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> From: Mmohrfield_at_aol.com
> Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 21:59:21 -0400
> Subject: Thoughts on the man-rune & mortality
>
> Recently Sandy Peterson wrote
> >Elves and mostali used the man-rune to _exactly_ the
> >same extent that KL did to form her race. Elves, trolls, and mostali
> >(and mermen) each have almost the same precise relationship to
> >humans. It's no accident that the mobile plants look like humans,
> >and the mostali are the most human-appearing elder race of
> all.
> The mostali are related to the man-rune? But in ESoG it says that dwarfs are
> not descended from Grandfather Mortal. Have I been incorrect in assuming that
> that means they are not related to the man-rune? If they are related to it,
> then how come they don't age? Then again now that I think about it, the
> Brithini must be related to the man rune and they don't age. Perhaps
> death by age is a result of a relationship to the beast (or in the case of
> elves, the plant) rune. But then what about that story about all mortals
> having to die because Grandfather Mortal died?
> Mark
> Mohrfield
Yes, but dwarves are also related to the stasis rune and if they
leave their work/focus then their assosication to the stasis rune is
severed and they begin to age
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