Tarrin & Sword of Fire (Chapter 18 SPOILERS)

[Shadowhawk]

In battle with The One and Demon Lord in chapter 18 of "Sword of Fire" Tarrin has put all his divine power into Sword of Fire artifact, losing his wings (which were a symbol of his power) in the process.

[*]First discrepancy: after losing wings of fire Tarrin couldn't fly on his own. The One took advantage of this (for a moment). But he could ask sword to fly him, like the sword transported Mist (with unconsious Kimmie). Although I don't think it would be great idea to fight while flied by the sword  releasing grip on it would result in fall and probably death or at least heavy hurt.

Then Tarrin broke the Sword of Fire. (How he managed that? It was 1.) made of unnamed black metal, highly heat resistant, probably very, very hard to break 2.) as an Artifact it could have been simply unbreakable. Maybe he willed it to break). Thus he locked away his divine power. Originally he planned to do this before returning to Sennadar, to show Gods that he wont be a problem. But he did it earlier to force Demons Lord hand, which ultimately resulted in his death while using All (and not Sorcery with pulling power via the sword and his divine powers).

[*]Second discrepancy: Tarin presents/look like demigod to archon's (?) eyes, leaking power somewhat, on Gods plane (Multiplane, Sigil, Planescape,...). So it seems that he has (at least outside mortal word) his power. Possible explanation: Sword of Fire, after putting all divine power into it, became Tarrin's "icon" of sorts; when broken it affected his possibility of manifesting powers on mortal plane (like destroing icon of The One). I wonder if Tarrin would have his full divine-aided shapeshifting abilities (with energy signatures, so he could shapeshift to Archon; I wonder what would happen if he met Deva or Planetar and touched it), and his wings.

Edit: corrected title

[Hearly]

Hmm.. some good points.. lets see if I can try and explain them..

He looks weak because his power is tied into the sword (to the archon's)

No matter what he does with his power, his soul is still that of a god, even a weakened/no power god, his soul is still such...

If anything would currently be an Icon of Tarrin it would be the shadow and not the sword.

all above is just my thinking Fel could answer totally different....

[Fel]

You're pretty close.

The Archons could see Tarrin's divinity because he's a divine soul.  They weren't seeing his power per se, they were seeing the soul housed inside his new body.  If Tarrin did what all the other gods do and just projected his consciousness into Crossroads, they wouldn't see it unless he WANTED them to.

As to the other point: yeah, the sword could have picked him up, but could you imagine trying to fight an aerial foe when you're all but holding a rocket in your hand?  That's about what it would be like, since the sword would be his method of propulsion.

[Shadowhawk]

The Archons could see Tarrin's divinity because he's a divine soul.  They weren't seeing his power per se, they were seeing the soul housed inside his new body.  If Tarrin did what all the other gods do and just projected his consciousness into Crossroads, they wouldn't see it unless he WANTED them to.

I wonder what is the case with Gods with destroyed icons. Can they project consciousness into Crossroads (Sigil City?) only, and observe unwatched, or are they damaged so they have to visit Crossroads in person? Or is it just another demigod/god difference?

The question about Tarrin shapeshifting abilities, or rather his exercising fire attribute of change (as demigod of fire) remains unanswered. Well, maybe Fel don't know it yet... Shifting into Planetar, hmmm... I wonder wbout changing gender There aren't many higher Abishai or Glabrezu wandering around Crossroads? I wonder if Tarrin would meet The Nameless One from Planescape:Torment cRPG game...