Meditations on Death - Volume 1

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Meditations on Death - Volume I.

by Alucard de'Lenfent

A somewhat tattered brown leather notebook, filled with spidery writing.

I have thought long and hard on the state which mortals refer to as "life", the state that they go to such lengths to preserve. Of course, coming to useful conclusions is difficult where the unpredictabilities of the mortal mind begin to come into play.

Death, it can be proposed, comes in to similar, yet very different forms; firstly there is mortal death. The death in which the being's life as a mortal is ended, although for all intents and purposes they can still be revived. Revival is possibly by either medicinal, magickal or arcane means. Necromancy, for example, can restore the being to "life" after the mortal shell has died.

Then, what if this newly resurrected being dies again, what then becomes of their life? The answer is of course, the same as before. The being is free to be resurrected, so long as the physical shell is in a good enough condition. This, in effect leads to an endless cycle of death, restoration of life, and dying. The undead themselves, are subject to this cycle, as zombies and skeletons, even vampires, can be restored to life after entering a state which many would call 'death'.

Now, it can also be proven that another state of death exists, a 'final' death. From this state there is no return, the life and soul of the being in question is lost in the void, and becomes one with Oblivion. The soul, and the very essence of the being is lost to the all devouring forces of nothingness, and no resurrection is possible.

It is this death, to which everyone should aspire to fully understand, for to understand the final death, would surely enable the student understand Oblivion, and know the true power that it holds.

Alas, the hour grows late, and I have yet to prepare the newest batch of cadavers for my experiments tomorrow eve, I shall think more on these questions then...

The rest of the journal is filled with meaningless sketches and notes.