Category:Killer

A killer snuffs out the life of another being. Depending upon the identity of the killer, of the killed, and of the witnesses, the act of killing may, or may not, constitute a crime. For example, a lumberjack might think nothing of killing a tree; the state would agree with him so long as the tree was his to kill and as long as any consequent taxes were paid; a druid would agree with neither opinion and would, at a minimum, see any gratuitousness on the part of the lumberjack as a crime against nature. That being said, most individuals fail to conceive of those working in forestry or agricultture as killers. Indeed many individuals may fail to conceive of themselves as killers when dealing with vermin. And what about medical researchers experimenting on animals . . . . To say nothing of mad scientists seeking to steal from the the gods the ability to create life . . . . Did Mordenheim think of himself as a killer when he decided to shut off the laboratory pump that was keeping the brain of Rudolph von Aubrecker alive?