Changes since version 2
… and/or awakening. The church preaches that even the worst can be redeemed, citing Saint Cassius the Betrayer and his eventual penitence as an example.
# FAQS
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*Does splintering destroy or damage the soul, or is that just awakening?*
Sepulchre teaches that to splinter the soul does not have any negative … remnant Marrow holds in his bosom.
Certainly the reports of consequences and side effects do seem to come only after awakening, not after splintering.
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*Is an awakened person still viewed as the same person post-Splintering by the church?*
Yes. This is the idea it all rests on - splintering and awakening allow for the theoretically eternal salvation of immortality.
### Do you come back from awakening without any damage? I.e., if you had cancer before splintering, would your new sleeve(body) still have cancer?
When you splinter, a genetic sample is taken, and that genetic sample is used to create your new body. That means all injuries, illnesses, etc. incurred in a lifespan would be gone in your new sleeve. Only genetic conditions you were born with would persist. This also means that fleshcrafting changes like increased height would persist in a new sleeve, assuming you had splintered after the changes were made.
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But it takes quite a serious case of heresy to be blocked from splintering and/or awakening. The church preaches that even the worst can be redeemed, citing Saint Cassius the Betrayer and his eventual penitence as an example.
- *Does splintering destroy or damage the soul, or is that just awakening?*
+ # FAQS
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+ ### *Does splintering destroy or damage the soul, or is that just awakening?*
Sepulchre teaches that to splinter the soul does not have any negative consequences on its own; it is merely committing a part of yourself to Marrow, living in communion with him. It is the awakening process that causes damage, as the rest of the soul will not always adhere faithfully to the remnant Marrow holds in his bosom.
Certainly the reports of consequences and side effects do seem to come only after awakening, not after splintering.
- *Is an awakened person still viewed as the same person post-Splintering by the church?*
+ ### *Is an awakened person still viewed as the same person post-Splintering by the church?*
Yes. This is the idea it all rests on - splintering and awakening allow for the theoretically eternal salvation of immortality.
+ ### Do you come back from awakening without any damage? I.e., if you had cancer before splintering, would your new sleeve(body) still have cancer?
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+ When you splinter, a genetic sample is taken, and that genetic sample is used to create your new body. That means all injuries, illnesses, etc. incurred in a lifespan would be gone in your new sleeve. Only genetic conditions you were born with would persist. This also means that fleshcrafting changes like increased height would persist in a new sleeve, assuming you had splintered after the changes were made.
This is the current version.