Overview
A phylactery is a vessel that contains the life essence of a
lich. The creation of a phylactery is a requirement to attain lichdom; it is a demanding process of
black magic that relies on complex rituals and exotic magical components. The actual phylactery is usually a sealed vessel that contains a focus for the lich's life essence, such as strips of paper with magical phrases inscribed on them, a precious jewel, or even a small piece of the lich's body. After creating the phylactery, a lich lives on forever in
undeath. The phylactery usually becomes their most closely guarded posession, as the only way to permanently destroy a lich is to destroy its phylactery and release its stored life essence.
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