: I believe, based upon this information, that it's
: possible to have Ghasts evolve into Wights. In
: "Sons of Myrgard", for instance, we see
: Wights being farmed. They could likely have been
: Ghasts at first, but walking around in those rings for
: a while, baking in the sun, they turned into wights.
: The only problem is that it would take a lot of time
: to make a Wight via Ghast, but that's something that
: follows in the next part of this.
: Shiver/Culweh/The-Voiceless-One/Ravanna (during her
: Culweh stage) was probably the first to cultivate a
: Ghast long enough for it to become a Wight (she
: probably investigated a hunch by accelerating a
: Ghast's natural evolution by exposing it to more of
: the natural elements, such as sun, heat, weather,
: making it age and decay into a Wight faster).
: Then again, GURPS is probably just wrong, as always :-).
: »–)›
Considering how respected Henry Ford is for his achievements at producing cars cheaply, quickly and economically, it could well be that Culweh was simply the originator of a NEW, EASY TO SUMMON UNDEAD, WHICH IMPROVE OVER TIME!! ie. Ghasts.
Although admittedly, Archer's theory has more weight when you consider how absolutely PATHETIC ghasts are. Possibly, up until Culweh, no necromancer worth his scythe would even have consided raising ghasts, knowing that Thrall were easily worth the extra investment of time and effort to raise them.
