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Bergentrückung is a legendary type of magic that has been used by great heroes and kings in order to preserve their lives in preparation for a day in the future where they must rise again to protect their charge.
Description[]
Bergentrückung allows one to put themselves or a willing target into a peaceful, ageless slumber. Once cast, it lasts until a certain condition arises (often their homeland being threatened or others they wish to protect being threatened), at which point the one who is put to sleep will awaken at full power and in the prime of their lives in order to take care of the condition that awakened them. The magic can also bet set to only activate right before they succumb to death due to injury or illness, in which case they heal within the slumbering state in preparation for the day where they must rise from their slumber.
Limitations[]
This is no immortality magic, at least not of the sort one would want to seek out. They can only get out of their slumbering state when the condition set for this magic arises. And they are also forced back into the slumbering state after the condition has been dealt with. They also do not heal from any damage sustained after they go into slumber, only the damage they had before they go into their first slumber heals. Should this magic get dispelled, they revert to the state they were in before going into slumber, including the injuries and ailments, plus they rapidly age to their true age. This magic will only work if the target is still alive when it is cast. It cannot be cast on those who are already dead. Also, there are no loopholes in this magic, one cannot set a condition that would overrule the conditional aspect of this magic such as the condition being "whenever i want to be awake" as that would allow them to basically just be some regular old ageless immortal when this magic is only meant to preserve people for a future task they must complete and only for that future task. A final limitation is that those under the power of this magic can grow no more powerful than they were at their prime, their growth in skill and power will forever stagnate for as long as they are affected by this magic.
Spells[]
Sleeping Knights of the Cave: This spell is a form of this magic which acts on multiple individuals. The group affected by this magic will slumber until a certain nation (often their own) is in peril. In which case they will rise to protect the nation.
Sleeping Naval Guardians: This spell sequesters a ship and its crew deep into the sea, with the crew put into a slumber that protects them from the ocean depths. Like other spells of Bergentrückung, this spell sets a condition which must be met in order for those under the power of the spell to temporarily awaken once more. Once the condition has been resolved, they return to the sea.
Sleeping Grave King: Where most spells of this magic make those under its affect appear as if they are only sleeping, those affected by this spell will appear to decay and rot in their slumber which makes them easily mistaken for a corpse. This spell would be best used for those who wish that their enemies would believe that they are truly dead, never to return, in order to gain somewhat of an element of surprise when they finally awaken to complete their magic-enforced duty.
Sleeping Divinity Slumber World: This spell of Bergentrückung provides some extra security for a sleeping hero in that it sequesters them away in a pocket dimension, away from the actual world they will return to when the time comes for them to awaken.
Sokushinbutsu: This spell of Bergentrückung is the most gruesome form of the magic due to the long, and torturous ritual suicide required to enact it. And is typically forbidden and classified as Black Arts. It involves putting oneself on a harsh diet, designed to dehydrate oneself and kill off any microorganisms that would aid the decomposition process after death. This process takes three years of this torturous diet at the very minimum, and can take even longer depending on how much the mage casting it on themself wants to ensure a successful casting. Near the moment of their death, in a state of meditation, the caster must finally cast the actual spell, which will only succeed if they have successfully self-mummified, otherwise leaving a regular old decomposing corpse. For further chance of success, most mages who cast this spell take on a group of disciples to help them along the process.
The final result of the Sokushinbutsu spell, and the actual benefit to willingly undergoing such a gruesome self-torture, is that it manages to bypass the limit of Bergentrückung where they can be no more powerful than their prime before they went under the effects of this magic. Albeit, only allowing a gradual growth of power in proportion to how long they remain a mummified corpse before their future task arises for them to fulfill.
The biggest downside however, is that one relives the torturous process needed to enact the spell the entire time they remain mummified. This is another huge reason the spell is forbidden, as those subjected to it could very well come out completely insane and a danger to everyone around them with the increase in power.
Trivia[]
- This magic is based on the literary trope "king in the mountain". This trope is one where there is a sleeping legendary hero who is said to awaken in the future in a time of need for the land they protect. "Bergentrückung" is the german word for the trope. Its spells are based off of different variations of the trope. in folklore and myth.
- I added Sokushinbutsu after a long hiatus from this wiki because I got inspired the other day by learning more about the historical Buddhist practice of the same name, although I am only beginning with a very rough and vague description of the practice that I will likely change once I have time for more in-depth research. Also, I added it, because the practice is related to a Buddhist legend in Japan that definitely fits the "Bergentrückung" trope. Specifically, the legend surrounding the death of "Kūkai", a medieval Japanese monk. Look up Kūkai on Wikipedia, specifically the section "Final Years" since the legend is described there.