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<blockquote data-quote="Staffan" data-source="post: 958435" data-attributes="member: 907">One of the last things that got released for 2e was a three-book series about the island of Jakandor, about the size of the UK torn between two warring cultures (well, not so much an open, organized war as it was neither side considering the other one really human).One of the sides were the Knorr (which I groaned at, since that's what we call a pig's tail in Swedish - a real pig's tail, that is, not the hairstyle). The knorr were &quot;noble barbarians&quot;, highly religious, and many were part of totemic warrior societies. They were rather suspicious of wizard magic - they had some wizards in their society, but they were pretty much shunned. They were also rather adamant about the sanctity of a corpse - the remains of the dead were NOT to be disturbed unless it was to bury it, or something like that.The other side were the Charonti, a once highly powerful and advanced society that ruled most of the world, and had all their major cities connected by gates. However, they had been mostly wiped out by a magical plague a few thousand years ago, and were still trying to rebuild. The Charonti considered the reanimation of corpses a holy act - they placed very great value on serving their people, and being reanimated after death was just considered another way to serve.Needless to say, these two cultures did *not* get along well... but it does provide an example of a culture where reanimating the dead would not be considered Evil.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Staffan, post: 958435, member: 907"] One of the last things that got released for 2e was a three-book series about the island of Jakandor, about the size of the UK torn between two warring cultures (well, not so much an open, organized war as it was neither side considering the other one really human). One of the sides were the Knorr (which I groaned at, since that's what we call a pig's tail in Swedish - a real pig's tail, that is, not the hairstyle). The knorr were "noble barbarians", highly religious, and many were part of totemic warrior societies. They were rather suspicious of wizard magic - they had some wizards in their society, but they were pretty much shunned. They were also rather adamant about the sanctity of a corpse - the remains of the dead were NOT to be disturbed unless it was to bury it, or something like that. The other side were the Charonti, a once highly powerful and advanced society that ruled most of the world, and had all their major cities connected by gates. However, they had been mostly wiped out by a magical plague a few thousand years ago, and were still trying to rebuild. The Charonti considered the reanimation of corpses a holy act - they placed [b]very[/b] great value on serving their people, and being reanimated after death was just considered another way to serve. Needless to say, these two cultures did *not* get along well... but it does provide an example of a culture where reanimating the dead would not be considered Evil. [/QUOTE]

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