[Dragaera] Pararectal ideation on the Undead

[John Dallman]

In article <03651333B1E7449D900AFFA14C423AC0 at MAGNUM>, scott at cjhunter.com 
(Scott Schultz) wrote:

> Aliera, Vlad, and Morollan are not Undead for the simple reason that 
> none of them died. 

Zerika is like Vlad and Morolan in that she definitely entered the Paths 
of the Dead while living - which seems to be an option for anyone 
sufficiently determined - and was permitted to leave. 

> It wasn't, and never would or will be a question of "The Enchantress
> wants to be Warlord, are YOU going to tell her no?" Sethra, for all 
> of her influence and power, does not wield THAT kind of power within
> the Empire. In fact, she pretty much stands apart from the Empire,
> politically speaking. The comparison to Merlin that someone was 
> making earlier is appropriate. 

She acts, in fact, as if she is some kind of guardian of the Empire. 
Given that she and Dzur Mountain have defended it in unknown ways 
against the Jenoine, that may actually be the case. The obvious people 
to have given her the job are the Lords of Judgement, and this may well 
be the source of her extraordinary lifespan before becoming undead 
(which is, remember, quite recent in terms of her total "life"). Which 
opens the idea that her voluntary death may have been an attempt to 
resign the post, which was declined. 

-- 
John Dallman, jgd at cix.co.uk, HTML mail is treated as probable spam.