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Soul-Storing

Believe it or not, but removing your characters soul, and giving it to some one else for safe keeping is a no-no. It breaks the fundemental, cardnal rules of soul-storing.

Storing souls is often frowned upon, seen as an necromantic act; the removing and enslaving of souls for the purpose of the care-taker of the spirit. Sure, many beings do not have souls, they are somewhat common. Vampires, Ghouls, Zombies, Ghasts, Skeletons, undead. Yes, those without souls are undead. A character can not function correctly without a soul. It is not some painless act of simply offering someone your characters spirit for safe keeping.

Those few goodly beings that protect souls are few and far between. Guardians, spiritual Guardians. Rituals, enchanted items kept to perserve the link between body and mind.

Simply giving your soul away is akin to simply rising from the grave.

Many of you do it, most of you infact do it. Some one has your characters soul for safe keeping, or just because their character wanted it.

Keep in mind those without souls, yet remain living are slaves. Bound to the service of the one holding their spirit. A slavery of the soul, much like that mentioned in my other article, 'Spirit Slavery'.

Slaves, willing or otherwise. Complete torment can be visited upon the soul, an eternity of pain placed on the spirit. Beings are easily manipulated while their souls are kept; the memories changed, thoughts altered, perceptions of the world and people distorted if that is the will of the holder of the soul.

A chain, always linking the person to the holder, un-escapible, unrelenting. Unmerciful. A character can flee across the very planes of existance , yet still be summoned, tracked and followed by the soul in captivity. Pain can be inflicted upon the body, the mind. The soul is always connected to the person, even if taken, thus allowing the pain, the torment to be visited upon the soulless one.

You can not merely exchange your soul for a new one, you can not recreate a soul, or forge anew to replace the missing soul. Souls can be placed within husks, within bodies. A form of possession. giving the soul control of the body, yet there remains aspects of the original being within that body. Memories the lagacy will always remain.

A soul is scarred by all things that happen in a persons life, and after. Never can these be wiped clean, never forgotten. The mind may forget, lay dorment things of the past; but never the soul. Those that say they can cleanse the soul, are wrong. You can not cleanse a soul, but you can trick it, enchant it, and magically alter the memories and scars of the soul; make it so the mind does not recall; yet the soul will always remember. Keep these things in mind before giving out your characters soul.

Article By: Jeremy