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 the subject, I would like to once again assert that Morrolan's taking >> Blackwand into the Paths, when he fully expects to be staying, is an >> annoying flaw in _Taltos_, which if anyone can explain away I'd be >> grateful. > >I see several possibilities, of which one or more may be >sufficient: > >1) Morrolan didn't think of it (*very* likely given his attitude > in LoCB). >2) Sethra knew Vlad could get him out. >3) The Gods would see that the weapon made its way to some useful > soul. > By the way, you forgot here: 4) Morrolan becomes Officially Undead, and walks out (with Blackwand). This would have been inconvenient for him, but I suspect that neither the Gods, nor Sethra, nor even Morrolan himself, would have balked at that if that were the *only* way out. Obviously, he wouldn't have become Court Wizard in that case, but that was in his future anyway. It might also have caused problems with any marriage he might wish to contract in order to continue the e'Drien line. And it might have put a crimp in his social life, and in his standing with the Dragon Council. But perhaps he could compensate somewhat in taking necromancy lessons from Sethra & the Necromancer.