Fading

Fading away is when someone loses too much of themselves in a leap. Your body isn't able to fully reform, and eventually the light pulls the rest of you away and you're lost forever. It has only happened a few times. The main cause of it is lack of concentration. Elves wear Nexuses until their concentration is enough to prevent that. Murder by light leap, however, is possible. Causing someone great pain or shining another light into the path they're following are the two known ways. Fintan murdered Cyrah Endal by light leap.

Sophie nearly faded away in the first book because she wrapped too much of her concentration around Dex while escaping their kidnappers. Elwin had to make her a special limbium-free Fade Fuel to save her life. Her recovery took two weeks. Afterwards, she felt slightly dizzy whenever she leaped and continued to fade slightly when leaping. It was later discovered that she