Hey, those answers came amazingly quick -- thank you very much!Nice to hear that the good, the bad and the beautiful (Rodan, Don and Jan-Ette) are not resentful if you had some *ahem* dissent that ended lethal for one side.
When beginning Wiz8, I had seen that you can import some stuff, but I'd probably skip that: Where is the fun in collecting minor items when you already have some awesome rods in your inventory? And the rather strange race decicions I made im Wiz7 (where they didn't really matter) can be solved by dismissing some of those seniors and replacing them by young folks.
Anyways, thank you both very much for your information, and don't let ye get swallowed!
Fygar the Inflatable Dragon (Tm)