"Scott Schultz" <scott at cjhunter.com> Sent by: dragaera-bounces at dragaera.info 01/12/06 03:04 PM To "'Dragaera List'" <dragaera at dragaera.info> cc Subject RE: Vampire/Necromancer/Loraan speculation >Loraan was a necromancer, whose soul had already been ripped out of his body >once by Blackwand, who chose to preserve it rather than consume it,or so it >appears based upon Morollan's "take it up with Blackwand" comment. It's >always possible that Lorran had already managed to cast some sort of ward >around his soul that prevented Blackwand from reaching it. In any case, he >almost certainly did some hocus pocus to himself that purposely caused him >to become undead. Heck, for a necromancer there are probably some advantages >to being dead when pursuing your vocation. > >I think we all pretty much assume Sethra's case based upon the statement by >Verra in _Taltos_ that Morollan somehow succeeded in leaving the Halls that >he would emerge into the "real world" as an undead. We know (or do we?) that >she was sent back by the Lords of Judgement and so we apply what we've been >told to conclude that she suffered the fate described. We don't really know >what "types" of undead there are or what causes a being to become one type >or another. Actually, I believe Verra said that Morrolan would "feel his life ebbing away..." and that they "might succeed in bringing a corpse out of the paths..." To me, this doesn't say that he would become undead... It says he would come out just plain dead. Majikjon "There's a big difference between *mostly* dead, and *all* dead. With *all* dead there's usually only one thing you can do: Go through his clothes and look for loose change." --MM