|| Chronicles of Life and Death || Terminology || Immortal/Undead ||









Immortal/Undead

All immortal creatures are undead, so they are usually lumped into the same category. Basically, the body dies and the soul continues living. The manner in which it continues depends on the individual's level of life force.

If a person with a low/average life force suffers a mortal death, the soul dies too. The only way around this is if someone uses their own life force to keep the soul from dying at the moment that the mortal death occurs.

If a person with an above average life force suffers a mortal death, their soul usually dies too. But if the person has prior knowledge of the after life and the undead, or is deeply spiritual, they may become immortal.

If a person has a high life force, their soul may survive and become immortal. This is still unlikely with out a prior knowledge of the after life, though. Almost all the undead fall into the first and second options, and a few special ones fall into the third.

Now that the soul has survived death, it will become a ghost, angel, demon, or beast. All immortal creatures have distinguishing characteristics, but in common they have: the ability to fly, rapid tissue/cell regeneration, no heart beat, no body heat, hightened senses and animalistic tendencies.

Also, immortals are not actually immortal. They can still be killed or die on their own. They cannot die of old age, but generally die between the ages of 200 and 500. In death, you gain an acceptance of death and most just allow themselves to die.

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