[OOC] The Heavens Aflame - A Civil War Among Deities

[Lord Monbodo]

Excellent. Now I understand you had a recent vacancy for the lord of the underworld? My idea is for a god who feeds upon the memories of all the dead souls who pass into his realm.

[ChaoticLaw]

I'm still working on the character I pm'ed you about a few days ago HeySuess. Hopefully I'll have it done tonight

[Harbringer]

Hope you don't mind me popping my head in as well! I got an idea brewing. Its either that or coffee. I don't know which. EDIT: Epideimos is up, mostly. Or at least the concept is. Feel free to tear it to shreds.

[Prince Potter]

I'm going to throw my hat in the ring as the God of the Deep.

[The Fair Lady]

Paper Angel, do you mind if my character for the heir apparent to the throne is a child of Vaela and Aroesus? :)

[Paper Angel]

Sure. ^^ Just shoot me a message and we can talkificate about ideas. -_^

[Howler]

Alright, there we go. Got a profile hammered out minus relationships, which I need to chat about with a few people. Sorry it's late!

[Jig]

which I need to chat about with a few people.

@Howler

Including me. :P Did you catch my post on the last page?

[Paper Angel]

Does anyone want to discuss ideas with me? ^^ Vaela is very open. -_^

[Howler]

Yes to both of you, actually. Pms will be sent as I am able.

[Prince Potter]

My God is fairly reclusive, but he was forced to spend time with the other Gods during the original failed rebellion against Ventu, when they were imprisoned in the Underworld. If anyone wants to have that be the start of a relationship, PM me!

[The Fair Lady]

Ello again. I sent you a private message with a question seuss.

[Jig]

Dinn is a bit of a tool not the brightest button in the divinity box, so if anybody's god needs a pawn valued co-conspirator for anything, I can probably throw Dinn the idiot ball to help out. :)

[Jig]

Thoughts on the body, death, and the soul: I'm currently chatting to a couple of people where Dinn's role as the arbiter of passage of souls to the afterlife has been made relevant, and I've basically had to make up how mortal death in this universe works. Clearly this will depend on the GM (whose blessing I'd like before I make up any more nonsense) and the RPer who finally makes a permanent god of the underworld, but the model I'm working with atm is: The body and the soul are bound to one another physically and metaphysically. Both are fundamental aspects of a person's personality, appearance, and general character. When a person dies, the metaphysical bonds between soul and body are severed, but the soul is still physically tied to the body, where it erodes and disintegrates, until it finds its own way to the underworld. The body itself rots, and does not experience any afterlife. Note that the body and the soul need not be physically bound for a mortal to be alive (see the Exempt for more details), and the release of the physical bonds does not damage the soul in any way. Degradation of the soul is not ideal for the mortal or the underworld, because the underworld likes to take in whole souls in the proper 'format', and damaged souls suffer immeasurably (beyond whatever karma owes them). Dinn's role is to administer the physical divorce of body and soul, such that the soul can safely pass into the afterlife via the gateways in the mortal world (of which there may be several; Dinn presides over the primary one). Should a person's soul be metaphysically divorced from them, they, to all intents and purposes, 'have no soul', and therefore lose much of their personality, will-power, and general character, and generally act as a lifeless zombie. Should a person traverse through one of the gateways to the underworld physically, they are considered to be in the worst possible format, and will suffer an eternal fate that is worse than a fate worse than death (though perhaps the blessing of a god or gods may facilitate this practise in extreme circumstances, because what civilisation does not have a to-death-and-back adventure epic?). Thoughts? Queries? Criticisms?

[HeySeuss]

It's a bit of a reincarnation scheme; the souls get cycled through, ideally, the Nasan falls, which flows through Miphas and Sharzunates. Reward and damnation are not supposed to be eternal in these schemes, but time served. That being said, Aroesus started to play with that in order to hold souls (power) in reserve for his own purposes and other deities may well seek to do the same. So the punishment and reward isn't so much an eternal thing as time served before you get put back into circulation again. If allowed to run its course naturally, anyway.

[Jig]

Though, in essence, the model of the relationship between the body and the soul is acceptable as the default state of things?

[HeySeuss]

Though, in essence, the model of the relationship between the body and the soul is acceptable as the default state of things?

@Jig

Yes, in the sense that burial rituals hold power and so forth as well -- the right rituals speed the soul's way into the Gates of Dinn (I'm assuming Dinn runs that show) and Nasan Falls and their punishment/reward and is desirable, accordingly.

[Jig]

Does Nassan Falls have a mortal equivalent - and does the soul reach Nassan Falls prior to the underworld? Dinn is conveniently the patron of running water, so it wouldn't be much of a stretch to adapt that into the current set-up. Incidentally, is it legit that a soul not divorced from its body 'degrades'? Edit: also, if the life cycle is indeed a cycle, would it therefore be reasonable for Dinn to preside (even if incredibly passively) over the return of souls to the mortal plane, or would that make his portfolio a little too ginormous?

[Whiskers]

PMed HeySeuss my relatively finished sheet save history and relationships, which i'll be wanting to talk to other players about cooperating with once i've fully read all your characters.

[Terminal]

Hey everyone, can we get a rolecall, see who's still in this shindig? Current participants (to my knowledge): @HeySeuss @Whist @Jig @Paper Angel @Howler @Harbringer @Prince Potter @Whiskers Posters who were interested/working on profiles: @Lord Monbodo @ChaoticLaw @The Fair Lady