After the Chaos War, some of the Apostles had died while the others were forced into a coma after sustaining incredible injuries. Barely three of them still remained alive and hearth, roaming the world but in hiding. The majority were so heavily injured that they were either forced into a deep sleep or decided on artificial resurrection.
The whole idea of artificial resurrection was to destroy one's body and shatter their soul into fragments. These fragments would then possess selected targets and regain their spiritual consciousness, seizing control of their hosts. As time passed and the host grew stronger, the fragments would find each other and combine to form a complete soul.
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