"I think one can never have too many defenses, maybe she thinks of people as backup in case the orb fails (as it obviously did fail once before). After all, no matter how good the wizard, a knife between his shoulder blades will cramp his style. Rachel" That should probably read, No matter how good the wizardry, a knife in the emperor will seriously cramp its style. *shrugs* Jon _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/features&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.msn.com%2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgmarket%3den-ca