Bonetifka,
As a note regarding the remaining Great Wizards - I have met and spoken with Pale on the Spirit Plane some gathers back in Neridia. She is alive - though it is believed she made a bargain for her life with the Dread ones and is most likely controlled by them.
I have evidence that Oracle is also alive - though she has been trapped and tortured by the Dread Ones ever since the end of the Wizard War.
Elder is the only Wizard of whom I have no knowledge of his current status.
I believe that the term 'Weal' means Magic (perhaps of a more Formal kind).
If any of you are travelling to Aldra this coming weekend, I will be there as will Aurellis who also knows a great deal of the current goings on in Neridia.
~~Elayne Josita Riveth-Ramirez
Lady of the Empire of Brisbane
Lady of the Kingdom of Avendale