Lord of Rebirth Miscarriage with Twiceborn

[sansanjuan]

So.. by means of unmitigated idiocy (weeping and gnashing of teeth here ) My woefully unprepared Lord of Rebirth ends up going toe to toe with the Eater of Dreams. He loses. Oh well... I have twiceborn on and I'm in my on Dominion.... but he doesn't show up back at my cap! What's up with that? I swear I've used it successfully on a Crone before. Might it be because he died from a horror effect? I think was also tagged with cursed luck at the time (pic attached.. never seen it before and never want to again). Holler if I'm just missing something simple about twiceborn. Logfile is attach too.
-ssj

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damage 9999 on Lord of Rebirth, spec0x0 ba0
looseallitems: cnr 731(Kilter) unr 9905