To rez or not to rez...

[Aadora]

Ask yourself this.

Would the death change him as a character, other than the drawbacks?

You got him killed because you were unhappy with him.

So ask yourself if him dieing could make you happy with him again. Because if not, then when you resurrect him you will just be back where you started.

Let me use two examples for two different situations.

Crystal, my first character.

She was a bubbly, kinda creepy girl who would sneak around all day watching people.

I then gave her to my sister, who made her into a stalker. She would go out of her way to stalk people, for absolutely no reason.

She then gave Crystal to my brother. He took her more seriously, and got her involved with Kraine. She attacked Boan in the Arena and got thrown out. This caught the eyes of Fazul who then kidnapped her. She was later sold to Marianna as a slave for Argus Wake. This quickly went downhill as she was treated horribly no matter how hard she tried to just do what she was told, or even more if she could. After a while, my brother felt as if she was purposely being left out of things, and it was affecting the amount of RP that was available to her as a character.

So me and my siblings agreed that she had reached the end of the line, because there was no real way out of it. She had a collar on that could kill her if she tried to escape so that wasn't an option, and that is all the options a normal slave normally has. Other than attempting to kill the master, which... would have ended the same way.

So she committed suicide. Know how to best put the reason why?

I've been so unhappy with him lately,

If I brought her back after that, she would have still been a depressed little elf that no one loves, and would most likely kill herself again.

Situation 2.

Aadora is my main character. While I don't play her as much as I would like to, she still means a lot to me and I really wouldn't like to see her die, or be hurt at all really. It's not just because I am attached to her [Though I greatly am] but also that characters like her getting hurt or killed in my opinion makes a story sad or depressing.

Let's say she did die.
I would have her resurrected as soon as possible because in my opinion, she has a lot to live for, both IC and OOC.

So again I say to ask yourself...

If you resurrect Lancelet, would you not still be unhappy with him?

Like Reigen said. If you would miss him too much to just let him die like that, then mold him into a character that you can better fit into situations, using the death as a reason for his sudden change.

[Lancelet]

Thanks for all the feedback, guys. I read it all, and after considering all points of view (Do it!/Don't do it!/Eh, your choice), Lance is coming back to life.

He's been beaten down pretty low before but always comes back around. His guild name - Shindu Al'ar - means Fallen Phoenix. True Shindu were always known for getting back up after they fell. The struggle to rise again was never easy and always messy, but they never gave in.

I will not cheapen the serious consequences of a death and rebirth, but I hope he will come out of it in some ways better than he was before.

Now to write!

"The Fallen never stand alone"

[Aadora]

Don't forget that if a Pheonix dies because their time of life is up, they are reborn from the ashes younger, stronger and healthier.

While the same probably can't be sad for Lancelet, you have a fresh new chance to bring him back up as a... I dunno.

Tank or something. Definitely not a healer.

[c0rzilla]

It's all up to you and how you develop him after he rises. If you just play it off like nothing happened, or act RAWR LANCE THE BADASS...yeah, it'll make the experience cheap.

I'll use Annabelle as an example of what I think is good progression.

She has died twice. Through both of these experiences she has grown and changed, and in between. I've made note of the interesting cycle related to the Catacombs around her death.

• First death: She was imprisoned in the Catacombs by shadow users/allies, taken out into Elwynn, died by a Shadow Word Death to the heart.
  
  
• Second Death: She was killed by Light users, dead body set up for display, then taken down into the Catacombs by Shadow users for safe keeping.

This cycle will add an interesting element to her psyche. She is also returning to a more gentle way of using the Light, as opposed to the harsh will of the discipline tree.

Look at how the death marked the character, the environment around it. Things like that.