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

[Maximilian Wilson]

On 10/23/06, Lang, Douglas (Contractor) <Douglas.Lang at ed.gov> 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?

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.

-Max

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