On 6/7/06, <Jon_Lincicum at stream.com> wrote: > > This does bring up an interesting point, however. Could Loraan have his > own Great Weapon? (Mayhap that rune-covered longsword that Vlad noted in > /Taltos/?) It might explain, by itself, how he survived the Blackwand > encounter, and also why the gods might have been willing to let him return > from the paths as an undead at some point. > > Certainly, since he had Spellbreaker in his possesion, we might conclude > that he was gathering artifacts related to Great Weapons to further his > own causes. Who's to say he might not have acquired a *complete* Great > Weapon from somewhere? > Hm. I would tend to think not. If he had a Great Weapon, he would have gone for it immediately upon being attacked (and when facing down Vlad in /Athyra/). It stands to reason that you would use a Great Weapon to defend yourself, if you have it, yes? My speculation is that his collecting artifacts relating to Great Weapons was so as to re-create Godslayer, which in turn was so as to have an edge if the gods ever found out about his role in permitting a Jenoine to partially manifest in Dragaera.