Of course...
The worst thing in this world is precisely IMMORTALITY.
And, having looked Death in the eyes, you change—that's just how it is (believe me, from birth until I was 7 years old, I walked along a precipice... No, I wasn't critically ill—I was simply unlucky. To contract something that affects 1 child out of 10000—it was roughly like that), and you begin to understand—Death is not romance, Death is an attribute of Life, and simultaneously—a blind monster. But in general... Humans live on a narrow strip between life and death... We are mortal, but we live.
Alex, there's no magic? He-he-he... funny... try struggling on the brink of death for a week, then you can talk... once you have changed. Or spend a year in Western Ukrainian Volhynia. Wander through the villages... and draw your own conclusions.
But magic is not a source of blessings either. Balance... that is the roadblock for the "lords of the world."