Here's a purely lore focused story, so it won't have its own thumbnail or be put into a folder. I just felt inspired to write about how in-universe inspiration of the restore chamber and how it works. This story might not be as popular as my others, but I still wanted to put it out there. Plus, it's fun to write world building.

EDIT: This is a re-upload as I wanted to add a little more to it.

Professor Harrison explains the history of King Clawdius and his Seven Sages

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King Clawdius and the Seven Sages
By: Soda-Cola

“Good morning class,” said Professor Harrison—a horse with brown hair and a balck mane—one of the history teachers at Gladville University. “Today, we are going to learn about a king, whose seven wise sages helped create an important piece of modern medicine.”

“Around 600 years ago, there was this great lion named King Clawdius, who was known as one of the kindest rulers during his time as he would often put the well-being of his subjects above most other things. This fact is heavily reinforced by him hiring seven magical sages to improve his subjects’ health. Just so you know, a sage is like a magician, one that knows actual magic that is meant to heal the sick and wounded. And these sages have come up with what is possibly the most magnificent and incredible spell in history: The ability to restore a person’s body.”

The class suddenly gasped softly, and students turned to each other discussing the implications.

“That right,” continued Prof. Harrison. “Our modern restoration chambers were based on the magic incantation from a time before people took washing their hands seriously. Here’s how it worked” The professor turned on the projector to show an illustration of seven white-cloaked figures standing around a circular pool. “The sages would surround a pool filled with a special compound that today is called ‘primordial soup’. The spirit enters the soup and the sages would use their magical energy to form a new body from the compound and fuse the spirit to. When done correctly, that person then emerges from the pool, their body fully restored. This method would continue to be used throughout King Clawdius’ reign, restoring those who were killed by bandits or just from accidents. THIS is the major reason why King Clawdius was so beloved.” Sigh. “Unfortunately, not all great things last long. King Clawdius was usurped from his throne, and executed.” An opossum raised her hand. “Yes Susan?”

“Why would anyone want to usurp such a beloved king?” she asked. “Let alone execute him?”

“Well,” Mr. Harrison continued. “Our best guess is that they were after the restoration spell. King Clawdius didn’t charge for its use, so perhaps the usurpers were hoping to scam desperate families out of their money. But, his seven sages hid their secrets of restoration, and may have been executed when they proved to be no use. Yes, Mr. Gullivan?” asked Harrison to the ribbon seal raising his hand.

“I was just wondering,” Toby began. “Couldn’t the sages restore themselves and their king, even as ghosts?”

“A very good question,” replied Prof. Harrison. “Sadly, that wasn’t the case as even back then, there were methods for containing spirits. It’s unknown what happened to King Clawdius and his sages after they were executed. The most likely case is that they were forced into special containers, and their spirits faded while inside them. Thankfully, their legacy lives on as their restoration spell was eventually found and used to help create the restore chamber. As for how it helped with the creation of the restore chamber. Well, I’m sure many of you know Mr. Nelson here,” Harrison said, pointing towards the frilled lizard sitting in the middle of the room. “His grandfather, Dr. Edward Nelson, was the one who invented the restore chamber. You see, Howard Nelson—Leslie’s father—got himself… discorporated when he was around Leslie’s age. Edward Nelson then spent nearly 16 years to find a way to bring his son’s body back. And it was around that time that the answer presented itself. While Edward Nelson was researching, some archeologists found the hidden pool, along with the ingredients for the compound and instructions on how to perform the spell. When Dr. Nelson heard of the discovery, he immediately began studying the material and integrating it into his work. Now even though magic is rarely used nowadays, Dr. Nelson was able to make the spell work in his own way.”

Leslie enthusiastically raised his hand.

“Yes Mr. Nelson?” asked the professor.

“Can I explain how it works Mr. Harrison?” asked Leslie excitedly.

“Of course. Why don’t you come to the front of the class to explain?”

Leslie did as he was told. “Ok, so, how the restore chamber works is that it scans a person's spirit because it essentially has like the memory of the DNA. So the machine uses the DNA as a blueprint to rebuild the body. Then the machine is filled with the primordial soup and uses it to rebuild the body and bind the spirit to it.”

“Thank you Leslie,” said Harrison. “You can go back to your seat.”

Leslie once again did as he was told.

Before Mr. Harrison could continue, a female otter raised her hand. “Yes Ms. Conners?”

“What is the primordial soup made of?” asked Emily.

“I’m afraid that’s classified,” answered Leslie. “Even I don’t know what’s in it. But I have seen it, and it sorta looks like wet clay.”

“Thank you that tidbit Leslie,” said Mr. Harrison.

“Uh, no problem,” replied Leslie. “Sorry for interrupting.”

“It’s no problem Mr. Nelson. In fact, I’m actually very proud that so many of you are so invested into this. It’s important that we study history, because what we learn from the past can greatly benefit our future.”