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- From: lamanna@acsu.buffalo.edu (Michael Lamanna)
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- Subject: Re: Lifespan
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- Date: 21 Nov 92 00:06:36 GMT
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- 910848v@ace.acadiau.ca (VIJAY VENUGOPAL) writes:
-
- >Hi.
- >I've got two question. Actually one question with two variations.
-
- >1. Since Belgarion is a sorceror he is `immortal' so what then of his son.
- >Is he heir to a throne that he will never have?
-
- Here comes the whole immortality thing again. Oh no
-
- Well actually Belgarion is not immortal in the fact that he will
- never die. He could be killed. The only thing that is immoral about him
- is that he can not die of old age. If someone were to run a sword through
- him then he would most surely die.
- His son could become heir to the throne when Garion decides that
- he is ready to retire. After all a man can stand to be king for only so
- long. He might also decide to abdicate since the people may become
- suspicious of a king that doesn't get older.
-
- >2. At the end of the Mallorean one of the gods (I don't remember who I don'
- >t have a copy on hand) tell Garion that "probably in his lifetime" he would
- >see Eriond become the god of all the people. Again since he is immortal
- >where does the probably come into?
-
- Well Garion is not immortal. Or maybe that it was meant that if
- Garion were to live forever that eventually within that period of time
- (forever) that Erriond would become the god of all people.
-
- >I was wondering if I was interpreting something wrong here.
-
- >Also. Is Garion's son a sorceror also, since he does have the mark on his
- >hand???
-
- The mark is a discussion that has been going on for a while.
- No one is really sure what it is an indication of.
- Personally I believe that it is the mark of the line of Riva and
- not of a sorcerer. Garions father was not a sorcerer and he had the mark.
- I think that in one of the books that it mentions that his father had the
- same mark.
-
- >Vijay
- >910848@ace.acadiau.ca
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- Michael Lamanna
- S.U.N.Y at Buffalo
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