On Mar 5, 2004, at 7:09 AM, Timothy Nelson wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Philip Hart" <philiph at slac.stanford.edu> > To: <dragaera at dragaera.info> > Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 4:17 AM > Subject: Re: A scene in My Mind > > >> LT may be able to switch off Morganti blades, given her main function, >> depending on the magic involved... Certainly the Necromancer tells >> Vlad >> (_I_, pg. 253, hc), "Morganti weapons shouldn't frighten you as much." > > I got the impression that a GW can (and will, if possible), act to > protect > its wielder from soul-munching by absorbing said soul into itself. An > assassin could still stab Vlad with a morganti blade and prevent him > from > being revived within the specified time limit. > > So (in my opinion anyway), he need not fear having his soul eaten, but > he > certainly should be concerned about the subtle knife. > > Which raises another question...what happens if the body belonging to > the > wielder-soul inside a GW passes the time limit? Is the soul trapped in > the > GW ala Aliera in her staff? > > The three-day limit has to do with the departure of the soul. If the GW is holding on to it, it may not depart, leading to the interesting option of revivifying a putrescent GW-bearer. On the other hand, guests and fish begin to stink after 3 days, so why not souls? Ken Gorelick