> > >> > I don't think healers, even Chalana Arroy ones, would keep
someone alive against their > > > will.> > > > While I do not believe a
CA would use force to heal someone, it is very very clear that > > CA
*always* believes life is better than death. Even a life of suffering. >
> I'm not sure that's true. CA has the harmony rune not the life rune.
To me that implies > ending suffering not prolonging it. Certainly it's
an extreme view which most healers don't share.
Just looked it up in Storm Tribe. Shocked to see CA doesn't have the
Life rune! Didn't she have it in Cults of Prax? In any case, very odd
because the text says that "she is life."
Same source though: "The cult abhors all violence, death and bloodshed.
.... They do not even allow mercy killings for people with incurable
wounds or disease: when it comes to a choice between suffering and
death, they always chose to allow suffering." (emphasis added)> > > And
in any case, I was not wondering about someone who has lost the will to
live.> > Yet that's what happens eventually to most people who live long
enough.
In the real world. But in the real world, such people are usually quite
ill already, with greatly reduced ability to enjoy life. In this thought
experiment, it seems to me that old age often looks quite different in
Glorantha. Old people sometimes (when healing is available) aren't
debilitated by lingering disease or poorly healed injuries due to
magical healing.
Mike
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