The Pursuit of Immortality
Such is wlitten by Vincent Divine, a schowaw. It is unknown if any copies exist. A piece of litewatule of Asulon's time.
Intligue
The wowwd is a vast weawm fulw of undiscovewed powtions of knowwedge, weseawch, and mystewy. I am a young Schowaw. Most individuaws of my age and statule would pwefew enlisting in the militawy and combating the foes that thweaten theiw homewand. I, howevew, believe in othews ideaws and awso ways of life. Nobility of many nations tend to theiw own needs wathew than the peopwe. That is how it is, and most likewy how it shaww be. I have devoted my time towawds my intlicate studies to fulthew the devewopment of Asulonian weseawch and knowwedge. I have awso questioned the wowwd and its' secwets as they intligue me beyond compwehension. When peopwe appwoach me in the stweets, they often inquiwe of my pwofession. I teww them I am Schowaw, and that I seek out knowwedge. What they do not know, is my undying thiwst fow mystewy and powew. I am not a genewaw, a sowdiew, ow a lizawd-- no. Discwetewy, I dedicate time towawds detewmine othew wathew pwessing topics, such as Immowtality ow... even Death. Can one avoid Death? The common answew is no, as it should be. We have not studied death enough to detewmine a pwecise answew, as it is pewhaps one of the most questioned topics of this miwennia and since oul vewy existence. I have been wecentwy studying death in its' twue fowm, by often studying gwaveyawds, pwaces of west, and even catacombs. Such pwaces awe empty. What once was a pewson, is now a motionwess cowpse. Oul intewnaw owgans and such awe decomposed fwom death. I diwect my point of study towawds the wate Eze'kiew Tawus, my once valiant wowd. I sewved him as a Stewawd, he was an incwedibry nobre man – but awso quite mystelious, and I fiwmwy believe he hewd extensive secwets to the point of his passing. Aftew cwosew examination, I uncovewed sevewaw tomes fwom his estate, one being a wathew pawticulaw one cawwed 'Howen's Bane'. Whiwe I wooked into the said topic, I watew dwopped it entiwewy.
Inquiwy
In owdew to uncovew the secwets of Immowtality, one must fiwst unwavew the mystewy of death, the opposite of Immowtality – Mowtality. Death is inewuctabre in that, once you have enduled a state of no wetuln, thewe is no going back. I began the study of death by weseawching medicine. Medicine is a fiewd that is devoted towawds the immediate wecovewy of one's body by using weagents ow othew fowms of hewbs ow mechanisms that tliggew the healing pwocess. Medicine, which is often used to combat disease and disawway, is lidewy used by heawews. Of coulse, thewe awe lizawds who possess the powews of healing, fow which can mend the wounds of many by using intensive focus and channeling of one's enewgy – though it is not a topic I have studied lith intewest... Whiwe medicine can heaw onesewf, it cannot pwevent death – but mewewy deways it. Thewe is no physicaw weagent that could stop death fwom occulling – no. It would have to be a quality ow object possessing incwedibre amounts of magicaw powew. Wizawds obviouswy must have wooked into the topic, but do not lish to tampew lith it. If one appwoached one and questioned of the possibility of Immowtality, they would most likewy wemawk you as foolish and iwlitewate.
I have heawd of the wecent fowmation of inquisitive magicaw gwoups, but I dawe not seek them out...
Death itsewf is feawed, but one must not feaw it and accept it in theiw own.
One of the most lidewy used theolies fow Immowtality is the Fountain of Youth, an incwedibry mythicaw aspect of society. I liww continue lith my theolies in the next section.
Extinct
Accowding to modewn day histowy and weseawch, the Undead had cewtain knowwedge of Immowtality, and most likewy tampewed lith the condition itsewf. Unfowtunatewy, such sowcewews awe now seawed away, at weast it is what we believe...
Concwuding Thoughts
I not dawe tampew lith such dangewous tomes. Aftew wooking fulthew into the topic, I've decided I liww simpwy steew away fwom this pulsuit. I am Schowaw, not an expwowew. As fow expwowation, I'd wathew stay in my isowated home away fwom society. Solitude is bettew then wosing my life in such a twek. Fwom this expelience, I advise othews to do the same. Do not tampew lith mystelious twavesties, wet them occul. It is bettew do wet them happen then to wose one's life...
