The Ageless

=The Ageless of Axis=

The Ageless of Axis exist as a grand experiment by Ioun, Goddess of knowledge and fate. She was curious what would happen if she subjected a group of mortals to various forms and degrees of immortality, with attached and balanced costs. The effect on the world and on the individuals would be felt for ages to come as each shaped their new seemingly limitless destiny.

History of the Ageless
After the events of the Dawn War between the Primordials and Gods, each God was exhausted and required a period of dormancy to properly regain their abilities. This left any mortals that the deities had touched without the guidance they had grown accustomed to. Ioun had just enough power left to initiate her grand experiment of immortality. Her shardmind servitors gathered together a group of individuals each picked for some quality they possessed. Each was given the gift of eternal life but at a dire cost and requirement, the cost being inversely related to the state of immortality. They each changed history in their own ways and continue to even now.

List of observed Ageless
This is by no means complete, but at least gives a general look at the Ageless that have most affected Axis in some way or another. Each Ageless receives a short description, and a link to an individual article if one exists.

The Ageless Stranger
The first among Ageless, the Stranger is arguably the most powerful of the Ageless as his immortality extends to a form of invincibility. This is maintained only if he stays 24 hours ahead of his fate, which follows him at all times.

The Ageless Wanderer
A recently rediscovered Ageless, the Wanderer, or Cognar, maintains passive immortality but can be ended by physical damage. He must travel the world, and learn its lands, though if he ever finds himself with no where left to see, he dies, his task fulfilled. In favor of his survival, every 75 years his memory is suppressed giving him more time on Axis.

The Ageless Murderer
This Ageless frightens even other Ageless, as he is the most desperate of his kind, for each soul he slays adds its remaining years to the number of days he maintains life.

The Ageless Protector
An Ageless who maintains his immortality as long as he has a charge in his care. If his charge is killed under his cares, he dies as well, but the closer the charge comes to death, the stronger this Ageless becomes.

The Ageless Gatherer
Unlike the other Ageless, who are each a single being, the Ageless Gatherer is the entire race of shardmind, who maintain their race's existence as long as they continue to gather their kind to power the living gate.