----- Original Message ----- From: "David Silberstein" <davids at kithrup.com> To: "Dragaera List" <dragaera at dragaera.info> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 10:35 PM Subject: Re: Great Weapons (was Possible spoilers for _Sethra Lavode_ (was Re: Dumas)) <snip> > > But I note the paragraph following that little temporal brain-breaker > says that "Some of our people desired divinity and crafted artifacts > to find and destroy those who sit on the Thrones of Judgment. One of > these became [Pathfinder]. [...] The other was taken by the Gods, and > an attempt was made to destroy it." > > What I note about the paragraph is that while the first weapon is > obviously Pathfinder, the second artifact's name and nature are not > stated. Which suggests to me that perhaps it was not complete, that > it had the potential to be Godslayer - which was why the Gods tried to > destroy it - but it was not Godslayer until Vlad completed it. > Perhaps the addition of a soul was in fact what was necessary? > Ahhhh, now I see where that line of reasoning came from. Thanks