Right, so question is fairly simple, what is the lifespan of mechagon mechagnomes. We know that they do not see old or fragile people as within the comics when they see the old worn out gnome they all gasp as if it is their first time seeing such a thing.
And from npc dialogues we know that they have the tech to replace every organ with a smaller mechanized version of those said organs, they are even able to place power cells around the heart so they could close their heart and let it rest while the cells would work their bodies.
So question is, how long do they live for? How old is prince Erazmin for instance?
I guess that would depend on the degree of mechanization. A machine probably is immortal in some sense.
But in WoW souls are actually a thing. So there is a real question of what you can replace, without sewering the soul from the body, even if the body maintains full functionality. The Mechagon questing seems to suggest that “fully mechanized” gnomes aren’t gnomes at all anymore, so the soul might be gone, I guess?
So all in all I would say “depends on the mechagnome”.
I would say their souls are intact! Thats my personal point of view but my main reasoning behind this is that well. Titanforged were made by infusing life energy in to the stone and metal of azeroth, and we do know that when vrykul die their souls go to the halls of valor, so titan forged must have had souls. Plus mechagnomes themselves are said to put Mimiron’s soul in to a mechagnome body when he first died. Indicating that a soul can survive within a mechagnome body.
On the other side we also have draenei who bound souls in to their metal protectors and trolls binding souls to their golems!
Blockquote Shadowtwili I would say they life as long as their machinery can sustain them, I dare say they are practically immortal.
IIRC King Mechagon was the last King of Gnomes before they came under the leadership of the High Tinkers.
I kinda lean on that too, if you go around and speak with the mechagnomes within the resistance you can see the level of technology they utilize wow pedia Christy_Punchcog I think it might be the case that they can renew their organs or replace them with slow mechanized version as it suggests within the dialogues.