Matthew Hunter wrote: >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. > Well, all I can say to that is, his soul ended up in the Paths, which argues well for Napper being puked up at some point. As a side note, I beg to assert on this, my first spate of prolific posting on this list, that I have worked for twelve hours and immediately began consuming delicious cold beers upon arriving home and checking my email. If I can live with my spelling and syntax on this night, so must you. > > >