Talk:Basilisk/@comment-5016083-20130906132038/@comment-71.23.225.154-20141127083059

They actually ARE eyes. (Based on what Domhnall of Zena tells us about the Basilisks.)

It's also why they:

1.)  Move independently in their eye-sockets (especially noticeable after you kill them, and kick their corpses around),

2.)  Have pupils, and

3.)  Have irises.

The Eyes of Death are Eyes, too. (Based on the in-game description and lore.)  The eyes of dead victims summon more potential victims (through Nito's evil magic) to a hosts homeworld. These new player-invaders have their eyes harvested, too, to also be used to lure other poor saps to their doom (and magnify the Necromancer-wannabee-host's Sword of the Deathlord's power/damage.)