buffalo bill
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I was thinking of the following quote:No.Does Arcanum's Kerghan count as a lich?
Kerghan was not undead and only went to the Void because he was banished by Nasrudin&Co. In his journal,however,he says that he wanted to go there in search of power and out of genuine curiosity and lust for knowledge.
Also,Kerghan discovered the Necromantic Black magick school when he was still on Arcanum and a member of the Elven Council,and did not become a Lich or undead creature. He was the only human that became member of the Council,that's how powerful he was.
"...And finally, I came to the place where souls go to die. Where the mirrored and worn spirits fall into an endless sea of grey, mirrored glass... and I lowered myself within... and lay among them... and I almost did not return."
This kinda sounds like someone who has returned from the dead. And I take it that lots of liches are former necromancers. I know that the game doesn't explicitly say he is undead (though I'm not sure what the technical definition of 'undead' is), but Kerghan (i) came back from the dead (ii) has halted life-processes (in virtue of being in the Void. And maybe just also in virtue of his necromancer abilities?), and (iii) is a wielder of powerful black magic. I admit that these might not be jointly sufficient for counting as a lich, but they are minimally necessary.