When your character dies, he turns into a ghost, and must find one of the magic statues to revive. He gets two chances; if he fails the first, he turns into a pile of ash. If he fails the second, then he's dead forever. 1st level characters always revive. I should mention, though, that my character was killed, and I turned the game off, then when I turned it on the next day, the character was back in the town, with no opportunity to revive. It was at that time that I uninstalled the game. I've since reinstalled it, because..just...ten...more...minutes....
My problem is that the male avatars all look so hideous. The females are okay, but the males look like boy band rejects.