On Tue, 25 Jan 2005, Scott Schultz wrote: @> @> True. Anyay, I'm gonna stick with the straightforward version here. @> @> Maybe the speculative-minded could figure out who VN got his soul from... @> @> >Kieron, obviously. @> @> Not unless Kieron has had a change of heart. The reason he's still hanging @> out in the Paths of the Dead after all these centuries is that he's waiting @> for the appropriate time to return in person. He doesn't have any intention @> of being reincarnated. He's Dragaera's answer to King Arthur. Wish I had Taltos in front of me so I could hit you with the exact quote, but Kieron told Aliera that she should return his greatsword to him or he would have to come out of the Paths to take it. She said that might be exactly what she wanted. Later, in Dragon, she gave it away. She has not returned it to him, which means he's probably coming for it.