[Dragaera] The Desecrator [spoilers]

[Philip Hart]

On Thu, 3 Mar 2011, Alexx Kay wrote:

>> Also, the swords are aimed at the gods in particular ways - presumably
>> Nightslayer has some property like pathfinding or spellbreaking which is
>> of particular usefulness, and "not the least clue" could refer to that.
>
> Nightslayer casts two extremely powerful illusions in this story, of its
> own volition.  That's behavior we haven't seen before, and may be part of
> the uniqueness of this weapon.
>
> Perhaps its name is derived from its ability to create/manipulate light?


Good points.

Any comment by the way about my tentative distinction between PI and "nth 
year in the reign of Zerika" earlier in the thread?  The Piroiad was 
confusing to me on this.