The killing law
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Re: The killing law
The existence of harmonies brings into question whether or not an echo and Sound can live independently.kdstrack wrote: ↑27 Sep 2019, 21:31 I wondered if the two could exist independently. This law was put in place by the king, and doesn't seem to have been a law of nature in their world. We are also told that a Sound could be born dead and then the Echo would become a servant of Fortune (p. 69). I am not convinced that the death of an Echo would affect its Sound.
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Maybe that is what the king (and his law) want you to believe! BE GOOD ECHOES or we will go kill your Sound and then...Kro92813 wrote: ↑28 Sep 2019, 10:50These are good points! I think you may be right, but I think in a way that the echo's life is more determined by the sound than the other way aroundkdstrack wrote: ↑27 Sep 2019, 21:31 I wondered if the two could exist independently. This law was put in place by the king, and doesn't seem to have been a law of nature in their world. We are also told that a Sound could be born dead and then the Echo would become a servant of Fortune (p. 69). I am not convinced that the death of an Echo would affect its Sound.
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Based on the killing law, a suicidal Echo only has to kill his sound if he can't finish the act by himself.kdstrack wrote: ↑28 Sep 2019, 12:55Maybe that is what the king (and his law) want you to believe! BE GOOD ECHOES or we will go kill your Sound and then...Kro92813 wrote: ↑28 Sep 2019, 10:50These are good points! I think you may be right, but I think in a way that the echo's life is more determined by the sound than the other way aroundkdstrack wrote: ↑27 Sep 2019, 21:31 I wondered if the two could exist independently. This law was put in place by the king, and doesn't seem to have been a law of nature in their world. We are also told that a Sound could be born dead and then the Echo would become a servant of Fortune (p. 69). I am not convinced that the death of an Echo would affect its Sound.
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What I am wondering is if the king was using the law to blackmail the Echoes. Should he become unhappy with any Echo, he could decree that his Sound be killed. Then the killing law would come into effect and the Echo would also have to be "taken care of." The false king made the law to take over the throne. But he also needed that law to keep the throne.Ferdinand_otieno wrote: ↑28 Sep 2019, 13:03Based on the killing law, a suicidal Echo only has to kill his sound if he can't finish the act by himself.
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That is why Fate Sealers had a killing spree in the Sound realm...kidnapping sounds to be executed later.kdstrack wrote: ↑28 Sep 2019, 13:33What I am wondering is if the king was using the law to blackmail the Echoes. Should he become unhappy with any Echo, he could decree that his Sound be killed. Then the killing law would come into effect and the Echo would also have to be "taken care of." The false king made the law to take over the throne. But he also needed that law to keep the throne.Ferdinand_otieno wrote: ↑28 Sep 2019, 13:03Based on the killing law, a suicidal Echo only has to kill his sound if he can't finish the act by himself.
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It is definitely the Tyrant's way to rule. Re-enact the killing law in order to keep your echos in line. Give Fate Sealers free killing and torture and no one dares step out of line.kdstrack wrote: ↑28 Sep 2019, 12:55Maybe that is what the king (and his law) want you to believe! BE GOOD ECHOES or we will go kill your Sound and then...Kro92813 wrote: ↑28 Sep 2019, 10:50These are good points! I think you may be right, but I think in a way that the echo's life is more determined by the sound than the other way aroundkdstrack wrote: ↑27 Sep 2019, 21:31 I wondered if the two could exist independently. This law was put in place by the king, and doesn't seem to have been a law of nature in their world. We are also told that a Sound could be born dead and then the Echo would become a servant of Fortune (p. 69). I am not convinced that the death of an Echo would affect its Sound.
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I just mean in the fact that if a sound is never born the echo cannot be created.kdstrack wrote: ↑28 Sep 2019, 12:55Maybe that is what the king (and his law) want you to believe! BE GOOD ECHOES or we will go kill your Sound and then...Kro92813 wrote: ↑28 Sep 2019, 10:50These are good points! I think you may be right, but I think in a way that the echo's life is more determined by the sound than the other way aroundkdstrack wrote: ↑27 Sep 2019, 21:31 I wondered if the two could exist independently. This law was put in place by the king, and doesn't seem to have been a law of nature in their world. We are also told that a Sound could be born dead and then the Echo would become a servant of Fortune (p. 69). I am not convinced that the death of an Echo would affect its Sound.
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Thefalse king did not enact the law (it was in place centuries before him), but I believe he definitely used it to his advantage - as did numerous kings before him I am surekdstrack wrote: ↑28 Sep 2019, 13:33What I am wondering is if the king was using the law to blackmail the Echoes. Should he become unhappy with any Echo, he could decree that his Sound be killed. Then the killing law would come into effect and the Echo would also have to be "taken care of." The false king made the law to take over the throne. But he also needed that law to keep the throne.Ferdinand_otieno wrote: ↑28 Sep 2019, 13:03Based on the killing law, a suicidal Echo only has to kill his sound if he can't finish the act by himself.
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The killing law made it legal to execute all Echoes whose sounds had died through accidental means. Even those in coma would get their echos exed.
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The false king found an obscure law that was ancient and convinced the then king to reenact it. The law had been abused by previous kings to get their way and the false king intended just that.Kro92813 wrote: ↑29 Sep 2019, 23:08Thefalse king did not enact the law (it was in place centuries before him), but I believe he definitely used it to his advantage - as did numerous kings before him I am surekdstrack wrote: ↑28 Sep 2019, 13:33What I am wondering is if the king was using the law to blackmail the Echoes. Should he become unhappy with any Echo, he could decree that his Sound be killed. Then the killing law would come into effect and the Echo would also have to be "taken care of." The false king made the law to take over the throne. But he also needed that law to keep the throne.Ferdinand_otieno wrote: ↑28 Sep 2019, 13:03
Based on the killing law, a suicidal Echo only has to kill his sound if he can't finish the act by himself.
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This is thoughtful question indeed!
I think that the connection between a sound and it's echo is like an emotional bond that once sever, it has ripple effects.
A good example is the undulating surface of water.
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So they are connected in birth but not necessarily in death.
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Yes! Unless of course the law of death is still in place
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