"Davdi Silverrock" <davdisil at gmail.com> Sent by: dragaera-bounces at dragaera.info 06/06/06 10:26 PM To "Dragaera List" <dragaera at dragaera.info> cc Subject Re: Yuck >For the sake of pedantic completeness, there's another possibility, >and a new one that I just recently thought of: > >1a. When Loraan realizes that there is a dagger in his stomach (and >that he is therefore badly damaged), and Morollan is approaching >rapidly with Blackwand, he decides that he's quite literally in danger >of a fate worse than death, and uses his necromantic powers to force >his soul to unbind from his body (that is, die), thus cheating >Blackwand when she actually strikes his physical body. This is similar to the idea I had on the wiki that maybe he had enchanted himself to die if a morganti weapon ever came too close to him... A useful kind of self-defense spell for one skilled in necromancy. >1b. Another possibility is that Loraan doesn't quite realize just how >powerful Blackwand is, and tries the same necromantic soul-expulsion >spell that he uses later on Riens. Blackwand says the equivalent of >"Not a bloody chance, sucker", and bounces the spell back at him (a >slam return, with english) forcing his soul to unbind from his body, >only with worse effects than if he'd done it intentionally, which >explains the later undeadness. Hmmm... I think I like this one better than any of the others, since: a) It has him using a spell he is known to have used later, thus his M.O. is the same in both instances b) No matter how useful it might be, Loraan's pride would make it unlikely that he would ever deliberately kill himself, no matter what the consequences might be c) It leaves both Vlad and Morrolan unaware of exactly what happened to him, making it seem as if Blackwand had actually cut into him while he was still alive The only drawback to this theory is that while we have seen Blackwand "absorb" the power of spells, we haven't ever seen her act as a tennis racket and bounce them back at someone. At least, not that I recall. Majikjon