In the place I come from names usually are more than just something to "sound cool", so it's hard for me to not take things literally. And it wouldn't be the first time I see powers that are born from grieving, there are really all kinds of magic out there.

[He pauses for a second before he continues.]

Then again, I suppose it's really just a cool sounding name, like the witches you mentioned. I doubt that the ones I know would drop anything upon death like monsters in a videogame, assuming they can die of course.

[He lets that hang there for now. It's a really bad habit but even as a wizard he doesn't trust magic easily, mostly because he knows very well that not everything is always what it seems. Honestly, though, what bothers him the most is the part regarding the soul gem not getting dull while they are here. It's not natural to remove a limiter like that in this place, last time he checked the only limiters that ever got removed from the equation were those that were negative for the person, and not always.]