Draken

The Last Embers (Dark Steampunk/Fantasy)

Oh, shoot. I forgot the surrender of Lanostre was so recent. We're the first generation (or barely missed it) to not remember the war.

The Last Embers (Dark Steampunk/Fantasy)

The Aspects themselves have their own quirks and personalities, and it is known that its appearance changes depending on whomever glimpses it. Thus, one Inquisitor might see the Aspect as an ordinary plain-faced soldier, while another might see it as a demon. Others might not even glimpse the Aspect at all. This is all dependent on an Inquisitor's spirit, personality, and faith.

@Lovejoy

Oh, right. That might not be Father Ragnar at all, huh?

The Last Embers (Dark Steampunk/Fantasy)

I don't expect a Word of God answer, but I do really wonder about how time works in this setting. I mean, Ilya's plans are going to have to revolve around both the idea that he can change the future, and that the scene he saw is impossible to avoid. Is our annihilation, to the point in this rendition of the future, also a certainty? On the other hand, these seem like decidedly different ways of peering into the future. Or rather, peering vs. experiencing. (Then again, can any of the Gods even "see" the future? Surely that would've made the Titans' fight endless or futile. Perhaps my vision is simply a projection based on what Varya knows?)

The Last Embers (Dark Steampunk/Fantasy)

Do... Do we need Ilya to catch up to everyone? It sounds like you really need Ilya to catch up.

The Last Embers (Dark Steampunk/Fantasy)

@CollectorOfMyst @Draken @Scout
I will say that Father Killian is definitely not an experienced inquisitor. This is my fault, since I forgot to post his profile, but Killian is actually a member of Warband Leviathan, so he’s a classmate of Ilya, Viveca and Oren. Unlike them, he was ordered to remain behind to serve in Lanostre under Mother Elisheva. It’s 100% my bad for not making this known sooner. Now I’m not sure if you’d recognize him under all that blood.

In any case, I’ll have a profile up for him soon.

@Lovejoy

How easily we mighty are laid low, likely in part to arrogance.

The Last Embers (Dark Steampunk/Fantasy)

@Lovejoy WHAT. ...Mine's the ninth. You? O.O

@shylarah

I have May 6th... Wat.

The Last Embers (Dark Steampunk/Fantasy)

Should get a post up tonight/tomorrow. My monster Graham Greene paper is nearly done and my student play is nearly over, and then I should have a day or two before I need to start my monster philosophy paper. Fun, fun, fun.

@Sisyphus

I feel your pain. I'm currently out of comission because I have two papers due Friday, which have been displaced until now by other due dates. This can be traced back nearly a month.

The Last Embers (Dark Steampunk/Fantasy)

@shylarah Okay, I suppose I’m cool with the compost thing. The rich don’t donate their bodies though. They have actual mausoleums and such to bury their dead in, as well as the aforementioned coffin ships.

@Lovejoy

Indeed. I imagine it comes down to whether or not you can afford to spend money on a fancy memorial for someone who's gone. Magnagrad works hard enough to build space for all of Varya's other needs.

The Last Embers (Dark Steampunk/Fantasy)

@The Angry GoatMaybe! I just think something like that would be the last straw for poor people who live shitty, terrible lives to begin with. It seems a bit too much for me. Varyan society is horrible and fucked up, but I want the people to have some semblance of humanity and grace left in them. The Church using their own dead as compost isn't honoring them in any way, while interning them in the foundations and walls of the capital city at least gives the people a small bit of pride. It's the closest thing the poor will ever have to a tombstone, in any case.

@Lovejoy

I disagree with you, but I'm clearly not in line with most people in the real world. I mean, look at my signature. I support the practice of conscientious necromancy.

The Last Embers (Dark Steampunk/Fantasy)

@shylarahThat could work, although it sounds incredibly grim and I'm not sure how the population could stomach it. I did have this idea about the remains of poor dead people being used in the smelting process for building material, so that in a way, Magnagrad is "built on the backs of the dead", or something like that. Building material isn't composed entirely of dead folks of course, but it does contain traces of them (sort of like how the Hoover Dam has dead workers in its foundations). Maybe the Church preaches that it's a worthy service to give your body over to be used to "further the city's spread" or something.

@Lovejoy

I imagine your family could be compensated in a moderate way if your corpse is given over to the city. Most of the poor end up taking it, since the tiny windfall can buy them survival for a bit more time.