evaporate

I'm in the middle of writing an adventure, and have a few questions about the lore. Is it possible to magically create clones of yourself? i.e. Use revision to shape a hunk of metal into a copy of yourself, use glamour to make it look like you, and finally enchant it to give it sentience? You wouldn't be controlling its actions. Your magic would keep it alive, but it would become a separate entity (i.e. it has free will). This would be different from a golem, because I assume golems (once created) have to obey your every command. I'm talking about animating an object, and giving it free will. If this is possible, how likely is it that a 4th year student can accomplish it? And does the animated clone have any rights?

What does breaking the dueling circle do?

What, REALLY? Dammit, I never knew that. Wish there was a notification message informing you that your items have been confiscated, then I could've just reverted to an earlier save. Is there a way to get confiscated items back? I know there's a thread in the spoiler room about it, but no one seems willing to divulge any information

I have a few questions about the book 'Diavesque the Living'. I found it in one of the adventures, using Gates, but I forgot what it was called. Does anyone remember the name of the adventure? More importantly, I had it in my inventory for a while, but after a week or so, it just disappeared! The heck? What exactly happened here?