Here are my thoughts on the subject of what the Great Weapons do: As before, the list is pretty well thought out, I think: Iceflame = immense power, ability to do all sorts of things mystical, like perhaps breaking the barriers between the worlds. Blackwand = removes souls from the process of reincarnation--ie, removes the God's ability to influence reality without manifesting, where they are vulnerable, as we see in _BP_. This is, I think, more likely than it sending the souls to the paths. I would posit that Blackwand is more something that achieves a "sending of life-substance to ...other dimensions/planes of existence/realities..." Assuming a soul cannot be destroyed, as per the law of conservation of souls, (Carey, Jon. Pararectal, Trent University Publishing, 2004) then it means that a soul can be removed from one reality to another via an "eating" process, or, more accurately, a transferral process (Ibid.) It would explain, for instance, why Great Weapons wouldn't get "full" or need "recharging". Their power is their own, they need no fuel to maintain their properties. If any external power is used, I would imagine it would originate, or at least involve, the connection that it has to the wielder, and possibly, if Godslayer is not an exception the soul that is used in the making of it. I mean, think of it. If one soul eaten, plus a chain of enchanted goldstone, and then another soul, not eaten, is enough to power *GODSLAYER* then I don't think that such blades would need to harvest souls in order to gain energy. Otherwise, Blackwand would make Godslayer, who/which has been inactive for the past while, to say the least, look like some children's toy, or maybe one of those plastic swords that people put through sandwiches. Perhaps where the blades send them is to Morgant. A planet full of wonderfully confused people, at least, to their own history, that is. (Ibid.) I would imagine that the Necromancer and a Serioli smith could have wonderful conversations. Perhaps the Serioli smith is Mario. Jon _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/bcomm&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.msn.com%2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgmarket%3den-ca