Amaranth Sentinel

General Description
Amaranth Sentinels are not really a race as so much a set of particular souls that get 'reincarnated' into new bodies, usually human ones.

They're considered an immortal race in ways, because when the body dies, the soul gets reincarnated almost intact (whether actual reincarnation works or not is up to debate). When an Amaranth Sentinel is reborn, they have no idea that they have an immortal soul with thousands of history and knowledge behind them... until roughly their 20th birthday.

When the Amaranth Sentinel reaches 20, they are just suddenly aware their soul has been alive for thousands of years, reincarnated into different bodies, with all sorts of worldly knowledge and experiences. They can recall every memory in perfect detail.

Usually, the Amaranth Sentinel cannot handle the sudden strain of information and has a mental breakdown for some period. Most Amaranth Sentinels commit suicide out of stress and loss of identity, only for the cycle to start again. Those who survive often suffer from mental and anxiety disorders, night terrors, extreme forms of PTSD, flashbacks, and hallucinations. Some Sentinels go to such measures such as magically or psychologically locking or blocking these memories to keep their sanity intact.

Amaranth Sentinels tend to be any human-based races that are not already immortal, including weres, succubi/incubi, fauns/saytrs, centaurs, sphynxes, manticores, and mutants. However, most Amaranth Sentinels are just entirely human.

Most Amaranth Sentinels claim they channel physical or magical characteristics of individuals they used to 'live' as. For example, if an Amaranth Sentinel from the 20th century once lived as a master swordsman in 8th century India, with training, the 20th century body can pick up a sword as easily as they did back then. Of course, this does not work if the Amaranth Sentinel has blocked their memories magically or otherwise.

It's rumored Amaranth Sentinels can reach a higher plane of power and change themselves into another physical form based on their most honed past abilities as well, but it's only a rumor.

Society
Nobody is quite sure how many Amaranth Sentinels there are, but it's estimated to be in the thousands. The earliest documented memories that Amaranth Sentinels have seem to be of Babylon and other parts of Mesopotamia but it's unknown if Amaranth Sentinels are the result of a spell or a curse, or are just some sort of quirk.

Very few Amaranth Sentinels have actually done research on their own kind, and only a couple books by non-Sentinel authors have been written, but they're mostly sad accounts on an Amaranth Sentinel's short life.

Amaranth Sentinels who do not die at the age of 20 often claim they are 'bonded' to another soul, Sentinel or not. This phenomenon has yet to be explored.

List of Known Amaranth Sentinels

 * Murphy "Gator" Lockshaw
 * Arthur "Uther" Pendragon
 * Shaun "Soren" O'Donnel
 * Jose "Chimera" De Vos
 * Jan Saltzman
 * Innanna Luna

List of Suspected Amaranth Sentinels

 * Cypress Freetail
 * Balthasar "Brixton" Bertie Wolverhampton
 * Nyx