[Emancipor Reese]

Hi Guys,
I've being pondering this for awhile and am no closer to an answer, namely when the Imass turn to dust and travel etc then reform from dust how come they don't fix/replace the missing bits that over the years or through battle have being lost eg. Jawbones missing,holes in skull,broken arms etc...
Any reason why they don't amend these?
And while on subject of the T'lan Imass how is it when they fall to dust then travel over seas or deserts and reform they are able to remake/shape they're stone/flint weapons when these simply could'nt have travelled with them and depending on where they reform there is no similar type of stone/flint in the region??

[Aptorian]

The answer to all those questions is "magic".

The ritual of Tellan made the Imass immortal killing machines. Originally, after the ritual, they were probably still flesh and blood. Then over time they died, but kept moving, became desiccated, mummified and kept on going. Bit and pieces falling off over the millennia.

Their power and mind is fused into their bones it seems, losing an arm or being decapitated doesn't kill them, but it does sever the connection. Between their bits and pieces. As we see in Midnight Tides they can replace bits and pieces but they are limited by damage.

Their weapons are infused with their power so it makes sense that they travel with them.

[Abyss]

Alternative Goose, on 02 October 2018 - 01:38 PM, said:

The answer to all those questions is "magic".

Complete answer right there.


...but... it comes down to the the Ritual being imperfect and making them undead, not truly immortal. Their bodies don't heal, and unlike their souls, they don't last forever, just as long as magic-fueled mummification/fossilization can make them last, more or less. Millennia, obviously longer than it takes a 'normal' body to decompose, but not eternity.

Recall in HoC one of the Rockfaces asked Karsa to throw her remains in the water so that she would eventually dissolve and face 'oblivion' iirc. Not death, not an afterlife, effectively just a detached soul with no means of interacting with anything.


As for the weapons and clothes.... 'magic'.

[Coltaine -]

Abyss, on 02 October 2018 - 02:00 PM, said:

Alternative Goose, on 02 October 2018 - 01:38 PM, said:

The answer to all those questions is "magic".

Complete answer right there.


...but... it comes down to the the Ritual being imperfect and making them undead, not truly immortal. Their bodies don't heal, and unlike their souls, they don't last forever, just as long as magic-fueled mummification/fossilization can make them last, more or less. Millennia, obviously longer than it takes a 'normal' body to decompose, but not eternity.

Recall in HoC one of the Rockfaces asked Karsa to throw her remains in the water so that she would eventually dissolve and face 'oblivion' iirc. Not death, not an afterlife, effectively just a detached soul with no means of interacting with anything.


As for the weapons and clothes.... 'magic'.

From what I remember Onrack told I would assume that if they turn into dust in water they get dissolved and can't reassemble again. Waiting on the ground of the ocean for an eternity to dissolve naturally sounds to me like even less fun than starring at the sky for the same amount of time

[Puck]

Yeah, pretty sure that Onrack mentions at some point that that they can't cross large bodies of water when they're dust and that turning to dust and going into water is effectively the T'lan Imass way of suicide. That may not entirely work with Hentos Ilm and her buddies in DG, but I'm fuzzy on the details.

This post has been edited by Puck: 02 October 2018 - 07:10 PM

[Abyss]

The rockface Karsa tossed in was too damaged to go dusty any longer, so dissolution was an option.

[Coltaine -]

Just reread it. Not much explanation actually. Only throwing 'Siballe into the ocean = oblivion basically.

Easiest explanation: T'lan Imass react to salt water like fizzy tablets