David Dyer-Bennet wrote: > Note that I said "can" as the defining point. So far as Vlad knows, > ordinary Morganti blades *always* destroy the soul. Blackwand can > apparently hold itself in check if desired, though. I suspect that the fear Vlad had the first time he went to a room of Morganti weapons wasn't psychological - there was some very real aura that his soul could feel.