On 4/10/06, Scott Schultz <scott at cjhunter.com> wrote: > > Granted there's a fair amount of assumption involved, but it seems > reasonable to deduce that the sword has some sort of virtue associated > with > it. If it was "just a sword", Aliera wouldn't have demanded it. She had no > desire to use it as a rallying device; she was interested in killing the > enemies of the Empire. Kieron valued it enough to threaten to leave the > Paths to retrieve it. Additionally, a legendary weapon is only good as a > rallying device if the populace believes that it has some virtue of its > own > and is able to confer that virtue onto its wielder. In a world where > sorcery > and witchcraft are facts of life, it's reasonable to expect that a > legendary > sword actually has some sort of magic associated with it. In the end, > though, we don't really know. It might have its own virtue, it might not. > In > the hands of the greatest warrior in history, Kieron himself, it might not > matter whether the sword has its own virtue. Maybe it's more correct to > say > that Kieron is nearly as good as a Great Weapon. ;-) > Okay, I can see that argument is plausible. Thanks for explaining. -Max -- Be pretty if you are, Be witty if you can, But be cheerful if it kills you.