Dragaera

Warriors, peasants, and mortality

Tue Oct 5 06:45:37 PDT 2004

On Fri, 1 Oct 2004, Charmian wrote:

@> > Steve has copied their willingness to fight (and die), but he has made
@> > them sexual beings who can control their reproduction.
@>
@> Wait, didn't Tolkien's elves sexually reproduce?

Not only did they reproduce sexually, their immortality was due to
continuous reincarnation. They were not physically immortal, just very
long-lived. (Whether that's an intentional reference by Brust or just a
coincidence... dunno.)