More generally, seems to me one could start resurrecting people, or at least vampires, killed by Aro (or previously read by him, though then there’d be some local death).
Of course, the downside is that it requires human sacrifice, though it occurs to me that one should at least try to do so with brain dead or severely damaged subjects (given that they’re already quite happy with eating animals, humans of comparable or lesser capacity should not pose major ethical barriers when a full person’s life is on the line).
’course, might not work on a less than fully functional human. Perhaps one could get a trickle of volunteers from bored with life humans who aren’t attracted to turning. Consider it full organ donation. [Edit: Duh, obviously this should be the euthanasia method of choice for terminal people who don’t wish to become vampires but do wish for their suffering to end.]
Wouldn’t be surprised though if Elspeth just didn’t want to get involved with that kind of thing, even indirectly through Addy. But hey, it’s a thought ;)
More generally, seems to me one could start resurrecting people, or at least vampires, killed by Aro (or previously read by him, though then there’d be some local death).
Of course, the downside is that it requires human sacrifice, though it occurs to me that one should at least try to do so with brain dead or severely damaged subjects (given that they’re already quite happy with eating animals, humans of comparable or lesser capacity should not pose major ethical barriers when a full person’s life is on the line).
’course, might not work on a less than fully functional human. Perhaps one could get a trickle of volunteers from bored with life humans who aren’t attracted to turning. Consider it full organ donation. [Edit: Duh, obviously this should be the euthanasia method of choice for terminal people who don’t wish to become vampires but do wish for their suffering to end.]
Wouldn’t be surprised though if Elspeth just didn’t want to get involved with that kind of thing, even indirectly through Addy. But hey, it’s a thought ;)