Appearances of Inire

Jeff Wilson · 30 Jun 2010, 15:04 · from 2010-June.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at io.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:04:18 -0500
Subject: (urth) Appearances of Inire
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On 6/30/2010 9:24 AM, James Wynn wrote:
>
>>
>>> Hierodules do not have the power and abilities of a Hierogrammate
>>
>> It's prtobably time to point out, if it's news to anyone, that -dule
>> means 'slave'. The name 'hierodule' may look impressive but doesn't in
>> fact mean its bearer is all that important.
>
> Another word meaning "slave" is "robot". Ossipago is obviously a robot,
> but I suppose that the "race" created by the Hierogrammates were
> originally all robots/androids. Personally, I presume they all are still.

That makes a certain amount of sense - it avoids the problems of 
depending on unreliable fleshy creatures, which could appeal to angels 
as beings of the spirit, but Tzadkeil and especially Alpheta seem to be 
carnal beings as well.

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Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
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