Immortality

Immortality is the unexpiring state of the body. In general it is used to mean a being that does not die of natural causes, rather than an invulnerable being whose body cannot be harmed enough for it to die. In a supernatural context, though, it can be used pragmerroneously to mean an undying afterlife state.
==Kinds==
*Natural
**True
**Limitless Longevity, ex. elves
**Acquisition of benign power, ex. gem channeling
*Necromantic
**Lich Preservation: the temporary instantiation of this is used for necromantic servants
**Unicorn blood, to some extent, but bears a curse
**Partial, unstable immortality can be devised through magical use of elf blood and body
**Horcrux
*Stasis
**Meditation
**Enchanted sleep usually preserves the body, but does not change its reslience upon waking
==True Immortality==
Beings that are beyond the needs of the body, passively by their nature having everything they need. An immortal being could still be destroyed by the right means.
==Limitless Longevity==
Creatures that do not age or die of natural causes. Their bodies do not fail. Different kins bear different processes, some all, some only one.
===Processes===
*Going into torpor when lacking food or water
*Going into torpor when lacking air
*Going into torpor in extreme cold or heat
*Going into torportous sleep after extreme sleep deprivation (relative to species)
*Resisting all disease
*Bodies do not fail and fall into conditions ("humors always in perfect balance")
===Serial===
The term serial longevity is used by some to refer to the reincarnation cycle of limitlessly longevitous elves.
==Regeneration==
See main article, Regeneration
==Sources==
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_immortality
https://www.quora.com/Which-living-organism-doesnt-die
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torpor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptobiosis
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Immortality
Category:Magic
Category:Biology