: There is a shade named Mazzarin on one of the levels, but
: whether this is the same person as the Avatara
: mentioned in Alric's flavor text is a question that
: has lead to endless debate on this forum (check the
: archives). Personally I don't see the problem--avatara
: turn into shades all the time. The argument (which I'm
: probably misrepresenting) is that Mazzarin was a good
: guy, and therefore unlikely to turn himself into a
: powerful instrument of the dark. I would suggest that
: since good guys turn into bad guys (and vice versa)
: all the time in Myth, this isn't a problem. The other
: problem is that the Mazzarin shade can be killed by
: about three berserks, while in life he could wipe out
: wave after wave of thrall. I would counter with the
: argument that the process of becoming a shade takes a
: lot out of you, but that's just me.
all shades are pretty much the same I guess, regardless of who they were
they're undead remember
they don't have any part of their previous lives with them except maybe their name
