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Since a lich's soul is mystically tied to its phylactery, destroying its body will not kill it. Rather, its soul will return to the phylactery, and its body will be recreated by the power keeping it immortal. Thus the only way to permanently destroy a lich is to destroy the phylactery as well.
A lich's most often depicted distinguishing feature from other undead in fantasy fiction is the method of achieving immortality; liches give up their souls to form "soul-artifacts" (called a "soul gem" or "phylactery" in other fantasy works), the source of their magic and immortality. Many liches take precautions to hide and/or safeguard one or ...
Szass is a lich, an undead necromancer. He is the leader and most powerful of the Red Wizards of Thay, a group consisting of eight wizards with the title of zulkir who are the rulers of the country Thay. Many of the creatures that serve Szass Tam are undead. [1] [2] [3]
In the MMORPG Tibia (video game), there is a Lich boss named "Koshei The Deathless" who hides his soul in 4 pieces of an amulet that are scattered around the gameworld. Koschei appears as an NPC in the roguelike action RPG Moon Hunters .
Phylactery may refer to: Amulet, an object believed to confer protection upon its possessor; Phylactery (Dungeons & Dragons), a Dungeons & Dragons element; Reliquary, a container for relics; Speech scroll, an illustrative device denoting speech, song, or other types of sound
Once the heroes meet Lashonna, she sends them to the Isle of Last Resort, to uncover the location of the phylactery of Kyuss' general, the dracolich Dragotha. A power-hungry cleric of Vecna and his minions have the same idea, however. 10 "Kings of the Rift" Greg A. Vaughan: J. Barrum, S. Prescott, E. Weidermann; David Hudnut (cover) 18–19 133
Phylactery, an amulet or charm, worn for its supposed magical power. Rabbit's foot, the foot of a rabbit is carried as an amulet believed to bring good luck. (American folklore/Canadian folklore) Vedic amulet, in Vedic literature, fig trees often represent talismans with the udumbara fig tree having been deemed the "lord of amulets".
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