This is from the 2nd book of a Trilogy I am working on tentatively titled "The UnDone" all rights, copyrights etc. (don't yoink my doobs, man!)
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What made the Xaos wars most bizarre was the dependency of the combatants on the continued survival of their enemies. Any properly trained soldier who died in battle Finished his journey and would thus bind the UnDone in that place. And any Xaosian who was slain by steel be it Written or Real (from which the tradition of fresh-forged half-Written blades emerged) their deaths would unlesh a flurry of UnDoing which could consume entire villages. For reciprocal reasons suicide was also fiercely suppressed meaning there truly was no escape no matter how miserable everyone became.
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