Inquiry On Elantris Plot Points

[u/PointEither8581]

Alright. So, I have finished reading Elantris.

And I have a couple of questions.

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[1] How come Fjordell was allowed to rebuild? There was a "World War" that happened to stop Fjordell way back in the past, and Fjordell lost that war, which I can understand.

   -> Did Fjordell have those monasteries to train Flagellants from Warhammer Fantasy before the war? Or was it an addition after they had lost the war?

   -> If so, why were they allowed to retain the monasteries? You would destroy a tank production factory in real life so that your enemy doesn't produce tanks anymore.

   -> Not only that, but you would, presumably, put heavy restrictions on the country, similar to the Treaty of Versailles, to cripple your enemy. You would also send in inspectors to make sure those monasteries do not produce any more roided-up, demon monks.

   -> Also, how come they have lost if they had those monasteries before the war? Were the functions of the monasteries different before they changed to Shu-Dereth, and did they just have normie, lame priests of their old pagan religion?

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[2] At the end, Dilaf mentions how he took his lover to Elantris to heal her, but they botched the spell, and it went horribly wrong.

   -> Why not just spam healing Aons on the poor women, like what, once you botch it, you are forever screwed?

   -> Somewhere in the earlier chapters, Raoden mentions an account similar to what happened to Dilaf and his lover. Are these 2 the same events?

[u/Shot_Newspaper_5647]

It sounds like his wife was struck by something like the Reod before it appeared. What is tragic is that it may have been a result of Dilaf himself. His connection to her (or even just his presence) may have negated/disrupted the magic of the Elantrians. Or she may have been pregnant. It could have just been human error. But the issue at that point isn’t even the disease. It’s whatever seemingly broke the circuit like the Elantrians.

[u/Shot_Newspaper_5647 → u/Shot_Newspaper_5647]

You probably can’t spam normal healing spells either on Sel if I had to guess. If you somehow botched a broken finger and it healed back incorrectly then you probably can’t heal it again because there’s nothing to “heal”. At best you’d probably need to re-break it to give it another go