[QUOTE=Shienvien]From what you have said before, I gathered it is not impossible? And even before that, you have in several places, stated that souls do evolve over generations, too, not just physical forms? I would say it could be a "racial defect", a mutation that occurred once long ago that makes their souls fall apart after death rather than stay in a condition that would permit passing on or becoming a ghost? As in, their souls actually need bodies to stay together?[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Dark Jack]That aside, I'm sorry but I really need more, namely [B]an explanation[/B] as to why they don't have afterlives.[/QUOTE]
No, it is not impossible, and yes, souls do evolve to some degree. What I want is an explanation, as I said, which "their souls at some point developed a defect that cause them to disintegrate if they aren't bound to a body" certainly is. This would be an acceptable basis for the trait to exist. I didn't say that I would not permit them not to have an afterlife (in fact I came up with reasons that this could be and told you about them to help coming up with a justification), I simply offered an alternative that could be used or not however ASTA preferred it. This explanation, while acceptable, was not among the reasons I myself gave, that is correct... but I can't be expected to think of everything myself, can I? As you mentioned yourself and is contained in the next quote just below here, we all work together on this RP, so you need to help explain new things like this in relation to established lore. I can't do it by myself.

[QUOTE=Shienvien](I would, in general, suggest that everything that isn't impossible should be allowed for RP purposes, lest the process of integrating new ideas becomes grueling and starts killing motivation and hampering creativity. Didn't you yourself once say that your novels are yours only, but the RP here is the collaborative creation of us all?)[/QUOTE]
I usually allow about anything that isn't impossible and have just about done that in the past, so I don't see why you would doubt me now. That actually hurt a bit, especially coming from you, Shien... is it really too much to ask for the reason as to why a thing is to the point of seeming to discourage the implementation of non-impossible things? Eh... I... no... nevermind. I shouldn't read too much into this... but even read in a neutral tone, that one still hurts.

[QUOTE=Shienvien]Yes, they are intended use the magical energy of those they defeat/kill... The only real question is how exactly the process of acquiring said magical energy goes.[/QUOTE]
Generally speaking magical energy can only be manipulated, and thus also drained, through magic (which is a wide term in this case, basically referring to the control of energy with one's mind). Both the Xuhrl-njok and Gerald do it by touching their victim and pulling energy from it and into themselves by extending the flow of their own souls into the other's, and I honestly think that is the most feasible way to do it. I could start inventing devices that would allow extraction and transference of magical energy (much like the Chaos Engine) but that hardly seems like it would fit the del-korm at all... So if it is not an option to have them do it that way, I will need your suggestions once more.

[QUOTE=Shienvien]What does somewhat ... puzzle me, though, is the fact that several of the gods, who are supposed to only have a seed of good each (the renegade demon lord, Rilon, excluded) are either morally questionable (Deliph) or considerably more evil than good (Frenis). Greed and selfishness are quite universally considered "evil" traits. Granted, there are many evil and/or questionable gods in various mythologies, but in those gods are (as a rule) not [I]supposed[/I] to be thoroughly benevolent...[/QUOTE]
I think I mentioned this once before, but being innately good or evil only make them predisposed towards that alignment; it doesn't prevent them from committing acts of the opposite alignment or having a personality that fits the other more than their own. All of the gods (excluding Rilon) have an innate desire to do good, but they also have different perceptions of what "good" and "evil" is (please, oh please remember the importance of perception in this universe). Frenis may seem more evil than good to most, but that doesn't mean that he himself doesn't view his actions as benevolent. Not saying that it's morally sound on a larger scale, just that even deities (and immortals in general) may not have views that conform with the general tendency of the rest of the Planes.

[QUOTE=Shienvien]Oh, and a point Legion did bring up: does the deity you believe in any way influence your afterlife in the canon? Assume you don't become demon/angel. (I assume most devils will just want more demon minions, though.) Do the deities have sort of regions for their specific followers that they designed (and which said followers are free to migrate out of), for instance?[/QUOTE]
Not really, no; where you geographically appear in your earned afterlife is determined partly of your geographical location in Reniam (locations in the four main Planes are somewhat loosely related) and partly by the location of any beings one once knew that may be present in the Plane you appear in, as one's soul will instinctively shy away from or be drawn towards these beings (appearing in their actual presence is rare, though, unless someone you want to see happens to be very close to the area in the afterlife that matched the place where one died). Migrating from area to area is freely permitted and easily accomplished in the Upper Plane, whereas the Lower Plane... well, freedom isn't really a concern there. Dead spirits there are hunted down no matter where they are, though, so I guess they are as free to migrate as they are to stay.
There are no domains bound to the gods in the Upper Plane, and followers of demon lords aren't going to appear in their lord's territory as a matter of course.