[Dragaera] [Issola, Dzur spoilers] GWs and aging (was: A Devera thread)

[Louis Eastman]

When did we learn that?

On 10/23/06, Maximilian Wilson <wilson.max at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Max Wilson wrote:
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> > >Come to think of it, there's that whole thing with Laszlo and
> > >witchcraft. So who knows, maybe even Vlad Sr. will still be hale and
> > >hearty a hundred years from now. Unless he's been dissolved in a
> > >puddle of Jenoine amorphia...
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> > I have wondered if the possession of a great weapon has an effect on the
> aging process - not unlike LoTR's rings, the bearer does not age nor die "in
> the usual way".  I can't think of any textev that would indicate that anyone
> wielding a GW died of natural causes.   Not that you can't get killed, just
> that you're not going to die of old age.
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> > To the left, of the GW holders we know of, Morrolan, Aliera, Telnan, and
> Vlad are all too young for this to have become an issue, and Sethra is a law
> unto herself.  It *could* be that she's so old because of her relationship
> (and ability to hold on to) Iceflame.  Is there any word on how long she's
> been carrying Iceflame?
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> I dunno, but the Sorceress in Green is 30,000 years old, and she
> doesn't have a GW. Postulating that Sethra's age is due to Iceflame
> seems to me to be multiplying entities unnecessarily.
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> -Max
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