> I think it's an allusion to _Lord Valentine's Castle_ but > it's been so long since I read it that I can't give you > anything more specific. > I haven't read that story so can't comment on the comparison. "The Princess Bride" comes to mind for me because Fezzig's distinguishing feature was that he was a giant (in the extremely huge man sense, not the fantasy sense) hence the admonition to "dream of large women". One of the more noticable of Vlad's distinguishing characteristics is his whiskers, so the allusion works the same. The fact that Vlad is completely confused by it is just icing on the cake. ;-) > Are you so sure? Blackwand is very fierce. Do Iceflame and > Pathfinder have anything like that effect on Vlad or on > others? I'm sure Lady Teldra wouldn't want to disturb people > unnecessarily. > You could be right. I can't recall any specific times that Vlad complained about Pathfinder or Iceflame, so maybe Blackwand's personality just makes it like that. It's hard to say what Godslayer will be like. We need to remember that it's personality is based on the remnants or Teldra but it's NOT her. Her soul was destroyed as surely as anyone who's cut by a Morganti weapon. Godslayer is a new personality built from fragments of Teldra woven into whatever personality was already built into Spellbreaker. It will be interesting when it awakens but it will be something other than Lady Teldra.