The Elixir of Life is a magical concoction that features prominently in a thousand legends in the Empire and elsewhere. In some legends it gives the drinker a long, good life, free of sickness and pain. In others, it grants immortality. In the former case, a popular twist to the story is the drinker watching his wife and children die of disease or old age, then killing himself in despair. In the latter case, the immortality comes at a cost: madness, mutation, and vampirism are all on the table.
According to Ankh, Ankh-Akh gave the Elixir as a gift to the kings of Nehekhara, so that they and their families could lead long, good lives without fear of illness and injury. It was a gift he immediately regretted giving, because the kings were not satisfied. They wanted to rule forever. Thus the seeds of necromancy and undeath had been sown.
The Elixir of Life created by the Adlerverein is clearly of the "lesser" type.
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