Pixie Lich, Photoshop illustration by Rhonda Green
Cho thuê xe du lịch Hà Nội
Eternity
And how they unlived happily ever after.
I’ve always enjoyed it when a game leaves its ending open enough to keep the story alive long after the credits roll. This piece is set after the events of Dragon Age: Veilguard, in my own little “what comes next” space.
In my version of the story, Agatha lives out her full mortal life with Emmrich and eventually pursues lichdom. Not to escape death, but to remain closer to it, keeping watch over her beloved home, the Grand Necropolis. And to make the ending a little more sappy (there’s enough loss in real life, so let me have this), she also gets to spend eternity with the man she loves.
And finally, Agatha has all the time in the world for her corpse beetle collection. 🪲
Reminder: there are lots of cooler and more fitting terms for the object a lich keeps its soul in than phylactery (which is the Greek-derived English name for a Jewish ritual object which has nothing to do with souls, magic, or necromancy).
Instead try:
- Reliquary
- Necromancer's Amulet
- Koschei's Needle
- Soul jar
- Soul vessel
- Soul cage
- Soul gem
- Honestly, I'd be happier to hear horcrux than for you to keep trying to tie Jewish people to necromancy, whether that's your intention or not.
