CHARACTER DEATHS

[beleos]

CHARACTER DEATHS

When a character's body suffers fatal damage, they dissipate around their Shards - but as long as the Shards themselves are not destroyed, a Shard-Bearer will return to life. In order for this regenerative process to take place, however, Shards must be brought to the Tree of Life - a place to which all Bearers are innately connected. (This knowledge is well-known by all Bearers in both Highstorm and Springstar, and thus you can handwave how your character came about the details.)

A Bearer's Shard must be placed near the Tree's base; it will slowly sink into the earth until buried. Over the course of the next 5-7 days (your OOC choosing), a cocoon of moss, roots, and soil will begin to emerge from the ground - and as long as the Shard held within is not disturbed, the Bearer will regenerate and revive from within. Once the process is complete, they will 'hatch' from their cocoon like a newborn birdling - with or without outside assistance. They will find themselves weak and generally unwell for the next few days; the time of their recovery is up to you. Whether they bear scars or permanent disfiguration as a result of damage suffered prior to dissipation is up to you.

Should your character die, please fill out the form below to report this to the Loremasters! You may receive some Interesting Information about the journey your character takes while their bodies are coming back into being...

<b>Character Name:</b> <b>Aspect:</b> <b>How they died:</b> Please provide context for their death - for example, "mercy killed by a friend via decapitation," "stabbed in the back by an enemy," "took a catastrophic fall down a well and broke their neck at the bottom after tripping." <b>When they died / when they'll revive:</b> Please provide the OOC dates! <b>Pick a number from 1-10:</b> Pick a number, any number! <b>Are you OK with some Lore Bits upon revival?</b>
Please note: If your character dies under circumstances that would see their Shard with an enemy who does not intend to let them revive at the Tree or dies in a manner where their Shard is not retrieved by an ally who will bring them there, please reach out to a Loremaster! We can assist you in making sure they aren't stuck in limbo.

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[beleos]

The process takes a few days as from the roots of the Tree, Amos is reborn.

It's largely like the last time he's been through this (Amos needs to get the equivalent of frequent flier miles at this rate), peaceful and uneventful despite the violence of how he’d ended up here. However, there is one thing that he’ll remember, if only faintly. It’s an out of body experience, quite literally, as he doesn’t seem to have a body at all. There’s a teal-colored light that he can perceive, and it’s bright enough (or maybe he’s just not able to see?) to muddy details of the single thing he remembers seeing. A silver hand reaches out, not for him, but for something else. He can’t see what it ends up grabbing, but he can see the silver of the hand seem to “rust” within the light as if rapidly degrading and aging. But that’s all.

When Amos comes to, he’ll find himself encased in a cocoon. The cocoon is filled with the same familiar sap that the sarcophagi in Yima’s basement had been, just up to Amos’s neck. Vines snake along his limbs and encase them slightly, though they're weak and easily broken and he stirs.

The thin material of the cocoon isn’t difficult to break through, but it still feels like a great effort because of how weak he feels. It’s as if he’s been doing days of strenuous activity, and the feeling will linger along with general body aches and chills for the next few days as his body demands rest and recovery.