Dawrf Immortality

From: Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_bigfoot.com>
Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2001 15:32:22 +1200


Terra Incognita:

>The Difference of True Mostali and Clay Mostali "Dwarves" is another spot
>to consider about. (I don't know Outside Feature Difference between True
>Creation of Mostali and Dwarves. If they seems same, problem is more
>difficult.)

Dwarves are inferior copies of True Mostali because when they were made, the Decamony suspended quality control. They did this so they could make more of them.

>Some of True Mostali doesn't seem to lose Immortality even after
>Conducting Heretical Acts like Isidilan of Dwarfrun.

Being a heretic does not cause a dwarf to become mortal. Only becoming an apostate turns a dwarf mortal (much as the Decamony likes to blur the difference).

>In contrary, some heretical clays like Chark the Liberator seem to
>lose their physical body as heros of Theistic Culture.

I'm not too sure how Chark died (as the statement about stone bones implies). But since his bones turned to stone (an indication that he was pious), I think he suffered a premature end rather than simply dying of old age.

>(At least I know Flintnail and Isidilian are
>"True" Mostali, but do you know about Golden Oversseer of Nida,
>Martalor the Blazing Forge, Iron Diamond Voice and Lord Angarko?

Martalor is a Brass Mostali. All the others are dwarves AFAIK.

>And if Diamond Mostali
>eventually become "True" Mostali after their work would finish (after
>Worldmachine perfectly fixed) as my guess.)

Apparently from Glorantha: Intro p68, Diamond Dwarves are literally True Mostali.

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