Re: [WorldofGlorantha] Re: Forests and wildlands in Heortland, Sartar, Tarsh

YGWV Brian Curley wrote:
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> Greg wrote:
> > One big difference is that the Aldryami go there and remember it, often
> > with fondness. They spend half their life there (when they sleep, at
> > night for the Yellow and Green Elves, or the winter, for the Brown.)
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> By "there" do you mean The Green Age?

No, I mean the Underworld.

> > And they do not have the fear of death like humans. They have less of an
> > ego that humans have, and hence none of the fear of losing their selves.
> >
> > I think that all the above notwithstanding, fire is frightening because
> > it shortens the "natural life span" of the plants. In other words, they
> > know they are going to die and are not afraid of that like humans are,
> > but they also "expect" to go after a complete life cycle.
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> I have this notion that Aldryami dread (not fear, really) fire because
> to them it is like Nysalorean illumination. It severs their connection
> to all they are familiar and comfortable with. They don't fear dying,
> the dread the loss of that connection to the Green Age.
>
> Thoughts?

This is not how I envision it.
I am not sure what you mean here about Nysaloran illumination, but nonetheless, fire is, as I mentioned, an abrupt and unexpected termination of their life cycle.

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