: Okay, here's my 0.02 units of currency: Nobody that we've
: seen in Myth is immortal in the sense that they can't
: be killed at all (well, except the Leveller maybe, but
: his body can still be destroyed). Some, however, are
: unageing, like the Herons and the Deciever, or
: unageing minus the cosmetic aspect of the term, like
: the Myrmidons and Forgotten.
The Deciever looks old, but that might just be the 60 odd years of barely keeping himself alive through magic alone not allowing to keep the visual signs of age in check.
: Going from GURPS, the mind of the dead guy is retained
: when he's summoned as a Shade, but lost when he's
: summoned as the Thrall. Most Necromancers will give
: their Thrall a bit of axe drill before they're
: actually sent into battle. Shades, on the other hand,
: will retain the knowledge of magic and swordsmanship
: which make them so deadly.
A Shade, one on one (in game) with an Avatara will almost certainly lose. So they must have lost SOMETHING when they became Shades.
Seraph
