Lesser death

Summary
A Lesser death is one of 3 deaths that one can experience before the 4th or True Death. If a person is brought to the end of life before the Twins deem their life should be over, their body fades from the mortal realm and their spirit travels on a journey inside the Shining Pillar, in which they witness the nature of the universe and experience the love of the Twins themselves before being cast back to the ground to be reborn again. If the family is wealthy enough to own a family crypt, then the subject is reborn hours later, naked and shivering, on top of the marble slab of a tomb. If the subject of the death is a commoner or not fortunate enough to own a crypt, they resurrect similarly at a public graveyard.

Experiencing a Lesser Death is a deeply spiritual and personal experience. In the context of the game, having experienced a Lesser Death may grant you more choices and dialogue. Usually, choosing to (occasionally, having no option other than choosing to) die a Lesser Death will grant you with favorable stats, experience, personal reputation, or even simply the chance to avoid a more unfavorable option on the same selection screen.

Opportunities for Lesser deaths.

 * Year 1124, Chapter 1 "Childhood": Your Grandfater, Gregor Brante, kills you for striking him
 * Year 1127, Chapter 2 "Adolescence": You can give your life in order to save Sophia from a fleet of Imperial riders who storm down the street.
 * (More coming)