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<blockquote data-quote="Wombat" data-source="post: 1800429" data-attributes="member: 8447"><p>I remember back to my RuneQuest days, the tale of Vivamort, god of the undead.</p><p></p><p>In Glorantha, the RuneQuest world, the basic concept common to all cultures is that reincarnation is real. </p><p></p><p>Vivamort, during the massive wars of the gods before Time, was attacked by a chaos creature and was dying. In fear that he would die and not trusting to the gods, he made an unholy pact with chaos -- he would continue his existence, in a half-form, always needing the lifeblood of others. In other words, in fear that he would not be reborn (since he had not experienced this before) led him, through greed, to cling to an almost-life. A matter of lack of faith, as it were.</p><p></p><p>I would see liches, in many ways, as falling in the same camp -- a combination of greed (I will keep this consciousness and all this knowledge!) and fear (being unsure whether they the promises of the gods are true or not) leads to this horrible act of maintaining a half-life, a life that cannot engender other life, but only greedily cling onto a vile persistence of spirit.</p><p></p><p>I love the undead as villains, but I have no love for them as individuals <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wombat, post: 1800429, member: 8447"] I remember back to my RuneQuest days, the tale of Vivamort, god of the undead. In Glorantha, the RuneQuest world, the basic concept common to all cultures is that reincarnation is real. Vivamort, during the massive wars of the gods before Time, was attacked by a chaos creature and was dying. In fear that he would die and not trusting to the gods, he made an unholy pact with chaos -- he would continue his existence, in a half-form, always needing the lifeblood of others. In other words, in fear that he would not be reborn (since he had not experienced this before) led him, through greed, to cling to an almost-life. A matter of lack of faith, as it were. I would see liches, in many ways, as falling in the same camp -- a combination of greed (I will keep this consciousness and all this knowledge!) and fear (being unsure whether they the promises of the gods are true or not) leads to this horrible act of maintaining a half-life, a life that cannot engender other life, but only greedily cling onto a vile persistence of spirit. I love the undead as villains, but I have no love for them as individuals ;) [/QUOTE]
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