Those Ever-Dying who were offered rescue before the Cataclysm wiped out all life on EarthThere are actually multiple "Earths." Thanks to an accident of magic and quantum physics, the world was split into parallels.... For the most part, choosing to accept redemption was an enormous upgrade; homes and jobs were both guaranteed, along with the benefit of magical medical care. It didn’t work out for everybody. Some hosts essentially took humans as slaves, but no human went into it blind. The chose was Redemption or death, for most (as very few were PureThe term used by the Association for humans - Ever-Dying - with no trace of magic in their blood.), and anyone who chose to stay and die along with the world was allowed that choice.
