[Dragaera] Fw: Pararectal ideation on the Undead

[andy]

silly me. sorry philip :(

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From: "Philip Hart" <philiph at slac.stanford.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 8:23 PM
To: "andy" <bonham15 at cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Dragaera] Pararectal ideation on the Undead

> You might want to send the below to the list.  - Philip
>
> On Wed, 17 Feb 2010, andy wrote:
>
>>
>> Akin to what loraan hid his soul in.  imho (in only the area of the 
>> pararectal), this is the house of her soul.  It was potentially created 
>> by the gods to facilitate her in creating and maintaining the empire.  I 
>> would go so far as to propose that Sethra is an artifact of the gods in 
>> some way. There has been much speculation into what type of undead she 
>> is, yet she doesn't evince the characteristics of a vampire as far as we 
>> know other than a pallid skin tone and sharp little teeth.  In the terms 
>> we understand, in popular fiction/roleplaying, she'd be more of a hybrid 
>> vampire/lich, with a mountain holding her soul safe.  After hundreds of 
>> thousands of years, what else would be big enough?  The gods can't 
>> understand/maintain a good connection with 'humanity' as Verra's 
>> misunderstandings often illuminate. They would need someone like Sethra, 
>> with ears a bit closer to the ground to stay on top of things.  She, in 
>> turn, somewhat manages the great weapons for them, and marshals defenses 
>> against the jenoine and other undertermined threats as needed.  If she 
>> finds herself too far adrift from understanding those she protects, she 
>> might just need a .... nap :D
>>
>> I don't think the orb plays into what she can do so much in that she 
>> predates it, its just something else she can tap into at need in the 
>> normal ways of sorcery, another means of control.
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>> From: "Philip Hart" <philiph at slac.stanford.edu>
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 7:20 PM
>> To: "andy" <bonham15 at cox.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Dragaera] Pararectal ideation on the Undead
>>
>>> Phylactery?  and what does that mean here?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Philip
>>>
>>> On Wed, 17 Feb 2010, andy wrote:
>>>
>>>> meh. I would think a non god would just need a break from remembering 
>>>> *everything* at some time, or recover powers expended. that's how I 
>>>> viewed the sleep in dzur mt.. that and its some kind of philactery
>>>>
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