[ OPEN ] Let No Soul Hunger For Justice: An Inquiry.

[fleurdesel]

FORM: Sending Crystals
SENDER: Adelaide LeBlanc
RECIPIENT: Everyone
WHAT: Vaguely philosophical question time
WHEN: Current
WHERE: Skyhold
NOTES: Part of Let No Soul Hunger For Justice.

[ Adelaide’s voice is even, if tired- but what else is new? Still this is a requirement for the next ritual and to that end, she must find some sort of acceptable truth from a variety of opinions. Sequestered in ‘her’ desk in the Library, full pot of coffee warmed to one side, sheaves of blank paper and bottles of fresh ink before her. To her right? Anders with a similar set up, papers, quills, ink- a kitten. To her left, Roul to take just as many notes. Prepared as they are ever going to be- she asks. ]

A few questions for the Inquisition:

What is a soul, truly? What fundamental differences are there between a mortal’s soul and the embodiment of a spirit? Is it the culmination of our thoughts and experiences, our emotions? Is it a combination of our self given purpose and our ambition?

A mortal might change their purpose, might grow and become more due to our experiences- most spirits do not. But what more than that? What sets one soul apart and makes it distinct from another? Can the same be said of similar spirits?

Answers need not be religious or academic- merely true. What do you believe to be the difference, what do you believe to be a soul?

[ ooc: threadjacking is welcome and encouraged ]

Comments

[ancarrow]

Perhaps you've answered Councillor LeBlanc's question, there. If absolutes hold true for him, it would be difficult for him to change and grow from his experiences. Like iron -- strong, but so brittle he'd break rather than bend. Maybe shaping and changing yourself is part of having a soul.

[justice_is_blond]

That's...

[He's quiet for a few moments after trailing off.]

That could be a key to it, you're right. Being able to adapt is mortal. Some mortals don't adapt, but I've had to. A lot. And Justice does not adapt. He cannot.

[ancarrow]

The mortals who don't adapt don't tend to last too long. Especially in such uncertainty as the world faces now, rigidity is not a good quality to possess.

[justice_is_blond]

Some of them have a great deal of sway and have worked very hard to entrench themselves in their point of view. It will take a great deal of time before they realize the world should be leaving them behind.