>> > While the only person we've ever SEEN do a revivification is Aliera > (and even then, only revivifying Morrolan in /Jhereg/ is actually > witnessed), Vlad does imply that the Necromancer could have done it > just as easily (and she is undead, as well). > > Also, in /Yendi/ when Vlad asks who revivified him, he guesses it > might have been Sethra, then Aliera tells him it was her--implying > that at least Vlad thought that Sethra would be capable of doing > the spell herself. > > None of this is, of course, conclusive in any way. Vlad understands > revivification about as well as he claims to understand Dragons... > That is to say, not very well at all. > > While I find the idea of Sethra being unwilling to do certain > spells due to her life-state interesting, I don't think it's a > theory I subscribe to. Someone with the power of Sethra Lavode (or > the Necromancer) wouldn't be hog-tied by any petty limitations of > that sort--she'd be able to do the spell just fine. As I say, my > guess is she was just a little pre-occupied at the time. > > Majikjon > While the Necromancer is often referred to as undead, we must remember that she is in fact a demon from another dimension to whom life and death are no more complex than coffee or tea to the rest of us...