On 4/14/05, Martin Wohlert <martin_wohlert at hotmail.com> wrote: > Maximilian Wilson <wilson.max at gmail.com> wrote: > >You mean all the talk about the Seven Doors, etc.? I don't remember > >them saying anything about how she became undead, or even precisely > >what that means. > > > >Max Wilson > > Ok, spoiler space (I suppose) for anyone who hasn't read the Piroiad: > 1 > 2 > 3 > 4 > 5 > 6 > 7 > 8 > 9 > 10 > 11 > 12 > 13 > 14 > 15 > 16 > 17 > > The Necromancer is a demon. Apparantly that's a subset of the undead in > Steve's world. She's always been a demon, as I understand it. No, a demon is, if anything, a subset of "god." A being who can manifest in more than one place at a time--with everything that interesting ability entails--and is subject to control by others. I don't think it's ever been explained how the Necromancer became undead, although perhaps she did that to give herself time to study up on the Seven Doors, etc., and incidentally attain demonhood. Max Wilson Who wonders how much of Steve's "demons" are a back-pun on Unix "daemons." -- I die! I mis-remember my friend's telephone number and dial into a hydroelectric dam's power line, electrocuting myself. My roommates mistake my flailing spasms for sign language, coincidentally describing a delicious recipe for fried tungsten with petroleum jelly. They try the recipe. All die! O, the embarassment.