----- Original Message ----- From: "trevor laughlin" <trevorsensei at yahoo.com> To: "Dragaeran listserv" <dragaera at dragaera.info>; "Hans Schweitzer" <hans117 at yahoo.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 1:38 AM Subject: thoughts on Morganti - feedback please > If I could distract the train of though for a > moment... > > In the novels, Steven mentions various Morganti > weapons, invariably knives or swords - edged or > piercing weapons. > > It would seem that the act of stabbing or even > scratching someon with a Morganti weapon is enough to > loose your soul - or in the case of the Great Weapons, > get it stored and possibily pushed out later. > > We have more insight into the great weapons from > 'Issola', as the Jenoine can make them to - with the > potential to even kill gods. > > Now, he mentions also that Morganti weapons come in > varing strengths, hunger and temperments [for the > GWs]. > > Now, I'm looking for a bit of '2-cents' here. > > Power and hunger I assume are directly proportional. > Humans are dead meat even with the weakest Morganti > cut. Gods need something more substantial to nix them > [as they just get banished from the current plane of > existence - or deaded, if it is their home plane] {see > Seth Lavode and Issola for details}. And Jenoine > require GWs or something as deadly. > > Am I missing anything in terms of theory here? > > So the speculation IS.... what is a Morganti blade and > in a 'normal' M-weapon, where does the soul go? Into > the blade or is it 'consumed by something' or ... > what? > > Thoughts? > > ===== > ~--------------------------~ > > ^ Let your mind be your greatest tool. ^ > > - = Trevor Sensei = - > > ~--------------------------~ > > > > > __________________________________ Hmmm, I had always gone along the lines of consumption of the soul, Lady Teldra's fate in Issola and Vlad's "journey" seem to support that. Another line of questioning, what defines a powerful Morganti weapon? As they are all death dealing ravagers of the soul, is the perception of their power based on the weapons aura? Also, if more souls are consumed, does the weapon become more powerful? Jeff