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{{quote|''"Defeated by an ugly crone,

{{quote|"Defeated by an ugly crone,

From mortal man to standing stone,

With sun and rain upon you blown,

Through carven locks the wind shall moan,

Here you will be through years unknown,

And slowly crumble when time has flown."''|'''[[Have a Nice Death|Game Over Screen]]''', ''[[Conquests of Camelot]]''}}

And slowly crumble when time has flown."|'''[[Have a Nice Death|Game Over Screen]]''', ''[[Conquests of Camelot]]''}}

A character has been petrified -- literally. Transformed into stone (or another inanimate substance) by someone else, the archetypal result is a perfectly sculpted gray (concrete?) statue, complete with matching gray clothes and accessories, frozen in whatever position they were in when the spell took effect, presumably for all time. Heed well, traveler: Should you ever stumble upon a cave filled with impeccably detailed life-size statues showing expressions of terror on their faces, <s>[[Genre Blind|proceed with great caution]]</s> be [[Genre Savvy]] and turn back '''now'''.

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== Real Life ==

* [[wikipedia:Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva|Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva]] (FOP) is a rare, genetic bone disease which causes bone cells to form in connective tissues (such as ligaments, tendons and muscle), thus immobilizing and confining its sufferers in a rigid and painful prison, essentially turning them into a [[And I Must Scream|living statue]]. The fact that this is an irreversible and often slow process makes it ~~[[High Octane Nightmare Fuel/Real Life|~~far worse]] than any of the fictional examples listed above.

* [[wikipedia:Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva|Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva]] (FOP) is a rare, genetic bone disease which causes bone cells to form in connective tissues (such as ligaments, tendons and muscle), thus immobilizing and confining its sufferers in a rigid and painful prison, essentially turning them into a [[And I Must Scream|living statue]]. The fact that this is an irreversible and often slow process makes it far worse than any of the fictional examples listed above.

** It also comes in a non-progressive variety.

* Similarly, [[wikipedia:Scleroderma|Scleroderma]], a progressive hardening of the skin and organs.