(urth) TWK: The Aelf dilemma
transentient
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Mon Dec 5 06:16:52 PST 2005
On Dec 5 2005, at 2:59 AM, Roy C. Lackey wrote:
>
> Given that the Aelf are not spiritually immortal, they have no hope of
> eternal reward (still less the denizens of Muspel). So why the hell
> should
> they worship humans -- or anyone or anything else? If there's no
> "pie in the
> sky when they die", where's the payoff for whatever passes as
> righteous
> living for an Aelf?
>
> -Roy
Why does it follow that they have no hope of eternal reward? For the
Aelf, the eternal reward would be to gain a soul, to become human.
Baki is explicit about wanting this when she is helping Toug get
around the castle in the beginning of _Wizard_.
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