Einherjar

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The Einherjar is the name given to a group of individuals who consistently return from the dead with their mind (mostly) intact. Reception to the Einherjar is mixed, but in general they are treated with caution, but a sense of reverence due to their abilities, and apparent favour of the Gods. They can easily be identified by the change in their eye, where they turn green and black.

It is not know whether Einherjar are born or made, but there are no known signs of their status until they are killed for the first time, after which they begin to manifest supernatural abilities.

Each time they return they lose a little bit of themselves, and there is no guarantee they will return.

Daily Life


Because most Einherjar become outcasted by their previous communities, most go off to join mercenary bands or otherwise work as persons-for-hire. Because of their reliance to death, as well as the various powers they begin to manifest, they make a perfect choice for a range of jobs and tasks. Many end up working as adventurers, or crime-solvers.

Powers


While the new abilities the Einherjar develop upon their first resurrection vary, there are common themes and abilities that show up more often than others:

The ability to communicate with Echoes, animals, or plants.

The ability to manipulate or create primal forces of energy, such as lightening or fire.

The ability to foretell the future, or view the past.

The powers the Einherjar manifest are thought to be born from their inner fire, and many of the resurrected seek to better understand and refine their power, often treating it like an art. While individual Einherjar have an innate talent for a particular kind of ability the understand naturally upon waking from their first death, they can continue to learn more, and epiphanies about certain abilities come with time or through revelation.

In general however, affinity with the abilities comes with practice, and as the Einherjar continues to use their abilities they become more skilled and more adapt at using their inner fire to manifest.

Manifestation
The manifestation of the Einherjar's inner fire can come out in a variety of ways, sometimes being a passive understanding or awareness of something they were not previously able to do (such as see Echoes), or active where the Einherjar will consciousness invest their inner fire into something specific. Those that are particularly adept at controlling this inner fire can even use it to animate the dead.