> From: Maximilian Wilson [mailto:wilson.max at gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 4:02 PM > > On Apr 12, 2005 9:00 AM, Scott Schultz <scott at cjhunter.com> wrote: > > Actually, this does raise an interesting question as to what is the > > qualitative difference between a Dragaeran soul and an Easterner soul. > The > > God's could have made a case that Dolivar's soul (assuming it began > > existence with Dolivar and wasn't someone else before that) was > inherently a > > Dragaeran soul but they didn't. > > Well, Aliera certainly thinks there's no difference between the souls, > and Vlad doesn't deny it... but the Halls of Judgment exist to defend > the gods' world against the Jenoine. Perhaps the relevant point here > is that Dragaerans are presumably loyal to the gods, and Easterners > aren't... and no one ever considered why/how Easterners might become Noish-pa worships the Demon goddess. I haven't read the entire canon, but I get the impression that the two cultures worship the same set of gods. So unless the gods like being treated more like kings than all-powerful entities (see the Dragaeran (elvish/fairy/not-Easterner... oh dear...) mellow attitude toward the gods versus the ... um, other race's attitude) I don't see where the difference is on that level. It could be a willingness to sacrifice living beings, but I don't think that's terribly common among Dragaerans either.