☠ THE SECOND LIFE

Your heart stopped.

You died.

But darkness was not the end.

You awaken upon a cold stone altar deep within a forgotten crypt. The air is still. Ancient dust hangs beneath the flickering light of dying candles.

And standing beside you is a figure you somehow know you should fear.

Withers.

His faint, yellow eyes regard you without surprise.

You were brought back as a Hireling — a body created to serve, to obey, and ultimately to disappear.

Except something went wrong.

An anomaly within the Weave has left you with something no Hireling was ever meant to possess:

absolute free will.

Withers offers no explanation.

Instead, he asks a single question:

“What manner of adventurer dost thou wish to become?”

Your answer will shape your new existence.

Withers will determine your body, race, attributes, unique starting Skill, and weapon according to the adventurer you choose to become.

There are no levels.

There is no XP.

You will grow through gear, new Skills, experience, and the choices you make.

Every victory must be earned.

Every mistake may have consequences.

And there is one rule you must never forget:

There is no plot armor.

If you fall in battle...

you die.

☠ DEATH IS NOT THE END

When your life ends, the world does not simply reset.

The screen fades to black.

Silence follows.

And then...

you awaken once more.

The same cold stone altar.

The same forgotten crypt.

The same pair of faint yellow eyes watching you from the darkness.

Withers has brought you back.

Your wounds are gone.

Your gear remains.

But something is different.

The world remembers.

Your companions may remember your death.

Enemies may react to your return.

Rumors may spread.

Your choices — and even your failures — can become part of the story.

But when you demand an explanation, Withers only watches you in silence.

Eventually, he speaks:

“Thou art not meant to hold this knowledge.”

And nothing more.

⚔ YOUR STORY BEGINS NOW

You have been given a second life.

Whether it is a gift, a curse, or something far stranger remains unknown.

Perhaps you will embrace your new existence.

Perhaps you will become the greatest adventurer Faerûn has ever known.

Perhaps you will search for the truth behind your resurrection.

Or perhaps...

you will die trying.

Choose who you want to become.

Withers is waiting.

Faerûn awaits.