Unlife

The Unlife is the power of true evil. It seeks to destroy and create chaos to feed upon. It does not wish to simply kill, but to devour the spirit of the dying. There is a fate no worse than having your soul utterly destroyed.

Why do beings serve the Unlife? There could be many reasons: greed, impatience, the desire for vengeance, or lust for power. All also suffer from the arrogant presumption that they will be able to drink from the well of the Unlife and yet retain their freedom of mind and spirit. All are wrong.

Background

The Unlife was originally a ICE (Iron Crown Enterprises) age aspect of Gemstone III that was removed in 1993. The House of the Rising Phoenix was formed to combat the Unlife. It remains to them and others as a concept of evil.

While the Unlife is not directly supported any longer, the society called the Council of Light and it's soul draining abilities are based off the Unlife. The roleplay and power source of that society remain part of the dark underworld of the games structure.

Undead, while not the Unlife, are most often created through the power of the Unlife in manifestations of souls placed or trapped into host bodies. Outside of this, Luukos who some acredit the sphere of Undeath to, and numerous Lornon Arkati such as the potential Ur-Daemon Marlu, are known to use powers in line with the Unlife. The source of current in-game lore for this power are the Ur'Daemons. While none have manifested in game demons and planar enemies such as Vathor, Ithzir, the Vvrael, and others represent lesser manifestations of this power. In somes opinion.

For those who oppose the Unlife today they seek to fight evil in it's various forms. Be it demonic, invading armies, the occult, the immoral, or those who seek to opress free will. This is a short list as presented and while not all forms of evil draw from the Unlife it's safe to assume the forces of good will combat the various manifestations of darkness.

The Unlife exists, if not in name, but in spirit.