Resurrection

Resurrection is the perfect restoration of a being with yoki that has died, regardless of the state of the body or the type of death. Resurrection can be done through the skill "Hands of the Goddess", which is exclusive to heart and defensive hand class claymores. It's polar opposite his "Hands of the Reaper", exclusive to heart and offensive hand class claymores, which kills the enemy regardless of the circumstance. Resurrection is limited to Eternals (and possibly abyssals, although if true resurrection is achieved is unknown), as "Hands of the Goddess" is classified as an Eternal-class skill. 
While it is unknown the exact path each being has to reach "Hands of the Goddess", Deborah's path is:
* Double-digit quality -Reanimation
* Single digit-Restoration
* Top-Five-Reincarnation
* Eternal-Resurrection ("Hands of the Goddess")
Reanimation and restoration both involve the user of the ability to corrupt the dead body with his/her yoki, and thus, the being brought back is more of a corrupt being of the user than a separate individual. Reincarnation is when a being is brought back into a body that was not its original one, with a different mind. Resurrection occurs when a being is brought back perfectly, at the strength at which it died, into the body it was born into, along with the mind it originally had that was shattered upon death (hence, the "miraculous" part of Resurrection, as the dead can be brought back, but not as they were once before in all cases but this). The mind referred to here seems to be a copy of the mind the dead being once had, as truly piecing the mind back together from its fragments that appear upon a being's death is impossible, but forging a new mind, which has all the memories of the old mind (plus the original soul/yoki), is possible and results in effectively, the exact same being.
From this, it is suggested that resurrection occurs when a powerful enough source of yoki can piece together the dead being's body, shattered mind, and soul/yoki, as reanimation and restoration involve a degree of corruption from an outside source. Eternals are the only cases known to produce true resurrection. Beings like Sullivan and Leigia have performed Reanimation, Restoration, and Reincarnation but not Resurrection.
Resurrection and the techniques leading up to it are far more difficult than what is required to create/birth a new being seen in Necromancy. The closer to Resurrection a skill is, the less it is necromancy and the more it is a resurrection of a being that existed (rather than the creation of a new being (which may have had parts of a being that existed))
Known cases of Resurrection
* Cassandra -Resurrected by Priscilla
* Roxanne -Resurrected by Priscilla
* Faith -Resurrected by Messire
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