The origins of Spellbreaker are very unclear. There are two basic schools of thought for where it originated from: 1. Loraan is responsible for Spellbreaker's special abilities. Evidence for this: 1. * He's a powerful Wizard, obviously capable of making such a thing if anyone is. 2. * Vlad found it in his possession, and he even claims later (in Athyra) that it belongs to him. 3. * He seems very familiar with its abilities to block spells. (He gets fear in his eyes when he sees it in Vlad's hands in Taltos.) 4. * Godslayer is obviously not 100% the same as it used to be. (At the very least Teldra's soul is a new element)... We don't know for sure that Spellbreaker was even involved in the original version of the weapon. 5. * We have seen Wizards (namely Orlaan) place