On 1/13/06, Steve Simmons <scs at di.org> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 09:22:36AM -0800, Jon_Lincicum at stream.com wrote: > > Steve Simmons <scs at di.org> > > > And do we know that Loraan was a Vampire? > > Is the Necromancer a Vampire? > > Cf 'that's my question' above. > > > I seem to remember Vlad implying that there are other types of undead, and > > that Sethra just happened to be a Vampire, but I can't remember what book > > this is from. > > Hmm, I must have missed that. Anybody got a textref? Nearly. Vlad referring to Loraan, and therefore demonstrating that at least Vlad thinks that it is possible to be an undead but not a vampire: /Athyra/: "So perhaps he is not a vampire. Although that proves nothing. Sethra is a vampire, but she still eats and drinks, and requires very little blood." Vlad, referring to Sethra Lavode and the Necromancer, therefore demonstrating that he thinks that they are both undead. /Issola/: "The two pale, black-clad undead women regarded each other-thin faces, ancient eyes; sort of a strange mirror image." Vlad, implying that as far as he knows, the Necromancer is not a vampire; that is, he would have phrased it differently if he thought she is a vampire, rather than just looking like one: /Issola/: "In addition, though I knew Sethra was a vampire, the Necromancer looked like one-so pale, wasted, drawn; like someone in the last stages of some horrible disease."