Backstory: Death is nothing more and nothing less than the greatest disease imaginable, and has been incurable since the dawn of civilisation. And yet immortality, the simple practice of not succumbing to the disease of death, has never been a novel concept. Once upon a time, when plagues swept the nation, a warlock known only as Othello had paid services to the land, combining magic and medicine alike to save a great deal many lives, even thought it seemed like a drop in the bucket. One day, Othello had found a young apprentice necessary, and had uplifted an ordinary rabbit to the intelligence of a normal being and named him Emrys.
Emrys lived a long life beyond his would-be natural lifespan, and had grown to wonder about the possibility of another world beyond the veil. Had Othello the warlock found his services unnecessary, where would Emrys be, where would his soul be? He been well accustomed to asking existential questions. At the time, he had looked up to the warlock training him, learning magic and science alike, and had been regaled by the immortal beingâs tales and adventures. Years later, Emrys figured it couldnât be impossible to follow suit, and simply decided never to die. The common cruel fate of any immortal being, having to survive to witness friends and family perish, having to carry on alone forever⌠Emrys resolved to remove that problem from the equation as well.
Emrys decided the most appropriate response to the reality of inevitable death was to go insane. Exploiting his learned knowledge of the mystic arts, Emrys spent years concocting numerous magical substances and taking them in any order. Once upon a time, Emrys fabricated a prophecy in order to attain plot armour, foretelling the slaying of Death itself, and eventually came to believe it. Quests to bathe in the Fountain of Youth. Regular use of the Philosopherâs Stone. Consuming the Golden apples of the gods. Eating sacred ambrosia. Playing Death in a game of Chess. Eventually, Emyrs turned towards dangerous medicine. Djinnâs blood had burned a scar over his heart.
Eventually, Emrys must have violated an intrinsic law of nature; although whether or or not anything worked, Emrys certainly believed immortality was an attainable goal and eventually broadened his horizons to attaining immortality for everyone alive in the world in a moral and ethical manner, regardless of whether or not society wished for it. After all, he was prophesied to slay Death itself.