Perhaps the flood of memories took mere seconds or an eternity, Rowan could not tell, and when it was over, he was kneeling on the ground, one hand outstretched in front of him that held the feather of Lumen, and his body resembled a sculpture of melting wax.
He was dying.
Despite how much power Eos pours into each Incarnation, they were never meant to replace him, and so he deliberately reduced their potential in order to ensure that death was a possibility for them.
As useful and versatile as Incarnations might be, they were also the source of great weakness, as a powerful enemy could gain access to Eos internal network through them, and so they needed to be powerful enough to detect traces of such attacks, and weak enough that they could quickly die on command if it were needed.
