The Jutes and their Undead
Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2019 10:35 pm
Been pondering my favourite kindred for a while and thought about some questions. Alright here I go:
If I understand correctly the Jute undead become/became undead due to botched attempts at beetle shifting.
How long ago did that happen?
It seems they don't need a sorcerer to exist, but are sustained by their own magic.
Given the Wacas' role I assume they somehow lie dormant unless needed?
Are they only able to wake warriors who tried and failed to beetle shift in their lifetime or did they develop a method to raise any dead?
The Jutes only started to "use" the undead when they were in dire circumstances. So it sounds like they were relunctant to do so? If yes, why? Pure ethics?
I know Gasta are revered, is that true for all undead or how do the living feel about them in general?
Are they included in society?
I understand that the Ettenwiht is not big because it "swelled with hate" like the Dreaguth and Gasta, but rather because it's the remains of an ancient giant reanimated.
It sounds like they died long ago, so how are they resurrected as they couldn't be part of the whole beetle shifting fiasco?
Were those giants of old affiliated with the Jutes or are they just convinced to fight for them by the sorcerers? (Is it maybe linked to the legend of Jötunn stemming from Jüten?)
Could an Ettenwiht start to "swell with hate" like a regular Wiht becoming an "Ettendreaguth"?
And my one biggest question, that haunts me since... ever:
How is beetle shifting connected to immortality?
Speaking of beetle shifters:
How much human remains in the fully shifted beetles?
They only shift one way correct?
Are they included in society?
What's their view on the undead?
The manasceancan is a beast like the spiders right? Not shifted.
The only beetle shifters we have at the moment are the mound and crag beetles, correct?
--- I'll stop now... Hope that wasn't too excessive.
Cheers Sven
If I understand correctly the Jute undead become/became undead due to botched attempts at beetle shifting.
How long ago did that happen?
It seems they don't need a sorcerer to exist, but are sustained by their own magic.
Given the Wacas' role I assume they somehow lie dormant unless needed?
Are they only able to wake warriors who tried and failed to beetle shift in their lifetime or did they develop a method to raise any dead?
The Jutes only started to "use" the undead when they were in dire circumstances. So it sounds like they were relunctant to do so? If yes, why? Pure ethics?
I know Gasta are revered, is that true for all undead or how do the living feel about them in general?
Are they included in society?
I understand that the Ettenwiht is not big because it "swelled with hate" like the Dreaguth and Gasta, but rather because it's the remains of an ancient giant reanimated.
It sounds like they died long ago, so how are they resurrected as they couldn't be part of the whole beetle shifting fiasco?
Were those giants of old affiliated with the Jutes or are they just convinced to fight for them by the sorcerers? (Is it maybe linked to the legend of Jötunn stemming from Jüten?)
Could an Ettenwiht start to "swell with hate" like a regular Wiht becoming an "Ettendreaguth"?
And my one biggest question, that haunts me since... ever:
How is beetle shifting connected to immortality?
Speaking of beetle shifters:
How much human remains in the fully shifted beetles?
They only shift one way correct?
Are they included in society?
What's their view on the undead?
The manasceancan is a beast like the spiders right? Not shifted.
The only beetle shifters we have at the moment are the mound and crag beetles, correct?
--- I'll stop now... Hope that wasn't too excessive.
Cheers Sven