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There are typically three forms this trope can take: the object simply existing grants them immortality, the object must be used in some way periodically to keep them immortal, or the object must be worn or carried in order to make them immortal.
Likely to be a [[MacGuffin]] or [[Plot Coupon]]. If the
Supertrope to [[Soul Jar]] and [[Heart Drive]]. Subtrope of [[Immortality]].
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* Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged from the ''[[Hitch Hikers Guide to The Galaxy]]'' series gained immortality during an incident with a particle accelerator, rubber bands, and a liquid lunch. {{spoiler|In ''[[And Another Thing]]'', his immortality is revoked when those same rubber bands wrap around Thor's hammer.}}
* The Denarians in ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' are immortal due to the presence of the [[Fallen Angel]] contained in the silver denarius coin each one carries. Furthermore, Nicodemus is given extra protection by the fact that he wears the noose Judas Iscariot supposedly used to commit suicide around his neck, which allows him to regenerate damage that would drop even other Denarians who are protected by their respective Fallen.
* In [[John C. Wright]]'s ''[[The Golden Oecumene|Golden Age]]'' trilogy, nomenual recordings allow effective immortality. Although it is a major plot point that the heat death of the universe will ensure that this is not actually living ''forever''
* In [[Robert E. Howard]]'s ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]'' story "[[The Tower of the Elephant]]", Yara is said to be centuries old, and immortal because of his [[Mineral MacGuffin|gem]], the Heart of the Elephant.
* In ''[[The Lord of the Rings|Lord of the Rings]]'', this is one of the things the One Ring can do. Gollum's unnatural age is thanks to it. The Nine for the Nazgul also serve this function.
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