Lore & History
9 entries in the Altered Carbon compendium.
The Great CollapseThe catastrophic fall that reshaped humanity, cementing an age of digital immortality and Engram TransferImmortality through data, where bodies become disposable clothing for the mind.Reformation EraThe age where death became a commodity and the soul was redefined as data.Ship of Theseus ParadoxWhen every part is replaced, does the original person still exist within the new form?First Resleeving EventThe moment humanity began to conquer death through technology and data.MethuselahsThe ultra-wealthy elite who cheat death through endless resleeving and technological immorSandoval CorporationArchitects of immortality, selling eternity to those who can afford the price.Church of the Sacred FleshIn a world of eternal life, they worship the finality of death.New EdenA gilded cage of immortality hidden among the stars.
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