Talk:Undead (Discworld)
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[edit] Notable undead addition
Perhaps Otto von Chriek should be included? He's appeared in no less than five novels now. 75.39.217.144 04:30, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Are werewolfes undead?
IMHO werewolfes are not undead since they are not dead person who becomed alive (as zombies or vampires) but some... hybrid? Even as they participate in The Fresh Start Club they should be threat separatly. I am not sure about bogeymens and ghouls as the act of creation were never stated. Uzytkownik (talk) 19:48, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Discworld lycanthropy isn't communicable?
In book 21 (Jingo), Angua makes a mental note that seems to support the notion that the Werewolf condition can be transferred from person to person via a bite, much akin to most instances of communicable lycanthropy.
For those that wish to look, it can be found within this paragraph of the aforementioned book: She rushed out and down the steps. The alley had the generic smell of all alleys everywhere, overlaid on the basic all–embracing smell of the city. But at least it didn't make your hair grow and your teeth try to lengthen. She leaned against the wall and fought for control. Shampoo? She could have saved Snowy a hell of a lot of money with just one careful bite. Then he'd know all about a really bad hair day...
This isn't conclusive, but if the statement at the end of that paragraph wasn't hinting at passing on lycanthropy, then what was it getting at? So going by that I'd rather believe that the Discworld variant of lycanthropy is both communicable by bites and carried by bloodlines.
88.106.112.157 (talk) 08:23, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
