Elves: truly immortal? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

06-10-2003, 02:51 PM

Well, I have also wondered about the use of the term immortal with Elves. And after much consideration here's what I came up with. If you go to dictionary.com and look up invulnerable it says,
# Impossible to damage, injure, or wound

..Now while it does bend the languge a bit, I always like to think of the term immortal as meaning 'one not subject to death or aging by natural cuases.' So when you put it into these terms you could say that Elves are immortal but not invulnerable. That's just how I like to think of it anyway.

~Nightwind

06-10-2003, 02:51 PM	#1
Nightwind Guest Posts: n/a	Well, I have also wondered about the use of the term immortal with Elves. And after much consideration here's what I came up with. If you go to dictionary.com and look up invulnerable it says, # Impossible to damage, injure, or wound ..Now while it does bend the languge a bit, I always like to think of the term immortal as meaning 'one not subject to death or aging by natural cuases.' So when you put it into these terms you could say that Elves are immortal but not invulnerable. That's just how I like to think of it anyway. ~Nightwind