Quote Originally Posted by brian 333 View Post
Ghost Martyr

A martyr dies for his faith. That's just a regular martyr. There is no reason to add Ghost because we already know that martyrs are dead.

Ghost Martyrs don't sacrifice their lives, they sacrifice their afterlives, which makes them different from regular martyrs. That's why they need a special name.

Feel free to disagree. I have nothing to prove my head canon is better than yours.
I never thought about any of this all before this discussion came up, but if I had, the above is exactly how i would have envisioned it. Perfect explanation IMO.