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Is Murphy truly dead
Conspiracy Theorist:
--- Quote from: Mira on November 17, 2021, 10:40:18 PM ---I guess you could say that, she was a bit hypercritical when she was the self appointed custodian of the Swords.
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And her choice resulted in the creation of the Faithsaber, a new Knight and the defeat by that Knight in combat of the previously undefeatable Denarian, and the White God’s relics.
Mira:
--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on November 18, 2021, 05:58:22 AM ---And her choice resulted in the creation of the Faithsaber, a new Knight and the defeat by that Knight in combat of the previously undefeatable Denarian, and the White God’s relics.
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Perhaps, but that isn't why she made that choice, others had to clean up her mess.
Arjan:
--- Quote from: Mira on November 18, 2021, 11:46:55 AM ---Perhaps, but that isn't why she made that choice, others had to clean up her mess.
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The point is Vadderung would have approved of that choice. If it was his sword and his opposite the story would have been different.
Mira:
--- Quote from: Arjan on November 18, 2021, 12:55:10 PM ---The point is Vadderung would have approved of that choice. If it was his sword and his opposite the story would have been different.
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That isn't the point though, did Murphy have a choice? As a good Christian, she would have chosen Heaven, that basically is what the Faith is about. Unless she feared Judgement? I don't say that because I think she was a bad person, I don't. However, yet another thing that Jim never explored, Murphy dealing with the aftermath of her own serious screw up with the Holy Swords and disability. Yeah, it came out okay as everyone points out, but that doesn't excuse the mistakes she made while she had them. Murphy knew she screwed up, and judge herself way harder perhaps than Divine Judgement would. A short story from her point of view after Skin Game would have been great.
Arjan:
--- Quote from: Mira on November 18, 2021, 01:36:38 PM ---That isn't the point though, did Murphy have a choice? As a good Christian, she would have chosen Heaven, that basically is what the Faith is about. Unless she feared Judgement? I don't say that because I think she was a bad person, I don't. However, yet another thing that Jim never explored, Murphy dealing with the aftermath of her own serious screw up with the Holy Swords and disability. Yeah, it came out okay as everyone points out, but that doesn't excuse the mistakes she made while she had them. Murphy knew she screwed up, and judge herself way harder perhaps than Divine Judgement would. A short story from her point of view after Skin Game would have been great.
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But Jim’s world is not exactly the same as a Christian world. Deirdre would have ended up in hell otherwise and though her destination is not without punishment it is different.
And while your choices are important it does not mean you end up at the destination of your choice. I do not think Murphy was driven by a fear of hell into the embrace of Walhalla. She was probably a bit surprised ending up there.
What comes next is deliberately kept vague but though Murphy was born a catholic her morality was not. She always had more of a warrior mentality. I don’t think she was overly busy with eternal reward and punishment but she was trying to do what was right. That shaped her soul and attracted Vadderung’s attention.
There is a woj about it somewhere. About not getting where you think you are going to because Vadderung made some deal when both he and someone else have a claim.
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