> -----Original Message----- > From: David Silberstein [mailto:davids at kithrup.com] > > [1] Yet another Loraan scenario - Blackwand swallows his soul, and > Morrolan says "No! Bad girl! Let it go!". The soul is released, > but is so mangled from having been inside a Morganti sword that > normal revivification fails. This reminds me of something that keeps bothering me. Loraan came back as undead. It might be Teldra, or Sethra, who tells Vlad in _Issola_ that the point of the Paths of the Dead with all its games, and the gods, is to sort out souls and save those who might be helpful in the fight against the Jenoine and reincarnate them or send them back as undead. She doesn't say this is the only way to become undead (I think it was Teldra) but it's the only way we've heard about so far. What if some god thought Loraan would be really helpful against the Jenoine and sent him back undead? I bet Vlad just really pissed that god off. And I bet it wasn't Verra. Maybe Barlen, or Trout. Rachel