: I don't agree with you. Remember, the shades are dead
: avatara brought back to life. So I don't think a dead
: avatara would have a choice to change into a shade or
: not. Besides, Turquine couldn't be evil at his
: lifetime, because avatara are "good" -
: considering the fact, that in deed Turquine WAS an
: avatara. Or could it be that not all shades are
: avatara?
Even if all shades *were* avatara, Maz, you missed a point in SD's post. The *living* person makes the decision to become a shade before that process of becoming undead takes place. It's not like dark lords can just make shades by digging up dead avatara.
I think it's possible that all avatara start out their careers as basically good, but they certainly can *become* evil. Take Connacht/Balor, for instance.
-David
