Hurrah, my work has been quoted, my life is complete. On 6/5/06, Jon_Lincicum at stream.com <Jon_Lincicum at stream.com> wrote: > > "Scott Schultz" <scott at cjhunter.com> > Sent by: dragaera-bounces at dragaera.info > 06/05/06 11:18 AM > > To > "'Dragaera List'" <dragaera at dragaera.info> > cc > > Subject > RE: Yuck > > > > > > >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?) > > One thing I noticed when re-reading this passage, was that Vlad had nailed > Loraan with a thrown dagger moments before. > > Now, under the "It-can't-get-any-worse rule", a person who is already dead > is immune to the morganti soul-destroying effect... So, tenative theory: > > 1. Vlad nails Loraan with a dagger in an especially bad spot, killing him > instantly. > 2. Blackwand swipes Loraan across the chest, but since he's dead, his soul > is safe. > 3. One of Loraan's guards comes around and revivifies him later. > > Of course, this is by no means conclusive, and depends on a rather abrupt > deminse on the part of Loraan to work. We may be dealing with the whole > "soul-in-a-box" (or equivilent) situation here instead. > > I've more or less suspended my judgement on this point, after debating > about it for the wiki article on Loraan. If Steve chooses to tell us what > happened, it'll answer it, if not, I don't think we have enough > information to say for sure one way or the other. > > Majikjon > > >