Talk:Tenno/@comment-174.101.102.189-20140129104757/@comment-174.101.102.189-20140202045241

It would work as an excellent psychological warfare tactic. If a tenno dies, there will still be hundreds (thousands?) more willing to take up their mantle. This would lead the enemies to believe that the Tenno are immortal, adding to their already legendary reputation as being 'god-warriors'.

It's not unlike a superhero's death (like Superman, Batman, Captain America, etc.), where you have people willing to take up their torch to make sure they aren't truly dead in the eyes of their enemies. The original tenno might have died thousands of years ago, but through the construction and duplication of their warframes, and given the mute and mysterious nature of the tenno, there'd certainly be cause for believing they can't die.

In which case we each continue their 'legend' in our own way. Whether it's being a noble samurai-ninja warrior, or a opportunistic mercenary, our exploits become the continuing story of the tenno, mixing myth with legend.