Talk:Ainz Ooal Gown/@comment-179.199.241.67-20160105165707/@comment-66.8.240.46-20160106015617

I don't remember it being a magic item implied or not... LN or WN.

If we are counting all sources of material as possibly valid, even very peripheral stuff...

The 'orb' is probably his phylactery as a Lich. In this case it would be the receptacle that contains the mind and soul for him. With it, he should be able to possess other peoples' bodies and such... but this doesn't mean the body really becomes 'his'. At the same time it would be his weak spot because it's a actual physical object.

(Unless the author wants to take it in this direction, I would say it's better to completely ignore this small bit of trivia... it does give hints to other possible abilities, but it opens the door to just as many liabilities.)

This goes double with any of the Lovecraft reference stuff...

I don't really consider Overlord to really be Horror... not anywhere in the same line as Pulp Horror such as Lovecraft. It's more along the lines of Fantasy with a Horror backdrop. Some of the actual Horror Stories (Including Lovecraft but there were numerous other authors in the genre as well.) was descriptive enough to turn people's stomach, which isn't what Overlord reads like to me.