While the Necromancer's Servant named 'Sally' was encamped in the city of Creasur, she graciously acceded to Count Fiorello's request for an interview. The following transcript offers unique and fascinating insights into the ongoing Daimon/Monster/Undead conflict that is raging across Beluterra:
Fiorello: Do you retain memories of your life before you entered the afterlife, and do you recall anything of your experiences in the afterlife before your resurrection by the Necromancer? Of what realm were you a citizen?
Sally: Yes, I do. However, I do not have a perfect memory of my death. I do not remember dying, but it was as if, going on a long swim, and going underwater...you know that feeling you get when you resurface? That is how I felt, and just like that, I was given a 2nd life of service. I was a Heroine among the ranks of my former human realm, but as such, we are not allowed to disclose exactly from what time period, nor the name of the realm--it is better that way.
F: We of Plergoth aspire to Daishi - the Great and Final Death Which Comes For Us All. You appear to have undergone Koshi - the lesser death from which there can be a return. I would be very interesting in hearing your perspective on this belief, having personally undergone the lesser death.
S: I can tell you personally that only .01% of all human beings are fit to assume a role of an undead commander. So in a sense, you are right in that all humans are inevitably heading to what you refer to as: Daishi. We liberate the souls from their prisons, the dead bodies...for the most part. I do not know the process for undead leaders, however, because those special bodies are immediately ressurected by the Great One himself. We never see that.
F: We have heard from Hannibal that humans killed by monsters cannot be resurrected. Do they attain Daishi, placing them beyond the reach of the Necromancer, or are those dead merely tainted in some way?
S: They are tainted for our purposes, but we know not where they go. We assume that their souls become corrupted the second they are infected, and thus can only guess as to what happens with them. However the monsters traditionally are useful. They tend to feed on the weak, and thus, help us out indirectly if you get my drift...powerful warriors, are powerful undead. Weak and corrupt humans, tend to be fairly useless undead.
F: Also, what can you tell us of the Daimons of the Netherworld, and their relation to the concepts of Daishi and Koshi.
S: They are offspring of the Great Dragon that mankind slayed so long ago with our help. Since that day we swore to become masters of our own domains...well...those fire breathing beasts appear to have been reproducing all this time. Do not worry, though, they are dumb beasts, chickens running without a head. They are ferocious, but simple of mind, much like the monsters---just ten times deadlier.
F: We have seen that the Daimon leaders, such as our foe Invisible, can be resurrected after death, placing them firmly in the grasp of Koshi. We would be grateful for any information you could provide about them.
S: Their commanders are much like our summoner...the moment our summoner dies, one of the undead leaders immediately "absorbs" in some unknown way or form, all that the summoner was, and is thus, referred to from that moment on as: The Summoner. The same thing works with these Daemons. You will kill all of them many times before they all perish. We simply must wipe out every last one of them, till there are no more to assume the names...in their isolation they have learned an entirely new language, but we understand it. Their desire is to retake the land of their "forefather" and feed/breed/nest here. We replied--as kindly as possible--that we'd eat their eggs for breakfast if they started laying them here, and that we'd send them into the Abyss "well done" if they kept up with this nonsense.
S: We'll see how long they last here.
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