I was not when I was brought here. [then again he was on death's door so maybe he died without realizing it. hard to say. it does tell him this man must have died to ask such a thing, which explains some of the tension.]

In truth finding any sort of pattern in this place is difficult, at least in matters of who awakens here. I have met a couple of people from the world I knew but many more from places that have never heard of magic. People are from different points in time, and some never meet another familiar to them.

I assume death is the same.