Writing General: 'psychopomps' editionWelcome to /wg/, the thread for all /tg/ related writing. Whether you're plotting your campaign, trying to come up with a character backstory, or just trying to write some setting fluff, this is the place to post it. You don't even have a campaign, just an idea you want to develop? You're welcome here. While the rest of /tg/ is arguing over monstergirl mating and which way rivers are supposed to flow, we're here to help you turn your thoughts into an actual finished product.As the successor to the Storythreads, we're also open to /tg/ related fanfiction (D&D, Warhammer, Battletech, whatever). In fact, if you've written any vaguely /tg/-related short stories, you can try them out here. We also have flash-fiction challenges from time to time.There's a discord for writers herehttps://discord.gg/6AwKHGFThe previous thread can still be found in the archive here>>97133758And finally an archive of /tg/ fiction can be found here:http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Storythread (dead link, but may be resurrected one day)https://2d4chan.org/wiki/Storythread (page missing, wiki still up)https://1d6chan.miraheze.org/wiki/Storythread
Do you have a personification of death in your setting? Or some other guide to the afterlife, like Anubis, or Valkyries? How do you write them, and what do you think they add to a setting?I'm going to be uncontroversial and say that Death from the Discworld series is the gold standard for psychopomps, although I do have a soft spot for Death in the Sandman comics.
>>97699716>Personification of DeathIt's largely ambiguous and down to in-world perspective, but there are many people and cults who see the Dark Lords as either embodiments or agents of Death, given they rise the Nekropoli to the surface, absorb the land's mana, and turn everything surrounding into ashen desert and undead. These people believe that there is either some holy retribution or divine test in effect, or that the perceived "underworld" has broken a peace accord with "heaven" through their invasion.The reality is the Dark Lords originate from a Void Dimension that has received self-awareness, and wishes to create, but can only consume, corrupt, and destroy through its efforts. The Dark Lords move in accordance with the "Doctrine of Hatred", which is essentially the burden of knowledge they will never be beloved like the living, because their presence uncontrollably kills all life indiscriminately.>GuideOther religions and cults believe the King of Cloud Kingdom, which floats high above the surface world, sends his Zephyrs to guide the pure or zealous to "heaven", much like valkyries and such.The reality is that Zephyrs and The Cloud King are just as mortal as the surface world races, and visit the surface to either help fight evil, or as exiles who don't fit in with the higher realm.>why so basicIt's for a game.I don't really need much lore to define the character options or the enemies to fight.
