>> Another theory is that the Emperor in a last ditch attempt sent >> a succubus against H. This violated his celibacy geas and so >> Humakt struck him dead.
Adept:
> Nr. 2 doesn't work, I think. The household of Death humakti are
> prepubescent, and I don't think they even can grow up to sexual
> maturity. Even if they could, Harsaltar is 10 at the time.
Harsaltar (and, as far as I know, both his little sisters) became child prodigies, similar to the early Illaro dynasty rulers. Rather than being a sacrificial king giving fertility, Harsaltar and his siblings renounced all fertility for superheroic powers of death. While usually allowing Humakti a regular sex life and even offspring, in this extreme case I'm dubious if even a tilnta could have produced offspring from mating with Harsaltar.
Going through the motions of sex (with a succubus) is something else, but I doubt that a celibacy geas would have been relevant. And unlikely in any state of combat trance/berserkgang anyway. (If it had been Argenteus instead of Ignifer, I would have doubted the need for a succubus, too...)
BTW, there is no _official_ source for Harrek being the killer of Ignifer, as I found out doing research for Greg a couple of months ago.
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