[Dragaera] Ten New Questions after Dzur. [Dzur Spoilers]

[Maximilian Wilson]

On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 10:03 AM, Ken Koester
<kkoester at email.ers.usda.gov> wrote:
> As I recall, =Jhereg= doesn't specify Blackwand, but mentions GW's,
> generically, as being able to do this & that being one of their
> distinctions from ordinary Morganti blades.  I repeat:  we know little
> enough at this point that the question could be decided either way
> without contradiction of prior information.

What do you know? You're absolutely right. It's neither the first time
I've been wrong about a piece of textual evidence nor will it be the
last:

<<What is a Great Weapon? That's a good question.... a Morganti
weapon... there are a few--legend says seventeen--that go beyond a
"kind of sentience." These are the Great Weapons. They are, all of
them, powerful. They have enough sentience to actually _decide_
whether or not to destroy the soul of the victim. Each has its own
abilities, skills, and powers. And each one, it is said, is linked to
the soul of the one who bears it. It can, and will, do anything
necessary to preserve its bearer, if he is the One chosen for it. And
the things those weapons can do...>>>

The Book of Jhereg, p. 102.

-Max

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