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

[Jon Lincicum]

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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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Well, lack of evidence proves nothing, but it does leave the possibility 
open.

> 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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Like so many things about Sethra, we have no idea when or how she 
obtained Iceflame. She's had it at least since she appeared at 
Tortaalik's court right before Adron's disaster (and likely for much 
longer) but we have no specifics beyond that.

My guess is that,as Iceflame is linked to Dzur Mountain, she's had it 
for as long as she has lived there... Which has been hinted at as being 
pretty much all of recorded history
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Majikjon