The Vangilders Paradox

The Vangilders Paradox, or widely known as "The Curse of Vangilder/The Vangilder's Curse," is a curse put onto the Vangilder Family at the time of the exodus from Nessus in the early decamillennia of the Archeron Era. Originally afflicted into them by Corrigan Culliver I as a punishment for their arrogance, and in retaliation for their decision to excommunicate the Culliver family from the Founding Family Alliance. The curse is so potent that even Astoria Vangilder, the most powerful witch in the Milky Way was unable to break it.

Effects
The curse is known as a curse of immortality, however in truth it is a curse of Time Magic. The curse slows down the afflicted person's personal state of time, extends their lifespan, and slows down their physical aging process to a torturing degree. The curse adds an additional thousand years to the afflicted person's original lifespan. The affected person is also unable to be killed by normal means. Even if fatally wounded, the afflicted persons will only enter a stasis for a minimum duration of a few seconds, to a maximum duration of a few minutes depending on their natural affinity for magic resistance and curse resistance.

Counter Effects
Though hard to encounter, there are a few ways to counter the curse. Either deceasing its potency or completely breaking it.

If the cursebearers are killed either by a God or something of godlike power, they will die for good. If they are killed with Umbrean Weapons, they will die, as Umbrean Weapons override the curses boundaries and can inflict the concept of death onto anything. the only other way to die permanently with the curse is for the cursebearer to live their full lifespan, which may last more than one millennium depending on the cursebearer's original lifespan.

Known instances of the paradox being broken:


 * Julius Vangilder lost his curse after being spared of it by Autumnus, and because of his many deaths at the hands of Caspian Culliver, since Augustus brought him back so many times.
 * Augustus Vangilder lost his curse due to being executed by means of Umbrean technology.

Known Sufferers:

 * Maximillian Vangilder †
 * Julius Vangilder (Formerly)
 * Augustus Vangilder † (Formerly)
 * Astoria Vangilder
 * Emmalaine Vangilder