[Dragaera] Jenoine, Humans, Gods-To-Be, Amorphia, Great Weapons, Barrett, and Various Combinations Thereof

[Philip Hart]

On Wed, 1 Oct 2008, Erzsébet of Catspirit Wood wrote:

>> Assuming we believe Vlad, what's the difference?  The PoWS is first come
>> first served?  Lottery-based?  And how does Kieron end up in the Paths?
>
> The Lords of Judgment are saving certain souls for use in their own plans -- 
> and one can't be selected for these plans unless one goes over Deathgate 
> Falls and attempts the Paths of the Dead.

This seems a bit awkward for the Ls of J - one of their primary purposes 
is to winnow souls and place them where useful, and for the most part they
don't get access to those souls.


> Based on this, Kieron's body must have somehow been sent over the Falls, but 
> I would guess that Dolivar's body was not... though the Lords of Judgment 
> might have deliberately chosen to let Dolivar's soul reincarnate as an 
> Easterner.

How can they, in this scenario?


> But it would be more amusing if they weren't able to control where 
> his soul went, because his body didn't go over the Falls, and so Vlad's 
> existence was due to whatever default processes dictate the reincarnation of 
> souls, and they've been on tenterhooks waiting to see where it would turn up.

Then one probably needs to invoke the Cycle to handle the coincidence. 
But then it's hard to see what the Ls of J need to do with souls.


> Then again, perhaps the Lords of Judgment are only *supposed* to meddle with 
> souls that go over the Falls, but Verra fetched and manipulated 
> Vlad/Dolivar's soul in defiance of the usual rules. I wouldn't put it past 
> her.

That sounds like a good approach to the problem.