On Sat, Aug 16, 2003 at 02:34:24AM -0500, Curtis Haden <haden at train.missouri.org> wrote: > > > Matthew Hunter wrote: > > >On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 11:46:41PM -0700, Philip Hart > ><philiph at SLAC.Stanford.EDU> wrote: > > > > > >>On Sat, 16 Aug 2003, Matthew Hunter wrote: > >> > >> > >>>On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 10:53:14PM -0700, Philip Hart > >>><philiph at SLAC.Stanford.EDU> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>On Sat, 16 Aug 2003, Matthew Hunter wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>... > >>>>>normal experience with a Great Weapon. In particular we know > >>>>>that Pathfinder was concealed in one way, such that it was > >>>>>rendered less efficious and perhaps in some way less active. > >>>>>Thus we have two examples from which to generalize, which indeed > >>>>>upon this list is in fact two more than required. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>We don't know much about Pathfinder pre-Aliera, but it should be noted > >>>>that Baritt got a mountain named after him, being suspiciously powerful > >>>>(see _Dragon_). > >>>> > >>>> > >>>IIRC, it was speculated by the characters that Baritt may not > >>>have known he had a Great Weapon. Even if he did, it strikes me > >>>that if anything could cause a Great Weapon to return to a > >>>quiescent state, the death of it's wielder would certainly > >>>qualify. > >>> > >>> > >>My point was that PF was active enough for B to hold off an army/defy the > >>Empire all by himself. B being assassinated isn't consistent with him > >>being bonded with PF, it's true, but he isn't an idiot either. > >> > >> > > > >Morrolan was assassinated while bonded. Carrying a GW is not a > >get-out-of-death-free card. Presumably you still need to be > >revivifiable. > > > > > Well... (Poorly) Quoting _Issola_ "...A great weapon will always act to > preserve the soul of its bearer. There were bonds of love between..." > My first thought upon reading that last paragraph was that perhaps only > PF would act to preserve the soul of its bearer...a unique quality > applicable to only it. But then I recalled Vlad's assertion from > _Issola_ about that. Also, this argues the point that PF wasn't fully > awake at the point of Barritt's demise. I don't think that PF was fully awake, but whether it was or not, Baritt being assassinated isn't inconsistent with either case. Even if Baritt's soul was preserved, his body may have been toast -- unrevivifiable -- thus rendering the state of his soul moot. -- Matthew Hunter (matthew at infodancer.org) Public Key: http://matthew.infodancer.org/public_key.txt Homepage: http://matthew.infodancer.org/index.jsp Politics: http://www.triggerfinger.org/index.jsp