Vampire 101 (0.5.1a)
There was a pause as the presence pondered her reaction. "Yes. Souls age and die over time just as bodies do, just slower. It has been 3,462 years since you last lived. Even the strongest souls last only a century. When you came to me seeking the return of your soul, what you truly wished of me was that I restore your magic to you... and I did. The only thing you lacked was the patience and will to seize the power you craved.
Do not presume, Nefertiti. Gods undergo reincarnation, but we retain our memories from before. I am born of Geb and Nut, Wife of Osiris, now passed, and Horus... but, before that, I was Lady Arcane, mother of Sariel. But that was ages passed, before Atum brought forth the land from the seas of chaos."