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| Description = Liches are one of the principle undead corrupters, often placing themselves in positions of political power in the communities of the living. Liches are the ultimate expression of necromantic art, turned towards the purpose of establishing an immortal vessel for the lich to continue its search for MORE. Each lich is a unique individual, retaining the personality, goals, ambitions and flaws of its once-living soul. However, over the centuries of existing in the husk of their physical form, without the pleasures of the flesh or the respite of sleep, most liches become quite insane. These liches remain ambitious, and seek to grow their own power and make themselves even more immune to the erosions of time and emotion, and often become quite twisted indeed. | | Description=<onlyinclude>{{#ifeq:{{{transcludesection|Description}}} | ||
| Description | Liches are one of the principle undead corrupters, often placing themselves in positions of political power in the communities of the living. Liches are the ultimate expression of necromantic art, turned towards the purpose of establishing an immortal vessel for the lich to continue its search for MORE. Each lich is a unique individual, retaining the personality, goals, ambitions and flaws of its once-living soul. However, over the centuries of existing in the husk of their physical form, without the pleasures of the flesh or the respite of sleep, most liches become quite insane. These liches remain ambitious, and seek to grow their own power and make themselves even more immune to the erosions of time and emotion, and often become quite twisted indeed. | |||
:Liches look very similar to skeletons, but often drape themselves in finery and surround themselves in a lavish mockery of luxury. Since they have no need for food, sleep or even air, they will often create palaces which lack bathrooms, kitchens and bedrooms. Instead, these keeps feature prominent throne rooms, magnificent libraries, laboratories filled with bizarre experiments, and torture chambers designed to explore the limits of pain and despair. Liches will often employ living servants or slaves to help them maintain these grandiose furnishings, and as convenient fodder for their random outbursts of sadism. | :Liches look very similar to skeletons, but often drape themselves in finery and surround themselves in a lavish mockery of luxury. Since they have no need for food, sleep or even air, they will often create palaces which lack bathrooms, kitchens and bedrooms. Instead, these keeps feature prominent throne rooms, magnificent libraries, laboratories filled with bizarre experiments, and torture chambers designed to explore the limits of pain and despair. Liches will often employ living servants or slaves to help them maintain these grandiose furnishings, and as convenient fodder for their random outbursts of sadism. | ||
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