THe render artifact isn't the objection.  The objection is if I use SubD, what is noticible under close inspection becomes objectionable in the extreme.  Deleting the vertex, this isn't going to solve it by itself.  The line you see directly below it is two edges.  Delete those, then delete the vertex to let the edge across the two points drop, then just cut that resulting edge and it should all be back to normal without messing up the ability to load morph targets.  Now if I could figure out why when I try to export to wings, it crashes wings to the desktop, that problem would soon go away.

Doric

The "I" in Doric is Silent.