On Sun, 6 Oct 2002, David Silberstein wrote: > >Perhaps it is possible for a sufficiently powerful wizard, skilled in >necromancy -- which Loraan most certainly was -- to bootstrap himself >to an undead state without the intervention of the gods. > And indeed, in the first draft of Athyra (which I won off of Steve in a game of Assumption Poker, long story there), Loraan is described as not only being unnaturally pale, but also having a slight blue tint to his skin, which proves that his soul crashed into his body. Obviously, it is the Blue Sheen Of UnDeath. (runs off, whistling off-key chase music)