Hello all, Just joined the list, but I've been a fan of the books for a long time. What I got from both Dragon and Issola is that a great weapon's first state is that of Gold Phoenix stone. It's obvious that Spellbreaker had the personality of Godslayer from it's reaction to Verre in Issola. So I don't think it has to have a soul to bond with, cause the Serioli have already given it on. It just so happened that while the Morgantti dagger was doing it's job of destroying Lady Teldra's soul, Vlad used what ever power he used, possible one of Spellbreakers ingrained abilities since a great weapon will protect a soul, to bond her soul with the blade. And while I don't think it has to be a particular Morgantti blade to become a great weapon, I do believe that it has to be very powerful. I just can't see the god dismantling Godslayer, and then giving the Morgantti blade into the hands of the Jenoine. So there's my two cents. Doc __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com