she’s currently within Tiera, not Schnee. Tiera was supposed to inherit her stats, but because of her “natural” death in real life, some supernatural stuff happened.
Marino died in the real world while still connected to the game. Her HP never went to zero, so technically she wasn’t killed. While it may seem like a small detail, it’s a big one concerning what it means for Tiera later on.
Okay, I'm confused about the situation with Shadow's group. Are they NPC's like Schnee who gained an ego after the game was cleared or are they players who died in the game and then were reborn once the game cleared? I'm sorry, I haven't read either the WN or the LN so I get lost occasionally while reading this. ;_;