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But the survivor grew tired, he fell asleep near the ashes.

He killed a lone Athanatoi, only to his horror as the soldier became ash in an instant.

He noticed something supernatural about the soldiers, who were now the Deathless Ones. He took note that the Athanatoi patrolled the streets of Kitezh, killing off any survivors, even if it was one of their own people. The envoy was trying to find a way out of the destroyed city and stockpiled weapons and supplies for this purpose. They continued to guard the ruins of Kitezh and the Divine Source for the next thousand years, killing anyone unlucky enough to cross their path in their eternal duty, including the descendants of the people who managed to escape Kitezh: the Remnants. The envoy went into hiding deep within the city and began to study the immortal army for time, before eventually dying from wounds he sustained when fighting a Deathless One. The Trinity envoy traveling with the Horde did manage to survive. This resulted in them bringing the ice from the glacier down upon the city, successfully killing both the entire Mongol horde as well as the majority of the citizens in Kitezh. Knowing that the Mongols would eventually breach the city due to their large numbers and what would happen if the Source fell into Trinity's hands, the Deathless turned their weapons towards the glacier above Kitezh. These newly immortal Guardians were almost successful at defending Kitezh, but the sheer number of the Mongol horde was simply too great. However, during the Siege of Kitezh, the Prophet, in an act of desperation, used the Divine Source to make Kitezh's Athanatoi army immortal like him, hoping it would finally turn the tide against the Mongols. The Deathless Ones were tasked with being the primary defense and security force of Kitezh after it was built. They came from the Byzantine Imperial Army, that pledged their loyalty to the Prophet, when he escaped Constantinople. The Deathless Ones were the Elite Guardians and Soldiers of Kitezh, with each of them receiving rigorous training and warfare expertise. 1.4 The arrival of Lara Croft and Trinity.