I've been curious about this for awhile now, and can't seem to find a topic already made about it.

Anyway, what I've been wondering is: lore-wise, what happens to the body when a Gifted dies?

I think I've read somewhere one account that the body disappears with the soul when recalled to a shrine, like a normal teleport spell, and once the Gifted reappear, their wounds heal after a few minutes to a few hours.

But another account I read says that the dead body stays where it is, or what's left of it anyway depending on cause of death, and that when the soul is recalled, the Gifted is "reborn" at the shrine with a new body, while the old one (depending on who/what finds it) either gets eaten, "zombified", or cremated.

I can't remember where I read either of these, but what does happen? I'm considering writing some more Istaria fanfiction, and I'd like to know. Help? Please and thank you!