Also I can definitely understand that Valygar's whole point of existence at least after Valygar's relatives including his mother fall prey to Lavok, is to destroy him and until this is done he himself cannot rest in peace. Valygar's parents tragedy was unrelated to Lavok. It is unclear if Valygar's mother is Corthala by blood or by marriage. Since the title/family name is shown in D'Arnise's quest to be passed down paternaly, his mother is most probably Corthala by marriage, or a close relative of his father, ie the curse - obsession with magic falls on everyone who joins the family. Valygar's mother attraction to magic ruined her family life, and when his father died naturally, she tried to reverse the past by turning him into a zombie and herself - into a powerful undead (probably lich). Her actions are independent of Lavok's ever-present threat, but repeat the same pattern - an attempt to overrite the fate with magical means and extend human life beyound its normal duration. It is hinted at that such transformation turned his parents to evil as Valygar was forced to slayne them.
In the quest's game conclusion Lavok looses the fear of death in the end, and actually desires it - and with it comes the absolution from Valygar for kinslaying. That in turn absolove Valygar of kinslaying.
If Lavok's death wish is ignored, oth, Valygar needs to turn to magical means of sustaining his life - I assume that Lavok already uses some sort of longevivity potion to extend the lifecycle of the bodies he takes possession of, otherwise his visits to Athkatla would have been much more numerous - and it is on its end, apparently. The second option is to take Valygar's body - and you lose Valygar. The third, as supplied by Kish, is lichdom. Now, my whole knowledge of lichdom transformation comes from a fanfic I read a couple of years ago, and I vaguely remeber that it is a complex magicl procedure involving human sacrifices. Neither Valygar has expertise handy (if Lavok is effectively dieing) nor I can see him willing to sacrifice any more loves to fuel his family's obsession with immortality. That's of course if he is not instanteneously corrupted.
Of course one can always go to CW and say trade the Sphere for Lavok's lichdom - you can make a deal with handily positioned T. Same goes for using Val's body and restoring Lavok in his old-fashioned way.
But again, these are evil ways, hardly suitable for a good beginning.
I won't deny that one of the most challenging aspects of making Lavok a joinable NPC to any degree of satisfaction is how to deal with Valygar and the tragedy that befalls his family, but I see enough of a gray area so that it could be possible not to make Valygar lose himself or tarnish his personality, instead it might even add more depth of character to Valygar. Have fun
Adding depth is the good thing.
Topic: Make Lavok joinable (Read 13288 times)
