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Originally Posted by Swan
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Originally Posted by Stavis_L
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Originally Posted by Swan
-shouldn't the pillar be inanimate and mindless?
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It's definitely not meant to be mindless; see the description of its will searing itself into your soul. Lifeless/inanimate is debatable. Note that the elemental royalty are neither mindless nor lifeless. Do you have a reason to suggest this other than for flavor reasons? |
Is just that fire doesn't seem to "have a mind".
When something burn it just burn, you don't see a pattern in it; maybe with an example it's simpler to explain:
a river does not have a mind, when i drown it's not river decision.
the goddess of the river, who makes murder drown and righteous live, she has a mind. |
The pillar is more like the goddess of the river than the river (in my conception.) It's not just any old fire, it's the unique Pillar of Eternal Fire that's going to ignite and consume your soul. It doesn't take a humanoid form, but it does have its own (inscrutable) will, desires, and purpose.
Of course, you can feel free to add the appropriate tag for your own local copy as you see fit :-)