Can a corpse be reanimated?
It looks like with powerful enough magic, absolutely.
In GW1, the Necromancer class’s minions were never intelligent, but those of Vizier Khilbron often were, like poor Prince Rurik. Zhaitan also uses this to his advantage in the GW2 core story.
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It would be interesting to see what happens when the Forgotten’s cleansing ritual is performed on a risen of a sentient species. It’s possible that would leave you with a risen who has free will and memories and personality from before they died – so far as we know, it’s only been tried once and we can’t really tell just how much memory and personality Twitchy retained, being a chicken.
Risen are not traditional undead, it should be noted. It’s not really different from other Elder Dragons’ corruption except the end appearance is that of a rotting corpse (even if the corpse is nice and fresh or Zhaitan corrupted a living being, the appearance is of heavy decay) instead of ice, crystal, etc.
But as to the OP: Yes, but rarely. Liches like Khilbron and Joko were both capable of creating sapient undead. “Normal” necromancers can reanimate corpses into undead, but they never show sapience, just – at best – sentience but still no communication.
Resurrection was once possible, but the magic for such has been lost in the 250 years since GW1’s time.
Dear ANet writers,
Stop treating GW2 as a single story. Each Season and expansion should be their own story.
Stop treating GW2 as a single story. Each Season and expansion should be their own story.
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Can confirm on Palawa Joko having personality. Its very possible with the right amount of magic.
Jadis Narnia-Sylvari Ranger of [EDGE]
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It looks like with powerful enough magic, absolutely.
In GW1, the Necromancer class’s minions were never intelligent, but those of Vizier Khilbron often were, like poor Prince Rurik. Zhaitan also uses this to his advantage in the GW2 core story.
Whoa, watch the spoilers, it’s only been 12 years.