Of all the magic spells someone can learn - of all the tricks and enchantments - there is none as sought-after as immortality. To some, it is the brass ring of magical practice. The end goal of a lifetime of dedication to arcane study. We all blame Merlin for that. Ever since that guy set unrealistic expectations, others have tried desperately to emulate his success. Life-extension spells are typically among the first that practitioners try after spotting their earliest grey hair or unexpected crow’s foot. Sometimes they work. Each practitioner has an internal pool of energy used to power their spells. The most common spells that extend life do so by taking energy from that pool, so you find yourself unable to cast spells without instantly dropping dead of old age. Or worse; the pool simply drains away in the background without you noticing, and you drop dead as a withered corpse that even your family wouldn’t recognise. But sometime in the 1930s, a young Korean practitioner from a mou...