K Kuhn wrote: > Aliera's soul survived quite nicely in an artifact (a staff) and then > was reborn to where she was when 'killed', so the other idea is > theoretically possible. Vlad thought at the end that he did the > defragging and melding, while if the idea in the review was correct, > it might not have been much needed from him at all. > > Karen We already knew that a Great Weapon could take a soul and spit it out again - apparently without ill effect.