John highlander elixir of immortality6/28/2023 Akkadian Atrahasis ("extremely wise") and Utnapishtim ("he found life"), as well as biblical Noah ("rest") are similar heroes of flood legends of the Ancient Near East. He is also mentioned in other ancient literature, including The Death of Gilgamesh and The Poem of Early Rulers, and a late version of The Instructions of Shuruppak refers to Ziusudra. He is subsequently recorded as the hero of the Sumerian flood epic. Ziusudra (also Zi-ud-sura and Zin-Suddu Hellenized Xisuthros: "found long life" or "life of long days") of Shuruppak is listed in the WB-62 Sumerian king list recension as the last king of Sumer prior to the deluge. He is believed to find the book of Abraham the mage, get the ever-changing text decoded and find a spell for immortality, along with his wife. List of mythological immortals from Wikipedia. Maybe have them be associated with a secret society trying to steer the world? Have one or more tied to the National Archives, having presided over a library of some sort ever since Alexandria? Have one being held somewhere against their will, an immortal captive that has been experimented on? If not, then they're not that significant in the long run, save for being living Archives. The question is, what would they be doing? If they had magical ability, they'd be known. Helix toyed with that idea before its cancellation, but never got to explore it in full. An immortal human living alongside humanity has definitely been done before (Wolverine, Cain, Randall Savage, etc) but a small group of them would be interesting. I think something like that would be interesting. But when exposed to sunlight, he was rejuvenated and reentered the new world. He lived for centuries before entombing himself to sleep, which dehydrated him and made him a mummy. The story is that Ramses the Great (Ramses II) crossed paths with someone that knew the recipe for an immortality elixer.
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