Steve Simmons wrote: > > One might claim that there is a spoiler for "Issola" in this note, > but if you're smart enough to detect the spoiler, you've figured it > out already. > > Did you ever notice that no wielder of a Great Weapon is ever married? > IMHO this doesn't bode well for the long-term future of a couple of > romances I could mention. IIRC, only Godslayer, Iceflame, Blackwand and Pathfinder are the only Great Weapons that have ever been named in the series. But aren't there supposed to be 17 of them? If so, I'm not sure the sample size is big enough. (BTW - any ideas why there's nothing about the other Great Weapons? I kinda got the impression that having a Great Weapon made you automatically a big player whose views it was a good idea for the Empire to take into consideration, so I'd kinda expect some of the more political novels to at least mention some. Perhaps some have been lost? Or they're really picky about who wields them, and are perfectly happy to kill off everyone who tries to wield them until the right person comes along?) Karen