Dragaera

Great Weapons

Mon Nov 15 11:35:47 PST 2004

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jeff [mailto:Log0n5150 at hotmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 2:16 PM
> To: dragaera at dragaera.info
> Subject: Re: Great Weapons
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Schultz" <scott at cjhunter.com>
> To: <dragaera at dragaera.info>
> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 11:40 AM
> Subject: Great Weapons
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Corwin Brust [mailto:corwin at mpls.cx]
> > When Vlad voices this expectation, She say something like
> > "You nearly did."  (IIRC) Which seems to support the theory
> > that She carries (but won't use) the Great Weapon.
> 
> Granted that the population of Great Weapon Wielders we've been exposed to
> is a small one, it seems, purely from observation, that owners of such
> weapons seem to always have them about their person someplace. I'd go with
> the "carries it hidden on her person" theory.
> 
> On another note concerning Great Weapons - Vlad's acquisition of Godslayer
> seems to have been a unique experience. In both Morrolan and Aliera's
> cases,
> the sword was pretty much just handed to them. If either of them
> experienced
> a "soul bonding" moment at that time, it's gone unreported. Vlad was
> intimately involved with the creation (or recreation, if you like) of
> Godslayer.It makes me wonder if his connection to it is also fundamentally
> different than Morrolan and Aliera's connections to their respective
> weapons.
> 
> 
> ****************
> 
> No, we know that PF is linked to Aliera's soul, that's how she survived
> being struck with a Morganti weapon. Also, Sethra remarks on Morrolan's
> link
> with Pathfinder when discussing his assassination with Vlad. Actually,
> there
> are a great deal of references throughout most of the novels, especially
> Issola.
> 
> Jeff

Perhaps it hasn't been mentioned because it's a rather personal subject.