Shardpools Used To Make Cognitive Shadows?

[Trusk'our he/him]

If someone were to go to a shardpool and die while inside it, would they become a cognitive shadow? Would they need to have a Connection to the Investiture inside, or would simply being there be enough?

[Quantus he/him]

Intent and divine intervention notwithstanding, Yes.  Assuming all shardpools operate similarly, they would be so heavily invested when they died that they'd become a Cognitive Shadow and be able to resist the pull of The Beyond.  I dont think that guarantees anything about how long they would last as a Cognitive Shadow, how far they could travel from the Shardpool, or if they'd be able to persist without some ongoing source of Investiture, which can be far more dependent on external circumstances.