According to the authorities, you’re no longer among the living. Perhaps you’ve successfully faked your own death, or had it faked for you when you assumed a new identity. An especially common Merit among Technocratic operatives, Her­ metic magi, and the Chakravanti, this erasure of your former life is often a required part of service within the New World Order, Iteration X, and certain Houses of Hermes. As far as your family, government, and old friends are concerned, you’re six feet under. Naturally, you’ll need to be discreet about your continued existence if you don’t want that death to become more permanent.