[UA] zomg, bff!

[Peter Kisner]

On 7/3/07, F. A. R. <foranney at vassar.edu> wrote:
>
> What occurred to me immediately after that was the image of two best
> friends in the Underground realizing that they're channeling an Avatar at
> high levels and have a shot at being a Godwalker. But to get there, they
> have to keep the taboo: to help and support their chosen Friend. It's got
> me picturing one friend hiring an assassin and (ritually) sacrificing
> himself to save the other, thus ascending to the Clergy in the moment of
> death as the one who lives shakes his fist and curses him. Now *that's* a
> conflict of interest.

But essentially wouldn't this mean that neither could ascend because
by doing so they shatter their friend's dream, thereby violating taboo
(or is that part of the taboo?)?

This makes me wonder:

How many new types of Avatars have gotten a start, but have
subsequently been weeded out of existence due to some self-destructive
quirk of their nature.  Something along the lines of "Ascending
violates taboo".

- Peter K.


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