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It wasn't... but they tell you a few times throughout the games that if you have a true rune for a long time and then lose it/seal it, you can die pretty quickly. But I don't think the FC had it for that long, compared to say, Geddoe.

Nice visuals, Soma.

You're right, it's not exactly an overnight thing. Geddoe didn't die the next day without his True Lightning Rune. After you lose your rune after having it for an extended period of time, you would probably die in a couple of months, depending on how long you've had it. Hikusaak probably wouldn't last a month without his Circle Rune, I'd reckon... Him being a crusty old man and all. If Sierra wasn't a vampire, she'd probably bite the dust without the Blue Moon pretty quickly too. In Suikoden Terms, 300 years isn't TOO long... sortakindanotreally.

Of course, all of this is sort of debunked by Grahm Cray. He had the Rune of Punishment for a while, chopped off his hand to get rid of it, and then lived on for years and years before he died.

I don't think there's a connection at all.

I would imagine that's because he only had it for a short while. It probably only affects you if you have it for an extended period of time... like 70 years or so.

Umm, in Suikoden 3, the only guy to lose their True Rune and be old enough to warrant dying is Geddoe.

And he doesn't lose it long enough for his body to think "********. We're out of magic juice".

Geddoe WOULD die if he didn't get his rune back soon enough. Also, Luc and Sasarai can't survive for a long time (probably around a month) without their runes, but only because... they were made around them. They don't die immediately after losing them, however.

Actually, Luc and Sasarai were made to host the Runes, not that the Runes were made around them. So they could survive without the Runes, just not for very long. Unless I'm misreading your statement.

At any rate, the only bearer we know of who died because their True Rune was removed is the Flame Champion, right? Remember that the Fire Spells in that game also hurt your allies as well as enemies. This could have been a side-effect of the True Fire Rune, dieing if it's removed, and not the others. Unless I'm missing something.

As for "having it for so long that if it's removed you're gonna DIES theory," well, I can think of a few examples for either side of the argument.

Take Sierra, for example. It's stated in Richmond's investigations that all vampires, despite their elongated lifespans, will die someday, Sierra being the exception because she bears the Blue Moon Rune. It can be argued that if she did not reclaim the BMR, she would have died. But in Tinto, the BMR recognized Sierra and returned to her. Sierra bore the BMR for over 800 years, and so it recognized it as its master even though Neclord had it. The same goes for Ted- Tir had the Souleater, but because the SE still recognized Ted as it's master because of how long he bore it, it would still follow his command to kill him. Geddoe had the TLR for I think around 90 years, so it could possibly have bonded with him and so allowed him to live for X amount of time. So, it's likely that the longer one bears a True Rune, the more bonded it will become with it, and so will grant it elongated life for some time

On the flip side however, one could argue that Sierra lived so long because she was a Vampire, Ted was only gone from the picture for three years and the Fog Ship and its Guide hands out immortality, and Geddoe was without the TLR for a few weeks, I think. It's been shown that True Runes can kill if given up (Flame Champion), so it's possible that if a bearer did not reclaim the Rune in time, s/he would die.

Or it could all just depend on the Rune itself. The TFR obviously kills, but the rest are up for grabs.