The moment Adam tied those seemingly untiable threads, everything began to make sense.
A phylactery was a lich's reverse scale, its one true weakness.
As long as it remained intact, the lich was effectively immortal. Its body could be destroyed again and again, only to reform in time.
But if the phylactery was damaged or destroyed, that illusion of immortality was completely shattered. With its soul anchor broken, the lich could be killed for good.
What seemed like an undying existence was, in truth, balanced on a single, fragile point!
At the same time Adam arrived at that conclusion, something else clicked in his mind as well.
"What a… coincidence!"
After the Battle of Ravenfell, Tebu found him drowning in the depths of the Galestine. The ancient turtle brought him back from the brink of death and healed him to a stable state.
