Draiss shrugged, and peeled himself and Cerul an orange each. "Really doesn't matter why the lich is helping them. Its destruction will remove the undead from their ranks, but if we destroy the phylactery now, it will know about it and just make a new one. I would rather hunt it down and end its unnatural life.<br/><br/>I know I might be a hypocrite, since the one I followed hates undead and desires to help everyone, but my undead aren't made with the souls of beings called from the afterlife. Instead, I use a bit of my own consciousness and soul to animate them, which makes my skeletons actually closer to golems than traditional undead."<br/><br/>He shrugged as he handed Cerulean her orange, and then leaned back in his chair. "And I would appreciate it if you didn't let anyone else know about that possible variation of the animate dead spell. Otherwise everyone would be creating and using them, and wars would become much more common than they are now. The spell is much harder to learn, and can kill the caster if they miscast it, but there are those who wouldn't care."<br/><br/>He took a bite, and then stretched. "So, what is next on our to-do list? Let the elves know, obviously, but after that. And I mean long term, not in five minutes, since I can guess what you want."<br/><br/>He gave her a small smirk, before taking another bite out of the orange.