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Sad, cursed beings, fated to continuously die and be reborn. They age like standard humans, but, instead of dieing after eighty or a hundred years, continue to age and wither for another hundred, until nothing is left but a sack of bones and wrinkled skin.
And then they moult. The outer layer of their skin dries out and becomes a husk, a sort of cocoon, while what's left of the Returner metamorphoses back into a baby. Several weeks later, the infant returner emerges from its skin, disoriented, starving, and retaining all the memories of its former lives, although unable to speak, walk, or fend for itself in any way.
The metamorphosis is said to be incredibly painful- even more so, should the Returner die of other than natural causes, and be forced to undergo the transformation without the benefit of a cocoon.
Little is known about the Returners- what species they are derived from, how they reproduce- or even if they reproduce at all, what culture they have, if any.
Rumors suggest that the Returners weren't Returners, but that they somehow caught their condition.

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