From:	"Jason Carter, Nightstalker" <CARTER@***.EDU>
Subject:	I'm really not a Slaver!
Date:	Wed, 14 Apr 1993 13:56:08 -0700

There's a problem with spirts like Elementals and Nature Spirits a) coming to
the "real world" by themselves and b) existing before they are summoned. The
problem is of course (dramatic drum roll) Free Spirits!

Sit down and look at the powers of Elementals, Nature Spirits, Allies, and Free
Spirits. If these guys all existed prior to summoning then why are they so weak
when compared to a Free Spirit? The answer is simple, something happened when
the spirit was summoned. Maybe they did exist before hand, but not as
"intelligent beings" but as mindless animals. Then when they are summoned, they
get a little bit of the summoner in themselves. Then when they go free this
gives them intelligence and extra power. That's why a spirit doen't have a True
Name until it goes free.

Actually I just contradicted myself. It is possible for spirits to exist before
they are conjured, but since all uncontrolled elementals, nature spirits, and
allies automatically become Free Spirits, it is impossible for them to come over
by themselves, as they would then be free spirits.

Thus I have saved Raven from life as a slaver. In fact she could very well be
doing her elementals a favor by bring them to the real world.

See ya in Shadows,
Jason J Carter
The Nightstalker