: Heron Guard are the noblest of the Empire. Joining it for
: the pure purpose of desiring immortality instead of
: out of a desire to protect the Empire would mean that
: they would have a corrupt heart, and would therefore
: be unworthy. Not to mention the fact that the Journal
: Writer doesn't seem corrupt or desirous of
: immortality. Also, I think that it was in M3 Heron
: flavour that it says that they don't achieve
: immortality through pacts with Dark Gods and dark
: rituals like people like the Watcher, but their names
: live on forever through their actions.
Well, the narrator could be "swayed a little" without being totally and greedily motivated by the desire for immortality. All Herons aren't absolutely perfect in their virtue, presumably. And even a noble and virtuous soul might want to be immortal simply so he could serve the Empire longer...
--SiliconDream
