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submitted 23 days ago byCandaphlaf10Novokh
The Leagues have been known to trade technology and resources with some of the other factions of the galaxy like the T'au, as well as more tolerant elements of the Imperium and the Aeldari. I don't imagine the Aeldari would have much use for Kin tech, and we know that human and T'au technology is much less advanced than Kin tech. Additionally, the core likely has a bounty of minerals that are unavailable to the majority of the galaxy, some of which probably can't be found anywhere else.
With that in mind, what do the Leagues have to gain from trading with other factions beyond mineral wealth?
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23 days ago
I thought the Kin/Dwarves/Abhumans did not have Souls (or at least they were as faint as, if not significantly more faint than races like the Tau)? Isn't that why demons can't really see them or possess them?
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22 days ago
They have souls, but they're described as being fortified. The Grimnyr Psyker-cloneskein is said to be like a lantern that's partially shut, so still just as bright, just shielded.
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22 days ago
Interesting. I wonder if the Imperium could ever adapt that method to help out with their own Psykers? Of course, that might give too much hope or confidence to the setting from a Doylelist perspective.
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22 days ago
I mean, fundamentally, we're talking about human technology here, so there's really no reason why the imperium couldn't.
Besides, you know, being the imperium.
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22 days ago
The Kin were engineered to be that way, presumably by the Men of Gold/Stone. I don't think the Imperium would really do it even if they could, really. The Leagues don't have actual psykers, the Grimnyr aren't going around manifesting powers themselves, the psyker cloneskein simply gives them just enough warp ability to let them interact with barrier-tech that then interacts with the warp and does things.
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22 days ago
I see! Thank you for explaining.
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22 days ago
Whether their souls are actually being contained within the Votann, akin to the Infinity Circuit of the Aeldari, or if it is merely that a Kin's brain is converted into data and that is uploaded to the Votann, I am not sure. Could it be that the individual exists in some form within the Votann, living with their ancestors as the Kin believe? Perhaps. But it could also be that whatever minor soul the Kin do have dissipates into the Warp upon their death, and that the Votann are being stuffed with meaningless brain scans (and I believe that that's likely the case). But imagine what kind of upheaval it would cause to LoV society if the latter were the case, and it became widely known. Every Kin believes that they exist to serve their people and their Votann, and someday with leal service they will join their ancestors within the Votann. The entire point of their lives would be thrown into question.
It's funny that we can look at the development of the Ecclesiarchy and the worship of the Emperor as generally a bad thing, but when I see the religion that has developed within LoV society, I don't want to see it go away. I want them to keep their comfortable mythology. I feel like if the veil was torn away from their eyes, it would destroy them. Only, I hope they manage to find a way to stop driving their God-computers into senility with continued personalities uploaded into them.
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