I’ve recently come across more information concerning the nature of the afterlife, though admittedly I had to die to find it out.
Paradise, what we originally thought was a completely different place entirely, was actually hell in ages long past. Long ago hell was not corrupted and dark as it is now, but actually a decently pleasent place where the dead recieved their just reward or consequence for the lives they had lead. It was even possible for the living to visit the dead within hell. However, the two great wars of Oun, the one before and after the appearance of the nightmare hosts, created millions upon millions of casualties which flooded Hell with recently dead. This saturation overwhelmed Hell, causing it to become dark and bleak.
On another note: it had come to my attention before that a couple different schools of magic were able to grant a “boon” to the dead. It has recently been found out what this boon does for souls of the dead within the Forest.
When a soul dies, it takes upon itself some resonance of death. Eventually, if a soul dies and returns to the living, then dies again enough times enough of this death resonance will build up upon the soul such that it will be forcibly drawn into Hell despite what the Gatekeeper might wish. A boon, however, keeps death resonance from collecting upon a recently departing soul … for that one time. It is still unclear how often a boon can be used in this manner, but apparently there is some form of limitation. I, personally, think it would be best not to test this theory if at all possible.
Submitted by Erin Seto on January 31, 2008 - 5:45pm.
Fairies do meet the GateKeeper. And he really likes to talk to us [fairies]. He puts your name in a book! And when we’ve [fairies] winked too many times, the Gatekeeper puts fairies in his garden. Like hundreds and hundreds of little fireflies.
Submitted by Matilda Irons on January 31, 2008 - 1:06pm.
Just a brief comment on the ‘stone’ tablets; they’re not actually made of stone but some as yet unidentified element that can be shaped in a manner similar to lumens. I’m currently studying their properties, as well as those of the doors (which are also made of a similar, yet unique element) and will post my findings once I have quantifiable data.
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I’ve recently come across more information concerning the nature of the afterlife, though admittedly I had to die to find it out.
Paradise, what we originally thought was a completely different place entirely, was actually hell in ages long past. Long ago hell was not corrupted and dark as it is now, but actually a decently pleasent place where the dead recieved their just reward or consequence for the lives they had lead. It was even possible for the living to visit the dead within hell. However, the two great wars of Oun, the one before and after the appearance of the nightmare hosts, created millions upon millions of casualties which flooded Hell with recently dead. This saturation overwhelmed Hell, causing it to become dark and bleak.
On another note: it had come to my attention before that a couple different schools of magic were able to grant a “boon” to the dead. It has recently been found out what this boon does for souls of the dead within the Forest.
When a soul dies, it takes upon itself some resonance of death. Eventually, if a soul dies and returns to the living, then dies again enough times enough of this death resonance will build up upon the soul such that it will be forcibly drawn into Hell despite what the Gatekeeper might wish. A boon, however, keeps death resonance from collecting upon a recently departing soul … for that one time. It is still unclear how often a boon can be used in this manner, but apparently there is some form of limitation. I, personally, think it would be best not to test this theory if at all possible.
Fairies do meet the GateKeeper. And he really likes to talk to us [fairies]. He puts your name in a book! And when we’ve [fairies] winked too many times, the Gatekeeper puts fairies in his garden. Like hundreds and hundreds of little fireflies.
I’m a fairy!
Just a brief comment on the ‘stone’ tablets; they’re not actually made of stone but some as yet unidentified element that can be shaped in a manner similar to lumens. I’m currently studying their properties, as well as those of the doors (which are also made of a similar, yet unique element) and will post my findings once I have quantifiable data.