Hm, it would be convenient if summoning shades dovetailed neatly into resurrection. Nameless' self-resurrection requires rising as one first, so it'd fit. In many cases we're more interested in the informational benefits of having access to people anyway, for things like Diagrams and knowledge from dead gods. The latter we might not want to raise at all, but the carrot of true revival is a potent incentive. I could go for a chat with Elvegekere, personally. There's a lot he could potentially offer: a detailed accounting of the last war, advice on circumventing the Heroine's defenses, his spells (possibly free Further Beyonds), what the Throne of Stars was, the identity of previous Overlords... and firsthand information about the Divine Realm and the capabilities of its denizens, gleaned from his time as a Servant. Useful if we're planning an attack; if we kill the Fates first, does it still trigger Tribulation? It might not work, but even failure would be informative. If it does, well, we'd get to tell a man who's languished in Servitude for thousands of years that help is on the way. No Overlord left behind!
The current winning combination (Diligent + Pursuit) is pretty much the 'Immortal Awakening or bust' route, needing only Elder Beast for maximum synergy, so we'd be well served by going for essence extraction. Mastery of that implies its opposite, at least according to the Necromancer's blurb. The person I imagine Nameless would be most interested in resurrecting was slain by essence depletion in the process of creating a Magnum Opus, so I don't think we can bring Baenlixnaire back until we've got a handle on it. Undiminishing Elves is nice too, and not that expensive relative to our current level of progression, but unlikely to be terribly useful. They've given us what assistance they can, though I do wonder if there are any Artificers who prefer their current state. We could also try getting Flare and fueling it with transferred essence, though it seems like it'd benefit more from true understanding than just treating it as yet another problem to throw power at. Depending on the contents of our Wish, though, even the exorbitant costs of acting as Truth can be recouped.
The current winning combination (Diligent + Pursuit) is pretty much the 'Immortal Awakening or bust' route, needing only Elder Beast for maximum synergy, so we'd be well served by going for essence extraction. Mastery of that implies its opposite, at least according to the Necromancer's blurb. The person I imagine Nameless would be most interested in resurrecting was slain by essence depletion in the process of creating a Magnum Opus, so I don't think we can bring Baenlixnaire back until we've got a handle on it. Undiminishing Elves is nice too, and not that expensive relative to our current level of progression, but unlikely to be terribly useful. They've given us what assistance they can, though I do wonder if there are any Artificers who prefer their current state. We could also try getting Flare and fueling it with transferred essence, though it seems like it'd benefit more from true understanding than just treating it as yet another problem to throw power at. Depending on the contents of our Wish, though, even the exorbitant costs of acting as Truth can be recouped.
