Quote Originally Posted by Lyth View Post
I wonder about that, though. Hesperos is killable. He clearly knows this, which is why he's able to do it himself.

For that matter, consider the Ea, who are explicitly stated to have developed indefinite lifespans in order to allow them to study the mysteries of the universe. Their solution to achieve this was to eliminate their corporeal bodies altogether. And even still, they were still killable, which is ultimately how their civilization ended. They were just a more advanced version of Amaurot. Once again feeding into that theme that death cannot be cheated, only forestalled. (All this strikes me as strange, though - how does one have an indefinite lifespan yet be also mortal? People don't die of old age. They die of specific causes.)

When you look at the Ascians, it doesn't sound like the methods that they had developed to prolong their lives were without costs or even something that you could do indefinitely. In 'Ere Our Curtain Falls', we see that Lahabrea's soul transferences from vessel to vessel left his soul progressively more broken, which Emet describes as like a fire consuming itself to become ash. Likewise, in merging himself with Zodiark as his heart, Elidibus' progressively loses more and more of his memories, losing himself in the process. I'm curious to find out when the concept of soul transference originated. The Phoinix that Hades faces off against in 'Through His Eyes' seems to be an early and accidental example of this, which makes me wonder if we'll see a more focused discussion of soul transference, memories, and soul crystals in the context of Pandaemonium.

Part of what makes all this difficult is that we only ever really get to see Amaurot through the lens that they choose to see themselves. I think it's better to keep an open mind at this point and see where the lore actually takes us.
It will be neat. The biggest contradictory line to Emet's claim come from his bestie Hyth when he's stressing the specifics of, "their most assuredly finite lives." To Hermes and the WoL present. I doubt we ever get a concrete number, and it will slowly fade into being one of the unanswered questions for the rest of our lives.

Just how many licks does it take to get to the center of an Ancient-Pop? One, a two, a CRUNCH...