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Defiling water

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#1
Mulhull
Feb 23, 2008 18:19:49 Has anyone ever wondered how the water turned to silt? Defiling does effect micro-organisms in the water, but this wouldn't turn it to silt, just pollute it.

Actually, I'm not even sure if it would do even that, micro-organisms die all the time in water and everywhere else. I don't think them all dying at once would do much, it would be the equivalent of putting a lot of anti-bacterial chemicals and algaecide in your pool, it may even HELP it.

But, assuming water does turn to to silt when defiled, just why would most of the world be silt? There weren't any aquatic races that lived on or under the ocean that came from the rebirth, so they wouldn't be out there in genocide fleets trying to kill them.
#2
Zardnaar
Feb 24, 2008 3:54:22
Has anyone ever wondered how the water turned to silt? Defiling does effect micro-organisms in the water, but this wouldn't turn it to silt, just pollute it.

Actually, I'm not even sure if it would do even that, micro-organisms die all the time in water and everywhere else. I don't think them all dying at once would do much, it would be the equivalent of putting a lot of anti-bacterial chemicals and algaecide in your pool, it may even HELP it.

But, assuming water does turn to to silt when defiled, just why would most of the world be silt? There weren't any aquatic races that lived on or under the ocean that came from the rebirth, so they wouldn't be out there in genocide fleets trying to kill them.

IIRC defiling just plain out destroys water. The silt is likely a mixture of dust and defiled ash. The sun getting alot hotter probably destroyed more surface water than defiliing anyway.
#3
Pennarin
Feb 24, 2008 8:31:08 Defiling robs living things (like plants) of their life energy, but it's said in a few reference books that it also robs inanimate things - like dirt - of their life-giving properties.

Just imagine that dirt and water, things normally essential to the living world they support, are taken out of the picture if they are defiled. Dirt becomes lifeless and worthless, and water evaporates more quickly and never rains back down again.
#4
terminus_vortexa
Feb 24, 2008 19:47:36 Defiling seems to desecrate water in a limited way, according to the Prism Pentad. When Sadira was in the Pristine Tower, and her sister defiled the pool, some kind of brownish sludge resulted. This could have just been the defilers' ash resulting from the plants in the pool being tapped for energy, or could hint at some sort different sort of corruption.
#5
pneumatik
Feb 25, 2008 10:05:52
Defiling seems to desecrate water in a limited way, according to the Prism Pentad. When Sadira was in the Pristine Tower, and her sister defiled the pool, some kind of brownish sludge resulted. This could have just been the defilers' ash resulting from the plants in the pool being tapped for energy, or could hint at some sort different sort of corruption.

I thought Troy Denning mentioned in an interview that this was related to the Brown Tide, and was more-or-less put there on purpose.
#6
Zardnaar
Feb 25, 2008 12:31:27 Didn't Earth, Air, Fire , Water have a passage about for the 1st time water was just plain out destroyed by defiling?

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#1 Mulhull Feb 23, 2008 18:19:49	Has anyone ever wondered how the water turned to silt? Defiling does effect micro-organisms in the water, but this wouldn't turn it to silt, just pollute it. Actually, I'm not even sure if it would do even that, micro-organisms die all the time in water and everywhere else. I don't think them all dying at once would do much, it would be the equivalent of putting a lot of anti-bacterial chemicals and algaecide in your pool, it may even HELP it. But, assuming water does turn to to silt when defiled, just why would most of the world be silt? There weren't any aquatic races that lived on or under the ocean that came from the rebirth, so they wouldn't be out there in genocide fleets trying to kill them.
#2 Zardnaar Feb 24, 2008 3:54:22	Has anyone ever wondered how the water turned to silt? Defiling does effect micro-organisms in the water, but this wouldn't turn it to silt, just pollute it. Actually, I'm not even sure if it would do even that, micro-organisms die all the time in water and everywhere else. I don't think them all dying at once would do much, it would be the equivalent of putting a lot of anti-bacterial chemicals and algaecide in your pool, it may even HELP it. But, assuming water does turn to to silt when defiled, just why would most of the world be silt? There weren't any aquatic races that lived on or under the ocean that came from the rebirth, so they wouldn't be out there in genocide fleets trying to kill them. IIRC defiling just plain out destroys water. The silt is likely a mixture of dust and defiled ash. The sun getting alot hotter probably destroyed more surface water than defiliing anyway.
#3 Pennarin Feb 24, 2008 8:31:08	Defiling robs living things (like plants) of their life energy, but it's said in a few reference books that it also robs inanimate things - like dirt - of their life-giving properties. Just imagine that dirt and water, things normally essential to the living world they support, are taken out of the picture if they are defiled. Dirt becomes lifeless and worthless, and water evaporates more quickly and never rains back down again.
#4 terminus_vortexa Feb 24, 2008 19:47:36	Defiling seems to desecrate water in a limited way, according to the Prism Pentad. When Sadira was in the Pristine Tower, and her sister defiled the pool, some kind of brownish sludge resulted. This could have just been the defilers' ash resulting from the plants in the pool being tapped for energy, or could hint at some sort different sort of corruption.
#5 pneumatik Feb 25, 2008 10:05:52	Defiling seems to desecrate water in a limited way, according to the Prism Pentad. When Sadira was in the Pristine Tower, and her sister defiled the pool, some kind of brownish sludge resulted. This could have just been the defilers' ash resulting from the plants in the pool being tapped for energy, or could hint at some sort different sort of corruption. I thought Troy Denning mentioned in an interview that this was related to the Brown Tide, and was more-or-less put there on purpose.
#6 Zardnaar Feb 25, 2008 12:31:27	Didn't Earth, Air, Fire , Water have a passage about for the 1st time water was just plain out destroyed by defiling?