Bob: since no one's said otherwise yet, let's go ahead and run with that assumption.
Paladindythe: Welcome back! Going by the numbers...
On item number 2, this is gonna lead to an interesting conundrum... What happens
when their bodies eventually wear out and die? If their souls are
effectively trapped then is there a safe way to release the soul without
destroying it? And if not then it would be a hell of a thing (pun not
intended) to leave them like that. My thoughts on the matter is that in
a way they have paid the ultimate price for their wish: immortality. I
could see that at the end of their natural lives they would all have
golems built for them to use and they become vassals of Zeke's clan,
caring for, protecting, and instructing young Darkwoods - especially the
ones that have been Marked by Raven. They will be sad reminders to be careful of who and what you deal with.
"Raven can look out for you, my child, but his protection will always fail against misguided stupidity."
Paladindythe: Welcome back! Going by the numbers...
- I'm figuring that his people would be upstarts - they're not Lovecraftian Gods, but who is to say that it doesn't figure into their theology? So, they go out into the wide open multi-verse, eldritch little horrors empowered by whatever eldritch Power That Is... and they're gonna find that some people have teeth.
- Agreed that they can't be reverted and that there should be a way of safely stabilizing them to the point where bouts of depression won't eventually push them over the edge.
- I'm actually starting to wonder if it should be Earth this takes place on. The architecture is damn-near out-of-this-world. Given the ultra-modern looks, I figure that maybe this should take place on a TSAB Administered World that, while technologically advanced, has few mages (much like the canonical Nonadministrative World 97). Things start to take a different course when the authorities notice some weird shit is going on, so they call on TSAB. TSAB sees this is weird for even them, so they call on their resident experts on weird: Zeke and his band of merry misfits, and hand the situation over with a bow tied around it.
On item number 2, this is gonna lead to an interesting conundrum... What happens
when their bodies eventually wear out and die? If their souls are
effectively trapped then is there a safe way to release the soul without
destroying it? And if not then it would be a hell of a thing (pun not
intended) to leave them like that. My thoughts on the matter is that in
a way they have paid the ultimate price for their wish: immortality. I
could see that at the end of their natural lives they would all have
golems built for them to use and they become vassals of Zeke's clan,
caring for, protecting, and instructing young Darkwoods - especially the
ones that have been Marked by Raven. They will be sad reminders to be careful of who and what you deal with.
"Raven can look out for you, my child, but his protection will always fail against misguided stupidity."