RE: Godhood XIV - Usurper [Jam Edition Turn 4]
04-27-2013, 05:43 AM
"The struggle for survival is necessary, Macian Scelle. Whatever you hope to accomplish by coddling the mortals will only stunt their growth. A species cannot evolve if they face no challenges to overcome."
"Dali... Did you forget our agreement?" Abselon glared at her contemptuously.
"You'd better not forget that."
Dalibora has created The Judge (5 acts)
Dalibora has modified the Plane of Souls to keep the souls of those reincarnated into nonsapient beings intact, and automatically reincarnate them on death (2 acts)
Total: 7 acts
"Besides," Dalibora added, "it's not like their suffering is endless, unless they deserve it. Once they die, they can just be reborn, or, if they're worthy, they get eternal paradise. Not a bad deal, I'd say. Speeeaaaaking of which..."
Dalibora trailed off, blue eyes gleaming in the darkness.
Meanwhile, in the cold mountains of Zabrav, the souls of the dead felt a vast rumbling, unlike any they'd experienced in the mortal realm. In the valley between the pedestral and the mountain of reincarnation, a great fissure was torn into the plane, a mile across. From this fissure, one by one, an array of clawed tentacles erupted into the air, colors ranging from black to white and all shades of gray in between. As the perplexed mortals gazed on from a safe distance, a number of reptilian heads, each featureless save for a single, large eye, burst forth from the abyss on long necks, connected to a behemoth but mostly-unseen body.
The dead stared in simultaneous fear and wonder. The Judge had arisen. Its first act was to tear the signpost on top of the mountain to shreds. Souls who ascended the pedestal and submitted themselves to the Judge (who would give them the opportunity to reconsider) would be systematically disassembled by the claw-tentacles, each part of the soul thoroughly examined by the cycloptic head. If the soul was found to be pure enough (by the Judge's, and, by extension, Dalibora's criteria), then they would be reassembled and sent into Sthani, a plane of eternal happiness. However, if the soul was found vile, impure, the Judge would cast them into the sulfurous fields of Narakh, never to return. Those neither good enough for Sthani nor bad enough for Narakh would merely be cast into the portal of reincarnation to try again.
Thinking upon the recent discussion of war, Dalibora made sure to give the Judge proper critera for war. Those who fought boldly for their people, who neither chickened out nor resorted to senseless violence (massacring civilians, for example), would have a place in Sthani in spite of the killing inherent to war. Those who committed atrocities in wartime would be cast into Narakh.
Looking upon the gate of reincarnation, Dalibora noticed a flaw in her system. Those reincarnated as non-sapient beings were rendered soulless, as only sapient beings were initially given souls. A tragic flaw, but one easily repaired. With a beat of her wing, Dalibora ensouled all living creatures that had reincarnated from souled beings. These souls, upon death, would immediately be sent into the gate of reincarnation, a cycle that would only be broken when, by chance, the soul became a sapient being once more.
"There we go!" Dalibora exclaimed proudly. "The Plane of Souls is now fully operational, if a bit empty. We can fix that later."
Dalibora trailed off, blue eyes gleaming in the darkness.
Meanwhile, in the cold mountains of Zabrav, the souls of the dead felt a vast rumbling, unlike any they'd experienced in the mortal realm. In the valley between the pedestral and the mountain of reincarnation, a great fissure was torn into the plane, a mile across. From this fissure, one by one, an array of clawed tentacles erupted into the air, colors ranging from black to white and all shades of gray in between. As the perplexed mortals gazed on from a safe distance, a number of reptilian heads, each featureless save for a single, large eye, burst forth from the abyss on long necks, connected to a behemoth but mostly-unseen body.
The dead stared in simultaneous fear and wonder. The Judge had arisen. Its first act was to tear the signpost on top of the mountain to shreds. Souls who ascended the pedestal and submitted themselves to the Judge (who would give them the opportunity to reconsider) would be systematically disassembled by the claw-tentacles, each part of the soul thoroughly examined by the cycloptic head. If the soul was found to be pure enough (by the Judge's, and, by extension, Dalibora's criteria), then they would be reassembled and sent into Sthani, a plane of eternal happiness. However, if the soul was found vile, impure, the Judge would cast them into the sulfurous fields of Narakh, never to return. Those neither good enough for Sthani nor bad enough for Narakh would merely be cast into the portal of reincarnation to try again.
Thinking upon the recent discussion of war, Dalibora made sure to give the Judge proper critera for war. Those who fought boldly for their people, who neither chickened out nor resorted to senseless violence (massacring civilians, for example), would have a place in Sthani in spite of the killing inherent to war. Those who committed atrocities in wartime would be cast into Narakh.
Looking upon the gate of reincarnation, Dalibora noticed a flaw in her system. Those reincarnated as non-sapient beings were rendered soulless, as only sapient beings were initially given souls. A tragic flaw, but one easily repaired. With a beat of her wing, Dalibora ensouled all living creatures that had reincarnated from souled beings. These souls, upon death, would immediately be sent into the gate of reincarnation, a cycle that would only be broken when, by chance, the soul became a sapient being once more.
"There we go!" Dalibora exclaimed proudly. "The Plane of Souls is now fully operational, if a bit empty. We can fix that later."
"Dali... Did you forget our agreement?" Abselon glared at her contemptuously.
"Sorry!" Dalibora replied, smiling. "I just... y'know, needed to finish the place! Absey, I promise you, it's all yours next time."
"You'd better not forget that."
Dalibora has created The Judge (5 acts)
Dalibora has modified the Plane of Souls to keep the souls of those reincarnated into nonsapient beings intact, and automatically reincarnate them on death (2 acts)
Total: 7 acts