: That actually _was_ Soulblighter's piece. Don't forget
: that it was in the heart of enemy territory, and that
: only an archmage would know how to get into or out of
: the thing, let alone do it harm. Plus Sb had a bad
: experience holding the Tain in the past, so he'd
: probably prefer to be elsewhere in case it blew up
: again.
Alternately, it may be that the Tain world isn't as fragmented as the external Tain itself; perhaps you can enter via one piece, move through the Tain, and exit via another piece. Soulblighter might have had a second chunk in the camp.
--SiliconDream