On 6/5/06, Scott Schultz <scott at cjhunter.com> wrote: > > >[Loraan] > > >> Yes, but he did somehow survive being run-through by Blackwand. > > ><*phweeet!*> Assumption ("run through by Blackwand") not supported by > >textual evidence. > > Morollan's comment on Loraan is "take it up with Blackwand". This has always > implied to me that Blackwand did, indeed, stab Loraan but she either > couldn't reach his soul or chose for obscure reasons to preserve his soul > rather than consume it. Since Morrolan was not the one who said those words, the above is rather more tenuous speculation than it appears (and it's already rather tenuous). Which is not to say that it is invalid, it's just that we have not heard Morrolan state anything about what happened in Loraan's keep. And if I know anything about Brust, we probably never will. Or at least not until M makes an oblique comment somewhere in the /The Last Contract/, maybe. > I'm not so sure about the lack of textev. > > "I managed to support myself and saw Loraan. My knife was in his stomach, > and there was a large cut, as from a sword, in his chest directly over the > heart. He seemed to be rather dead." > The fact that we didn't see Blackwand strike Loraan "on-screen" isn't really > germane. Unless someone was to suggest that Loraan stabbed himself with a > sword and Steve just didn't bother telling us about it. That seems a little > far-fetched. Couple this with the "take it up with Blackwand" comment and > you'd have a hard time arguing that textev doesn't support Blackwand > striking Loraan. Morollan certainly seems to believe she did so. (Maybe the > quibble is with the words "run through", though?) > You will note that at no point does it say *directly* that Morrolan struck Loraan with Blackwand while Loraan was alive. We are given some observations, and are lead to make assumptions. SKZB likes messing with people's assumptions, I nearly think.