In a message dated 11/15/2004 2:02:52 PM Eastern Standard Time, howard at brazee.net writes: 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. The thing to that is the story (well most of it) is told from Vlad's perspective. He would have no idea what it would be like for Aliera or Morrolan to aquire a Great Weapon. Plus, Vlad did recreate, so I would imagine his experiance would be quite different. -Crystal