Jon_Lincicum at stream.com wrote: ><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 > > > > I missed the Issola reference. I must reread it more carfully, I misremembered that it was the Necromancer who was tasked with cutting the link. As for the Orb, that seems to be the other artifact left at a setting of stun, but at least we have seen it (if we trust Parfi) help cause untold mahem & disaster. . Francesco