More than four thousand years ago, the wedding of Tal’kamar Deshrel ended with Elliavia, his new wife, being brutally and senselessly slain. Mad with grief, Tal’kamar drew for the first time on a dark power called kan, killing all those in attendance as he took their life force—their Essence—in a vain attempt to bring her back to life. Burdened with sorrow and guilt over both Elliavia’s death and his own actions, Tal’kamar soon found that he was unable to die: even when beheaded, he would simply wake up again in a different body and a different land. Worse, he eventually discovered that not
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