Amberward mystics who undergo ritual petrification, replacing body parts with preserved crystal in stages until they transcend flesh — the final stage is unknown.
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Initiates begin by preserving a finger, then a hand, walking with amber-steps and amber-touch. The Hollows speak of the Final Preservation — when consciousness transfers entirely into the amber and the body becomes a vessel, not a cage. Outsiders call them suicide cultists; they call themselves ascendants waiting for the tide to finish what they started. Their hidden temples are filled withamber statues that move when the tide rises.