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[Sephiroth]

I'm really sorry if any of these are dumb questions that I should know on my own. Non-4e fluff is not exactly my forte as a GM.

1. What exactly did Ibn Eisa do in the Middle East to become so notorious, both before and after his reanimation?

2. Runner's Companion mentions that nosferatu have been behind some of the worst vampiric cabals in the Sixth World, and there's a couple lines in Running Wild about nosferatu being malicious and highly dangerous. But other than the events of the Nosferatu novel and maybe the Ordo Maximus, what exactly is it about nosferatu and the events they've instigated that has given them such a bad reputation? What exactly have they tried to do?

3. What made Deus such a godly powerful AI compared to the AIs presented in Unwired and Runner's Companion?

4. Harlequin's Back contains small glimpses of greater Powers That Be, such as Fate. Are there any other references to these Powers in the canon that anyone could tell me about?

5. If you follow the view of mentor spirits presented in whatever novel it was in which Spider escaped its magical prison, what exactly are mentor spirits? They seem greater and more powerful than mere free spirits to me, but that doesn't help me understand what they are.

6. On a related Earthdawn note, what does that make Death, and who or what exactly are the Passions?

7. On the topic of draconic creation myth, what can you tell me about Verjigorm and Nightwing?

Any answers would be appreciated.