Quote Originally Posted by Enkidoh View Post
They would certainly have a normal lifespan for whatever race they're born as (which raises questions about how long lived a viera WoL would be ) - Hydaelyn Herself after all outright told the WoL to "be as a beacon for the world, through all the days of thy life" in the ending cutscene for ARR's main scenario, suggesting for all their power and their apparent Ancient origins, they are still just mortal and have a normal mortal lifespan just like anyone else.
My musings over the longevity of the Viera actually served as the main impetus behind asking the question :P The long lifespans of the Viera, along with their almost all-female societies, were a big part of the reason I picked Viera in the first place, and when I recently made the switch to Miqo'Te, I engaged in a bunch of rationalisation about the WoL "probably being nigh-immortal" anyways.

Thank you so much for that info, though. Now I realise I'm going to have to switch back (SE must love indecisive players like me, and the Fantasia bucks we generate for them) lol But it's probably for the best: I wrote a pretty comprehensive backstory for my bunny, and I just haven't had the lightning bolt come down where my kitty is concerned.

All that aside, I'm a little confused about a couple of things. When you say that the WoL is "the same person," this makes sense to me given that the game seems to heavily suggest that Ardbert is the Grenoldt to our Gerolt. However, weren't the other members (excluding you-know-who) of Ardbert's party also WoLs? Isn't Krile sort of a WoL, without the warrior bit? Are they all ultimately one person as well?


Because we are not like the Ascians...
Wait, 8th calamity? Do you mean the 7th, or am I reading the timeline wrong? I always thought that the reason the WoL stuck around after Cartenau is that the apocalypse was at least partially averted, whereas on previous occasions, the destruction seems to have been pretty comprehensive, and thus one of the shards was absorbed.

Also, aren't we like the Asians? Like, really like the Ascians? Maybe this is my own crackpot theory, but I thought that the end of the ShB was trying to push the idea that we were one of the dissenting members of the Convocation pretty forcefully? I don't suppose that would change much, though, in terms of what happens to our mortal bodies... Or would it?