06-13-2003, 12:59 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-13-2003, 04:22 PM by Rhydderch Hael.)
Nah, the Undead, being the exclusive servants of Mephisto, are driven by jealous hatred of the living. Driven to torment by the pain fo their own deaths which carry with them to this day, they seek to make all that they touch share in their torment.
The benevolent castings of Holy magics are a complete counter to the hateful death that these entities embody. It is the light washing away the dark spirit that has taken hold upon these forms.
The primary difference between demons and undead would have to be that veil between life and death. As dark and wicked demonic forces may be, they share one thing with mortals: their essences are still that of the living. Their energies are still drawn from life, from the beat of a heart, from the wellspring of consciousness granted to all things living.
The Undead defy that. Where the warmth of life is absent, they still persist. Their existence, their energies are pulled from the other side of that veil. Completely alien, completely incompatible with that of our own.
The benevolent castings of Holy magics are a complete counter to the hateful death that these entities embody. It is the light washing away the dark spirit that has taken hold upon these forms.
The primary difference between demons and undead would have to be that veil between life and death. As dark and wicked demonic forces may be, they share one thing with mortals: their essences are still that of the living. Their energies are still drawn from life, from the beat of a heart, from the wellspring of consciousness granted to all things living.
The Undead defy that. Where the warmth of life is absent, they still persist. Their existence, their energies are pulled from the other side of that veil. Completely alien, completely incompatible with that of our own.
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