Rarach

Rarach was a hermit who feared death from old age and wanted to live forever. He crafted a deal with Hermanu that instead of collecting his soul after death, Hermanu could seize his soul for half of every year in exchange for protection from natural death. Hermanu agreed and the contract was carved into Rarach's forehead.

Majickal scholars that inspected the spell suggested that Hermanu may have placed loopholes in the spell. They said that he may have wanted to secretly experiment with having a soul live an unnatural amount of time.

Rarach helped Oberon on his Quest for Eternal Life

The Death of Rarach
The majicks could not hold Rarach's being alive in the Hitherworld forever. Near the end of his lengthy life, Rarach could feel death coming closer to him and Death clutching her fingers around him. He grew angry at Hermanu because he could feel that his natural death would still come. He tried to contact Hermanu but there was no reply. He vowed that if he ever did enter the Netherworld his soul would torment Hermanu for not keeping his word.

On his dying day, a messenger bird arrived with a scroll saying a King from Winterden returned from the dead. With the hope that he too may one day be resurrected, Rarach died peacefully in his bed alone in a small hut hidden within a dense pine forest halfway up a mountain in the Northern CICS.

Post-Death
Hermanu came personally to collect the soul of Rarach and escort it to the Netherworld but upon searching the location, he could not find it.