Re: What does death by "natural causes" look like in Glorantha?

From: julianlord <julian.lord_at_7IqDKqR_f5ZzId8PUIWaXGHzWlWZ41jNVzZ0p6N_S9mAwlawYYk-nQ6TDuAnvpAD>
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 18:53:55 -0000


Mike :

> Here's a happy holiday topic for everyone.

Interesting one...

> Let's assume some Gloranthan guy is, say, the mayor of a prosperous, peaceful, good sized town in a country that doesn't have a big war going on, in a political situation that doesn't cry out for assassinations. Someone reasonably important, money to spend... and 97 years old.
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> He has a healer on his staff. A good one. He may have paid for a wing of the Chalana Arroy/Deezola/whatever hospital, so you bet he has the connections to get the healing he needs.
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> His ancestral spirits and family wyter are strong. Bad spirits are kept away. If a particularly nasty one gets in, he knows how to contact a shaman.
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> Assuming no violence and that he doesn't trip, fall down the stairs and break his neck, ***how does this guy die?***

Well, in RW someone with no health problems will die due to basic "senile syndrome", which is pure and simple wasting away, or muscular atrophy if you want to get technical. In Glorantha, this can be cured.

But, in Glorantha there are quite simply some individuals who just *don't* die. The Brithini and Mostali spring to mind -- and if it's possible for whole races to enjoy eternal life in the right conditions, just by "right living", then surely the same must be true for a few rare individuals ? So, 97 years isn't heroically long-lived, should have been 397 instead, IMO ;)

If your premise is going to be that the guy dies anyway, you're just wondering how -- then accident, murder, suicide ; given that disease has been ruled out :)

Julian Lord            

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