Jag har nyligen läst en novell i "Change the World and other tales of Valdemar", den första (egentligen skrivet av Lackey, jag skulle skriva titeln, men jag kan inte hitta min kopia just nu) .
I denna korta berättelse nämns en herald som dör av sjukdom, men det nämner inte vad som händer med följeslagaren.
Så min fråga: Vad händer med en följeslagare när en herald dör av naturliga orsaker?
Om herald som dog är kungens egen eller drottningens eget, kommer kompanionen att välja en annan herald. Detta beror på att Konungens / Drottningens egen position är så viktig att den måste fyllas. Också är positionen för kung / drottningens egen följeslagare så viktig att de inte har möjlighet att sväva i depression eller dämpa bort och dö. De har en plikt att binda igen till en annan herald som då blir konungens / Queens Own Herald.
Det nämns i ett antal böcker att yrket att vara en Herald är farligt, så Heralds tenderar inte att dö av naturliga orsaker.
"Heralds didn’t tend to grow old. Even in times of peace, they lived lives that lowered the odds of them dying in bed to slightly less than negligible." Moving Targets and Other Tales of Valdemar
Jag skulle föreställa mig att om / när en Herald dör av naturliga orsaker, skulle deras följeslagare snart följa dem i döden ... Samma som de gör när Heralds dör onaturliga dödsfall.
"She'd die, lad; Companions very seldom outlive their Chosen. And she Chose you. If you die, she dies; she'd probably pine herself to death, and she does not deserve that." Magic's Pawn
Från wikipedia skrivs det som
Heralds are held to an extraordinarily high moral standard, however. If a Herald or Herald-Trainee does not abide by this moral standard, they will be hounded by their Companion until they do abide by it and one who does unforgivable acts, will generally be repudiated by their Companion. This will usually be followed up by the Companion's suicide in some manner or another.
The result for the repudiated Herald or Herald-Trainee is generally a wound so deep that it may mar the soul, though that is not assured, but it will also quite commonly leave the victim catatonic as a result, blankly nonresponsive. Those who are responsive, are typically insane to the point that they are unable to use any Gifts that they might possess. However, repudiation does not necessarily mean that one is relieved of their Herald status, as when Tylendel was repudiated, the Death Bell tolled for him, indicating that he was accepted by the Companions as a full Herald and should be buried with Herald's honors. One can assume that Tylendel was given this distinction because his repudiation and the terrible act perpetrated causing it were caused by severe psychological trauma.
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The foremost and notable Reincarnations are embodied by the Companions, who were initially born from pure Light in "the Companion's Field Grove". The soul reincarnated within each Companion is always from a deceased Heral
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