overgeeked
B/X Known World
Sure. Absolutely possible. As I said it's undeveloped on screen.Your first point answers the second. Resurrection is both rare and hard to accomplish in this world. Maybe Keyleth tried to draw them back but they didn't answer, or maybe it was determined before making the attempt that they'd moved on and should be allowed to rest.
Except that Orym was personally tasked with finding the people who tried to assassinate Keyleth. If I remember right, he was given that task by Keyleth. So we have a situation where the 2nd-level fighter who's given the job of finding the people responsible for trying to murder a 20th-level druid has now found out who made the attempt and can go to Keyleth himself and tell her. "Oh, by the way, my friend died in combat against this person who tried to murder you. How about a little magic to bring her back?" There is no reasonable world where she'd say anything other than yes.Keyleth isn't really a friend, though, just a passing acquaintance. Orym's made it clear that he wasn't that close to her. I really doubt that Keyleth spends her time reincarnating every friend-of-a-friend who dies in battle.
That's what I meant about it being problematic to have low-level characters with direct ties to high-level characters. It undermines the threats. As above, someone tried to kill off a 20th-level druid...so a 2nd-level fighter was sent to investigate. It's nonsensical.
Marisha had nothing to do with it. Matt okay'ed Liam's character's backstory. Liam decided to have Keyleth as part of his backstory. Matt now has to either honor that backstory or deny it. If he honors it, there's no logical way besides a fudged roll or overly convenient distractions to keep Keyleth from helping...which utterly undermines the threats to the PCs. If he denies it, he undermines the story-focused nature of their play. "Yes, you can have connections with Keyleth, but no, she can never help you in any way whatsoever."Most importantly, though, can you imagine how that would come across? Bringing in Marisha's old character to save her new one, in one of those hugely-emotional ceremonies? That would be the weirdest case of nepotism/self-interest imaginable.