SoulBound

Lifespan: 100 years

Height range: Varies depending on subrace

### Physical description

The soulbound are of many forms. Motivated souls of the dead, escaping Quisno's peace, sometimes find themselves inhabiting bodies of the dead, or put into machines and constructs.

### History

A recently founded race, these soul-bound are spirits who have been unable to cross into the afterlife without the guidance of Quisno.

With nowhere to go, most try to return back to their bodies, if that isn’t an option, some move on to the next body they can find, often being long rotten corpses.

Others have found a home in metal figures created by engineers and scientists.

## Subrace: Automatons

Physical traits

* 100cm - 200cm

* While humanoid in basic shape, they can vary wildly based on how they were built and designed by their creator.

Racial traits

* As they are made entirely out of metal, automatons are quite durable and can handle a few hits. However, they run out of energy easily, and by the end of the day automatons become lethargic.

* Entirely metal creatures, they require maintenance with copper, and can be repaired back to full health with a block of copper.

History

* Crafted machines who utilize a soul to give life to a metal creation, automatons are new creations made by the hands of mortals.

## Subrace: Undeads

Physical traits

* Height is dependent on the body they inhabit

* Rotting parts, exposed bone and flesh

* Skin tone is pale and sickly

Racial traits

* Like other undead in the world, they suffer greatly under sunlight and are forced to be nocturnal creatures, though due to their nature, they are able to see clearly in the dark.

* Their rotting body is at times unhealthy to others to breath in, and during times of crisis, the undead can exude a rotting aura that damages those around them.

History

* Zombies are typically mindless, but once a soul reinhabits a corpse, they are an undead who are sentient and able to communicate with others.

## Guidelines for making a Soul-bound character:

* this race is not an excuse to give characters who have died a second chance without strict approval from lore team
* only those who died after the loss of gods can be a soul-bound
* they can and usually do experience some level of amnesia
* events leading up to their death is hazy and of course any events happening after their death they don't know
* the age of the undead is based on the soul

### For Undead...

* any physical appearance is dictated by whatever body they inhabit (height, weight, body traits, etc. are based on 'race')
* physically you look like whatever race the body was in life, but you only take on the traits and abilities of an undead
* there must be some level of decay to the body
* the body and the soul must also have been 18 years old before death
* while undead don't 'age' they instead slowly decay (not a super regulated rule since other than needing to be 18+ our rules on characters aging is very loose)

### For Automaton...

* while they do not 'age' they will gradually rust over time as you may see fit
* go crazy with design, but keep them relatively humanoid-shaped
* be reasonable with size (no iron giants please)
* while the shell is machine, the actual 'powering' is entirely from the soul