When sentient, mortal beings die on Aurora, they pass into its Underworld. They dwell realm under the watch of Vorrax, god of Death. But over the centuries, many denizens of the Underworld have escaped and returned to the sunlit realm of the living. They are called the Returned. Those who return from the Underworld are hollow shells inhabited by grim and purposeless spirits. These Returned are separated from their memories. They retain their personalities and skills, but each Returned tends to be a very different being from who they once were. Their second life is theirs to do with as they please, but it’s typically a confused, cursed life, plagued by frustration, bitterness, loneliness, and melancholy. Such leads many Returned along dark paths.
