> > Further speculation: Perhaps by joining Humakt, the
>> kids have cut themselves
>> off from the natural process of life such that they
>> never actually hit puberty.
>
>yes, but...
>
>> So when you get close to that
>> legion of ten-year-olds,
>> you see that some of those beardless soprano boys
>> have gray hair and wrinkles...
>
>I love the idea, but given that the Household of Death
>only existed for two years, wouldn't they have had to
>age rather fast?
>
>Nice theory. Might have proved true in practice. We
>need to discover *another* dedicated army of Humakti
>children to find out the reality. I wonder what's
>hiding in the Kingdom of War?
Or given Humakt's nature they might be doomed to die BEFORE the end of puberty.
I have to say that dedicating yourself to Humakt with a promise that
you will fight to the death (to defend Sartar or whatever) is a
two-edged oath.
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"The T'ang emperors were strong believers in the pills of
immortality. More emperors died of poisoning from ingesting minerals
in the T'ang than in any other dynasty" - Eva Wong _The Shambhala
Guide to Taoism_
Paul K.