Mordaxius' Treatise on Kymia - Chapter Two

<size=1.2em>How does kymia affect the dead?</size>

After observing many of my comrades fall prey to fatal injuries and starvation, I realized that as long as the body can be restored to health and live again, the kymia around us will do it, whether we want it or not.

However, in cases where the corpses were too damaged to revive, they enjoyed the respite of death, at least temporarily. A person without a heart cannot be brought back by kymia, no matter how powerful, simply because a body cannot function without that vital organ.

Therefore, it is important to keep the corpses away from predators and in dry and secure places in order to slow the process of decomposition. This will ensure a proper and painless resurrection.

Note that a complete yet damaged body can be resurrected in the wrong condition. In the past, I observed a body coming back from death but with its shattered bones fused into immobile blocks, causing the person endless pain. There are exceptions to these rules, as well as curious accidents, which I am going to explain next.

<size=1.2em>Can kymia affect any living creature?</size>

As I mentioned, an incomplete corpse cannot be brought back by kymia. Going back to the example of a body without a heart, what could happen if another piece of organic material is present during the process? In proper conditions, I confirmed that the energy is strong enough to rebuild a body if enough raw materials are around it.

During my numerous investigations in my laboratory, I tend to leave the broken bodies of experimental creatures resting on a wooden table. After a particularly strong ritual that required me to channel massive amounts of kymia, I observed that the process had such a lasting effect that the energy became visible even to those who were untrained.

The kymia started to affect living matter around the place. The roots covering the walls grew and flourished. The organic material from the wooden table combined with the inert bodies of my experiments, bringing them back with their missing organs restored. They became new entities, with their former manners yet adapted to their unique forms.