Interesting!
That makes me wonder--In Yelmist understanding, the sun died and returned, and this mythic event is replayed every night (with the sun dying and going to Hell at sunset, and rising from the dead at dawn).
If Elmal never really died, does that mean that the Heortlings don't see night the same way? That is, to Heortlings, the night isn't a time when the sun is *dead*--just resting, or perhaps "elsewhere". This might have magical consequences. For example, Yelm could be expected to have "self-resurrection" magic or quests. Elmal would not, since he never died--though he might well have "recover from grievous wounds" or even "turn out not to be dead when everyone thought you would be becuase your head got chopped off" magic or quests. But if an Elmali actually *dies*, Elmal has no magic to help him, because Elmal has never gone to the underworld.
Or am I completely off-base here?
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