> sack, say, if it mattered. A GW is like a shadow, Enclouding be damned. > > > >They also came fully clothed, you'll note. This is often a > >convenient aspect of fictional means of teleportation. ;) > > > > The Great Weapons might have refused to allow their bearers to leave > that plane of reality without them. Or, perhaps the Jenoine *wanted* > the GWs to come along, since they might have been useful in tracing > where M & A had been take if they were left behind. This last bit seems to be wrong. The J _wanted_ M/A to be found, to the extent that they want things rather than just serving the plot. It got them Vlad, a good choice for deicide. And if they could have separated M/A from BW/PF, then they could have dropped the former in the river and sent a flunky to collect the latter...