> > What makes you think she's undead? I don't recall that being > > stated anywhere. I think she's pale, but we don't have any solid > > evidence, that I can recall, of her being undead. > > I believe it's stated quite frequently in the books. The book search > turns up this much: > > "…, black-clad undead women regarded each other--thin faces, ancient > eyes; sort of a strange mirror image. Sethra was perhaps a little > taller, and her hair was a bit darker and longer; the Necromancer gave > the …" - Issola, 14 > > "… exchanged pleasant smiles with the Necromancer, who then turned her > attention back to the Orca noble she was baiting. 'By the Orb, boss; I > swear there are more undead than living in this **** …" - Jhereg, 11 > > I stopped looking at this point, but Vlad seems to take it as quite > obvious, although he never states exactly how he knows. There was a > discussion a few weeks ago about what makes an undead undead, wasn't > there? Seems like paleness and a cold body temperature came up as > possible indicators. I was always under the impression that the Necromancer was just an undead Demon. A) She's Undead because the necromancer is actually the Baroness of Kaluma who kills the Marquis of Pepperfield in The Phoenix Guards (can't remember her first name). And B) She's a Demon because she is a being who can be in two places at once. "I didn't spend all those years playing D&D and not learn a little something about courage." -Some Dork, The X-Files Erik Holmes Shoby187 at yahoo.com AIM: ErikHolmes ICQ: 2593395 MSN: Shoby187 at hotmail.com Y!: Shoby187 at yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/