Death is a curious thing in L’vad since it must consider life forms made of highly differing amounts of Extramaterial and Material substance. For any Soul bearing entity its death typically does not terminate its existence entirely. The Soul’s Meyda may stick around indefinitely until in close enough proximity to a larger source of Meyda which can absorb it. Typically this would destroy the Soul entirely breaking it down to more fundamental components however, most Souls do not see such an erasure. Where Souls gather there is likely to be great intent, and where such intent is focused there is likely to be a World Stone. In this case depending on that World Stone’s origins and age the Soul may migrate to a new, entirely Extramaterial World of existence. This existence is never a limbo, unless a populace believes very strongly such a place might exist. Instead these locations often reflect a host of ideals regarding ones place after death. To Attovians this generally reflects the strong belief system of the Rugadh Sliabh and Church of Hormus, manifesting as a beautiful and bright environment full of nature and presided over by Hormus and his Roeh. But each world has its own history, mythology and informed beliefs which shape the place a Soul travels after its Ogen no longer functions. On some worlds in which the Abbaki responsible for seeding does not Tether to the Souls of each sapient being death may still result in the absorption and final destruction of the Soul. On such places an afterlife may be rare or even impossible no matter the Luumara that might exist, built by the beliefs of the denizens of the world which hosts them.
In some World Stones, if an Abbaki cares deeply about the goings on of its created sapients, there may be a number of properly constructed afterlives built directly within the Meyda of the World Stone. This can even involve deities responsible for death, for transferring Souls, for punishment and for reward either being built from intention given Soul or from the conjoining of manifest intention with the potent Soul of a deceased or otherwise important individual. This process can and has been manufactured by Soul bearing entities seeking the power of an Olam Beyn but is rare, often one to a planet.
Preventing and Defying
Using an Ember of the Tree of Time an Abbaki can create Souls. Souls also require some Material object to function as their Ogen. When one is lost the other generally expires, however two primary methods can be used to work around these stipulations to put off death or circumnavigate it as much as possible. If one replaces their Ogen and its frame with something else more long lived than their typical body they can remain in the Material World for much longer than their natural life span would have permitted. This usually requires you to trick either the Abbaki within your World Stone or a secondary deity watching over your people group. Most Olam Beyn dislike mortal bodies attempting to outstay their welcome.
The need to stay in the Material World is not always part of the equation however. Meyda’s lossless nature means that transferring a Material body and its Soul in one go to an Extramaterial World can avoid death entirely. Entropy halts when one’s makeup is strictly Extramaterial yet the Ogen’s function is also maintained. This also is no easy feat, requiring immense knowledge on instructing God Stone’s or a way in which to bypass the proper avenues to Extramaterial Worlds setup by beliefs, deities and the Abbaki of your world.