Sorry it took so long to grab these, here's the first image cap, and I'll post the next in another reply (it will only let me attach one per post it seems). The file itself is storred in PZ3 (that's how I store all of mine, due to problems I encounter with other software using PZZ). Both Screen caps are from the same frame of the sequence with the hiarchy window open.  I did notice that Poser 7 renamed the sword slightly, so I am thinking it might be a naming issue behind this odd glitch, I will test it later by renaming it in Poser 4 Pro and resaving before loading into Poser 7. I have tried a number of fixes, including reparenting the sword, replacing the sword with the parented sword from the library, and resaving the scene out of Poser 4 after insuring it was still intact and not corrupted.  It works fine in Poser 4 Pro, which was what I originally authored it in, but I was hoping to update and enhance the scene, and render with the improved raytracer of Poser 7.