Consecution

**Consecution** is a ritual practiced by the Kryn Dynasty, attaching a soul to one of the beacons of the Luxon. When a consecuted creature dies within one hundred miles of a beacon, their soul does not move on to the Outer Planes, but rather relocates into a newborn infant within one hundred miles of the beacon in question. Around adolescence, the creature carrying the relocated soul begins to remember their past life, strongly drawing toward Xhorhas and the source of its returning memories. This process of anamnesis can be accelerated with meditation practices perfected by the Dynasty. When a soul is reborn, it doesn't replace an existing soul, but becomes the original soul of the infant.

A consecuted soul can eventually reach a state known as Umavi, indicating perfection. While consecution doesn't cause insanity, there are rumors that very old Umavi can be overwhelmed by too many lifetimes' memories, causing behavioral issues.

While there is no way to "unconsecute" a soul, a condemned person can be executed outside the range of the hundred-mile range of the beacons to ensure that their soul isn't reborn.

## **Consecuted individuals**

* Bright Queen Leylas Kryn
* Quana Kryn
* Caelestis Kryn
* Abrianna Mirimm
* Deirta Thelyss
* Olomon
* Thuron
* Irvan Wastewalker

## **Trivia**

* While the *Explorer's Guide to Wildemount* and *Critical Role: Call of the Netherdeep* each specify in one place that the consecuted souls in a Luxon beacon only incarnate in humanoid babies, the *Explorer's Guide* also says that souls were reborn in "various intelligent creatures", and thus non-humanoid beings like ogres (which are considered giants) are a part of the Kryn Dynasty.
	+ It is possible that the limitation of humanoids in the process of rebirth was originally established, rule-wise, because when the *Explorer's Guide* was published in March 2020 there weren't official playable races that weren't humanoid.

## **References**

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 See *Explorer's Guide to Wildemount*, p. 268.
2. ↑ See "Explorer's Guide to Wildemount Q&A and Fireside Chat with Matthew Mercer" (Sx53) at 1:34:17.
3. ↑ See "Explorer's Guide to Wildemount Q&A and Fireside Chat with Matthew Mercer" (Sx53) at 1:33:40.
4. ↑ See "Explorer's Guide to Wildemount Q&A and Fireside Chat with Matthew Mercer" (Sx53) at 1:29:51.
5. ↑ See "Explorer's Guide to Wildemount Q&A and Fireside Chat with Matthew Mercer" (Sx53) at 1:31:14.
6. ↑ See "In Love and War" (2x57) at 0:29:00.
7. ↑ See "*Talks Machina* #137: 'Lingering Wounds' & 'Bathhouses and Bastions'" (TMx137) from 0:54:57 through 0:56:00.
8. ↑ See *The Tales of Exandria: The Bright Queen*, Issue #4.
9. ↑ See *Explorer's Guide to Wildemount*, p. 41.
10. ↑ See "Stone to Clay" (2x91) at 0:23:06.  Dierta must be consecuted if she is an Umavi.
11. ↑ See "Feral Business" (2x52) at 1:09:09.
12. ↑ See "Lost & Found" (2x13) at 0:52:01.  "I have lived four lifetimes. As long as the beacons remain, me and my people will live more."
13. ↑ See *Call of the Netherdeep*, pp. 11–14.
14. ↑ See *Call of the Netherdeep*, p. 16.
15. ↑ See *Explorer's Guide to Wildemount*, p. 142.
16. ↑ See "*Talks Machina* #106: 'In Love and War'" (TMx106) at 46:13.  Consecuted individuals can be reborn in a body of any species