FelixEisen at aol.com wrote: > > So when the Athyra wizard Loraan gets killed ... his soul cannot be claimed > by Blackwand -because-it-is-not-there-. His body, however, is dead; the > wizard can get his soul to the Paths of the Dead and, as souls seem to > 'reconstitute' bodies in the Paths, and as well as being something of an > accomplished necromancer, he can perform the necessary ceremonies and walk > out of the Paths as a member of that most suppressed underclass in all worlds > except for Dragaera, the undead. It occurs to me that Loraan could have been revivified by family/friends/servants, but as a necromancer, he might have desired practical knowledge that required him to become undead. Just a thought. Jose -- Jose Marquez jhereg69 at earthlink.net