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Gonzo humor? Absurdist horror? Sign me up! I think I've got a decent idea for a character already - a kindly old man who's in actuality anything but, constantly thwarted by his so-called 'fate' from doing his one true passion in life: just, like, a whole lot of murder.
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Lord Ahriman would prefer a more polished epithet. Perhaps something apropos, "carnal connoisseur", or, "patron of sanguine and sinew arts" might prove to be a better title.

[quote=@TruthHurts22]
Would a Mortal character need to have died for Ahriman to recruit them into this little charade, or does he pluck them from the land of the living?
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It can be either one: He isn't particularly picky about the source from which he draws his talent pool. Lord Ahriman prides himself as an equal opportunist.