From: MOBTOTRM@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au
Date: Thu 02 Dec 1993 - 13:01:25 EET
Thom Baguley muses:
>By the way, the lottery sword article in TotRM seemed to imply that the
>magic died when the geas was broken or the Humakti died ...
That article was one of mine, and yes, that is the impression I was trying to give. A sword retains all its gifts for as long as the Humakti remains true to his faith, or dies, in which case he goes to the Underworld to join Humakt's Legions of Hell. The spirit of the dead warrior takes a spirit equivalent of his sword with him, which has the gifts and geases. The sword he leaves behind on the material world loses these powers, demonstrating the severance from life and the finality of death (it should be stuck in his grave anyway).
There might be ritual ways for a Humakti to leave his sword imbued with its gifts after he dies, but by doing so, the weapon he takes with him to Hell would be diminished, and his chance of glory in the next War of Gods would be lessened. Ergo, there wouldn't be too many Humakti interested in doing this.
Looking forward to RQ Con in a month or so, Hope to see many of you there!
Cheers
MOB
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