Immortality

Fiona is stripped of her immortality.

**Immortality** is the power to possibly live an eternal lifespan. The beings with this ability are labeled as *immortal*. Immortal beings are usually protected from a natural death, but immortality does not mean the possessor is invulnerable, as they can still obtain wounds such as cuts and bruises, and can still be killed or vanquished through magical means. Furthermore, these beings are either immune to aging or at least age at a much slower rate than mortals.

It has been shown that even beings with immortality can have their powers stripped through the use of certain rituals.

## Overview

This is an ability possessed by Whitelighters and Darklighters. However, as Whitelighters received their powers from the Elders and were bound to them, they all died along with the Elders during the Apocalypse, along with their Darklighters. Only two of them, Helen McGantry (who was out of commission) and Harry Greenwood, (after the Elders stripped him of his powers, Fiona channeled the power of a Vortex Viribus to restore all of his Whitelighter abilities, making him no longer tied to the Elders) remained alive after the Elders' demise, as well as their Darklighter duplicates.

It appears that almost all demons are immortal, though some require additional powers or rituals to sustain their immortality. The demon Alastor was stated that he was at least 3000 years old and maintained the appearance of a middle aged person. The demon Taydeus had to drain the life force of others to maintain his immortality, while Viralis required a ritual sacrifice to survive for another ten years.

Divine entities, also known as gods, naturally possess immortality. The oldest of them have existed for thousands of years. However, they can be contained and killed through powerful enough methods.

Fiona Callahan possessed immortality due to her role as *the Keeper of The Sacred Flame*/*Steward of The Source of All Evil*. In her case, the immortality made her near-indestructible and no one was able to find an effective method to outright kill her. However, her immortality was stripped by Macy Vaughn with a demonic Voodoo ritual. It was later revealed that Fiona’s immortality would have saved her from dying when she ignited the Sacred Flame, had Macy not stripped her of it. Macy became immortal for a short period of time after merging with The Source of All Evil. Her immortality and all other powers of the Source were relinquished by herself and her sisters with a spell.

## Enhanced Durability

Additionally, most immortal beings also possess increased durability to injury, thus these beings are able to withstand physical and/or magical harm that would otherwise be lethal. It also grants beings protection against the effects of their own powers.

## Self-Resurrection

Self-Resurrection is a subpower or lesser variation of immortality that allows the user to come back to life upon being killed. Whitelighters and Darklighters are two halves of a single being, and due to the circumstances of their separation, cannot kill their counterparts. As a result, when a Darklighter kills their Whitelighter counterpart or vice versa, they automatically self-resurrect. According to Harry Greenwood, when Whitelighters are killed, they are returned to the grave of their original self. This also appeared to be the case for their Darklighter counterparts.

Medusa was alive in 2018 despite the fact she was killed by Perseus thousands years ago. That means that at some point she had to came back after she was killed.

Nekomata Cats possess nine lives and can bring themselves back to life eight times. Each time they die, they resurrect in a matter of hours as long as their body remains untouched. Upon their ninth and final death, they die permanently.

## Immortality Stripping Ritual

Harry Greenwood knew of a spell to strip an immortal being of their immortality, but it required that the ritual be self-inflicted. This can be circumvented by the use of a demonic voodoo ritual and casting the spell on oneself while controlling the immortal. Macy used herself as the voodoo doll and then the sign of infinity was cut up on both of their skin.

### Incantation

*Jarridnee min an-noor el-abadeyy. (تجردني من نوري الأبدي)*
Translation
*Strip me of my eternal light.*
## Celeste's Pocket Watch

The former Elder, Celeste, possesses a magical watch that allowed her to prolong her life for at least five hundred years by stopping her time. However, she became dependent on this invention, since if the watch stopped or was broken, she would die by rapidly aging and being reduced to dust. This function was made defunct when Celeste adjusted the watch to allow it to be used for time travel, which effectively ended her immortality and connection to the watch.

## Known Users

Original Power
* Whitelighters (immortal and can self-resurrect when killed by their Darklighter)
	+ Harry Greenwood (formerly)
	+ Tessa Flores-Cohen †
	+ Helen McGantry †
	+ Diana
* Darklighters (immortal and can self-resurrect when killed by their Whitelighter)
	+ Jimmy †
	+ Helen McGantry's Darklighter †
* Demons
	+ Alastor †
	+ Taydeus † (had to be maintained through Life Force Absorption)
	+ Viralis † (through a 10 female sacrifice ritual once every ten years)
	+ Gorgons
		- Medusa †
* The Source of All Evil
* Gods
	+ Satyrs
		- Leon
	+ Tawerets
		- Sela
* Demon-Witches
	+ Abigael Jameson-Caine
* Circadians
	+ Roxie
* Nekomata Cats (nine lives in total)
	+ Sunny †

Through spell, artifact, power stealing, etc.
* Fiona Callahan † (as the Keeper of the Sacred Flame; stripped)
* Macy Vaughn † (merged with the Source; relinquished)
* Celeste (via her magical pocket watch; formerly)
* Ishani † (through her curse; formerly)