Yeah, I am sure that would horrify him.
Think about being an intelligent (mostly) inanimate object for thousands of years?
However, the stuff that was cut from Book 2, to be moved to Seas of Astlan has a character that is a wizard and a crown, that is worn by either his apprentice or a golem. Not to be confused with Marcus, who appeared to be a talking box to Asmeth on his ship. He is just someone who stupidly wished for immortality and got it. Currently, all that is left of him is head. Earrings of Regeneration work much more slowly than rings of regeneration, unfortunately for him.