> > We don't know what the weapon would have done with the soul > > if Vlad hadn't followed it, but it didn't simply destroy > > the soul in the act of killing its victim. > > The soul may not have been destroyed, but it did seem to be a > shredded. [And this is almost certainly a special case.] I think it was the presence of Vlad and Spellbreaker that made the case "special", not the dagger. In other words, I think Vlad "interrupted" the dagger from doing what morganti weapons usually do, and that's when things became interesting. Bryan