[Dragaera] [Dzur Spoilers] very randomly

[Jon Lincicum]

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> maybe this speculation refutes itself.  Also it avoids the nice conflict
> I imagine Teldra will have over her new existence as a soul-eating entity.
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Hmmm... Will Teldra really have any problem with her new identity as a 
soul-destroying weapon?

Consider the following:

1) What's left of Teldra is not exactly the same person as before--this 
is a person whose soul has become merged with the essence of a Morganti 
dagger. Hence, what we know about Teldra's personality is not 100% of 
the story. But even so...

2) Teldra was not above insulting Jenoine. We have no reason to think 
she had anything against killing--where it is appropriate, that is--it 
just didn't tend to come up for her personally in her role as 
Morrolan's  greeter.

When is killing appropriate? Perhaps when the victim really *really* 
deserves to die? Interestingly,. this seems to fall in line pretty well 
with what Vlad himself says near the beginning of /Jhereg/, talking 
about the "two times previously" that he had performed Morganti 
assassinations.

3) Godslayer is supposed to "cut away the diseased flesh"... That is 
Teldra's new job. It is appropriate for her to swallow souls in her new 
incarnation--under certain circumstances, anyway.

4) Consider also that it is Vlad who chooses how and when to wield 
her... Thus (potentially) taking her out of the decision-making process 
for whose soul gets eaten and whose doesn't. In /Issola/,  it became 
pretty clear that Teldra trusted Vlad utterly. Will she have a problem 
trusting him to decide whose soul is no longer needed?

Would the Teldra we know really have that much trouble adjusting to this 
role?

Majikjon