: GURPS ends its Mazzarin section with "Mazzarin had
: been dead for decades [before Connacht's great war],
: slain in an ambush laid by the Watcher and thousands
: of his Thralls[sic]. Still, many doubt death can hold
: its grip on such a man."
: Now you could, I suppose, take this as indicating that
: Mazzarin turned himself into a Shade when he was about
: to die. The most straightforward interpretation,
: though, seems to me to be that he died *without*
: becoming undead, but lots of people expect him to be
: reincarnated in a living form, like the Deceiver or
: the Eternal Champions, since he's such an amazing
: sorcerer.
So, GURPS says he's dead, but many doubt it. Elvis
and John Lennon aren't dead either, I mean, they couldn't
possibly be dead! Jimi Hendrix is still alive too!
If Mazzarin is still alive & not a shade, then it's
either in an incredible weak, insubstantial and useless
form, or his near-death experience has made him ambivalent
to the cause of the light. Something would have to
explain why he doesn't turn up to help defeat Balor and
Soulblighter.
-IronDuke :P
