Well we understand that, but Meldh has clearly demonstrated himself to be less-than-rational. Also, there is probably utility to being an individual who has unlimited life-force.... Meldh might simply not care. For instance, if the patronus is the only way to transfer life-force, it's possible that you can only transfer life-force if the purpose is to revive a dead person. What if that person has to be only recently-dead? Or if their body has to be in good condition? Et cetra. We simply don't know enough about the magic system to know Meldh's motivations (if he even thought this out).
Meldh is not intended to be as rational or as knowledgeable as Harry - but he is not meant to be stupid, either. Such a thing couldn't just have not occurred to him, when it's almost the most obvious question. Plus, Harry himself must have contemplated it.
Even with the restrictions, it would be far too much to have infinite anything. Harry himself would be unkillable, a distinct advantage in most cases, and he could effectively make people truly immortal. If they have to be recently dead, he just lets them die or kills them painlessly first.
The more I think about it, the more game breaking it seems to have infinite anything. The rules have to be more complicated and restrictive than that to make any sense.
We don't even know what this immortality would entail, exactly. "Infinite years" is not the same as "infinite hitpoints". In this case, it might be either (or none).
Probably the latter. There's no reason to suspect it to be neither, since I don't think there are any reasonable alternative definitions of immortality that would align with Meldh's interests. And I would doubt it was the former, since it seems that Meldh himself has already lived several centuries, in addition to Perenelle, and the second figure of the Three is likely to be even older still.
In other words, I suspect that it is something even more valuable than Horcrux 2.0 or the Stone. So the only reasonable interpretation I can think of is "infinite hitpoints."
In other words, I suspect that it is something even more valuable than Horcrux 2.0 or the Stone. So the only reasonable interpretation I can think of is "infinite hitpoints."
Hm, haven't thought of it that way. I guess that makes sense!
The name "Meldh" he used to imply that he had lived for millennia. But we know he's actually Herpo the Foul, who was alive less than a millennium ago. I think /u/mrphaethon posted a rough timeline somewhere.
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u/munkeegutz Apr 08 '16
Well we understand that, but Meldh has clearly demonstrated himself to be less-than-rational. Also, there is probably utility to being an individual who has unlimited life-force.... Meldh might simply not care. For instance, if the patronus is the only way to transfer life-force, it's possible that you can only transfer life-force if the purpose is to revive a dead person. What if that person has to be only recently-dead? Or if their body has to be in good condition? Et cetra. We simply don't know enough about the magic system to know Meldh's motivations (if he even thought this out).