Dragaera

thoughts on Morganti - feedback please

Thu Jul 1 08:39:30 PDT 2004

> > I am inclined
> > to believe it is a Jenoine construct designed to study amorphia, as
> > Dragarea 
> > is the only place it is know to exist, according to Sethra. 
> Iceflame is
> > the 
> > avatar or focal point for that construct.
> 
> Well, I haven't noticed any hints for that either.  I'm 
> willing to wait and see.

I haven't read "Sethra Lavode" yet, so I'll have missed whatever hints are
in there. Issola hints that Dzur Mountain is a Jenoine construct. Vlad and
Teldra both notice that the world they are trapped on is "unnaturally
natural", giving the impression that it was built rather than formed on its
own. Each of them observes that it makes them feel "just like Dzur
Mountain". 

While the original purpose of Dzur Mountain is a mystery, we can at least
dismiss the theory of it being a Terran starship, I think.

> 
> > Hmm, a thought just occurred. Maybe the difference in 
> Morganti weapons 
> > is how long they hold the soul of those they consume? A weak one 
> > absorbs the
> > soul, and disperses it (or whatever they do with them), a 
> more powerful
> > one 
> > holds that soul in itself for a time, and a Great Weapon 
> bonds with a 
> > particular soul as part of its creation? The slow 
> destruction of a soul 
> > could account for the uncomfortable feeling Vlad 
> experiences in close 
> > proximity to  Morganti weapons.
> 

In the only example we have, Lady Teldra, the knife destroyed her soul
instantly. The "threads" that Vlad recovered during his communion with
Spellbreaker were the threads of her personality. Teldra herself is gone.
Vlad realized this once he realized what he was actually doing by grabbing
the threads and wrapping them around his wrist. Whatever personality
Godslayer has, it will be based on Lady Teldra's personality. Vlad might
even think of it as "Lady Teldra". However, whatever it is, it's a copy of
Lady Teldra. The essence that defined Teldra and that might have gone on to
reincarnate as another person is gone. 

Essentially, Godslayer is Max Headroom to Teldra's Edison Carter.