>Minor quibble: Text says Morrolan was fighting a Demon who took his "own >sword" from him. Blackwand is not named here, and Morrolan may have been >using a different sword at the time. True, true. I assumed Blackwand, primarily because Morollan doesn't seem to have touched any other sword during Vlad's acquaintance with him. Morolan's acquisition of Blackwand predates Vlad's birth, let alone his introduction to Morollan. If Morollan WAS wielding some sword other than Blackwand at the time (Isn't Vlad's phrasing something like "...watching helplessly as Morollan fought a demon that had taken his own sword away from him..."?) then there's bound to be a story in that. >There appears to be room enough for a [Noish-pa] story here, but I wouldn't want to >read it unless Steve finds an idea that really tickles his fancy. It would certainly be something different than any other Dragaeran story, much as _Brokedown Palace_ or _The Phoenix Guards_ were completely unlike any other Dragaeran stories that went before them.