<Spoiler Space> Francesco Nicoletti <francesco.nicoletti at pacific.net.au> Sent by: dragaera-bounces at dragaera.info 06/01/06 04:05 AM To Jon_Lincicum at stream.com cc dragaera at dragaera.info Subject Iceflame was Tukko (Sethra Lavode Spoilers) >Have we ever seen Sethra draw Iceflame ? Or use it in any way ? > We are continually told it is powerful, but do we have any witness >describe its use ? >Could what we think we know of Iceflame be disinformation? Issola, pg 220 (paperback) [cite] "I massaged the arm through the sling for a bit and couldn't even feel it. Sethra drew Iceflame and pointed it out toward the middle of the Sea, staring intently after it. Then she sheathed Iceflame and said, "All Right. Any time now." [/cite] This is Sethra cutting the Jenoine's link to the Lesser Sea--no small task, yet it took seconds. Later, she uses it in the battle with the J who appear to re-establish the link, and there is thunder, lightning, and Vlad comments on the lines of power connecting the weapon to Sethra. Interestingly, however, the only person we've ever seen killed by Iceflame was poor Quion in /Taltos/ -- and that happened "off stage", and it may not even have been Iceflame that did the deed. How powerful is Iceflame? Reports from informed persons say it's on par with the Orb. If we haven't actually seen it used to accomplish anything all that momentous, well, I would counter by saying we haven't *really* seen the Orb do all that much either. In a good story, however, you don't usually see the full extent of a powerful element until the climax of the tale... and there are still many Vlad books to get through. Majikjon