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Namer_and_Shaper
03-01-08, 06:30 AM I'm sorry if these don't make sense, I'm known for writing down what I'm thinking the second I think it. :P

These are my death gods, for a world I'll never make, enjoy!

Death – Man at the End, My Mate Maurn
“At the end of your life you will meet the gambling skeleton, he will smile without lips, oh skeleton gambler! You will play a game and he will win, then, he will guide you every step through the underworld.”
Symbol: A skull with dice in the eye sockets, the numbers present on the dice differ per symbol
Portfolio: Dieing, the dead, the ill, weak and elderly, proper burial, journeys, exploration, fools, gamblers, lowest of peasants and slaves, luck, misfortune and destiny.
Worshipers: Those in mourning as well as well those about to die, soldiers, thieves and con artists, doctors, the poor and destitute, witches.
Domains: Death, Oracle, Fate, Luck, Trickery, Cold

Avatars:
His most common form is that of a man, some say with chalk skin tight against his face with inky, curled hair while others claim his flesh is ebon with corpse purple lips and that upon his head rests stark, white hair like cobwebs floating in the breeze. His eyes are pallid, grey, empty, death, because gods cannot change their eyes. It is said that if the wind is blowing his face flashes into that of a skeleton, but he can still smile. But when he smiles, which he often does, wrinkles and creases emerge all across his face and he appears almost human, crucially, appears merciful. In this shape he wears a soldier’s uniform, unkempt and ragged, from some by-gone era or perhaps a merchant’s suit, all yellows and limes with golden seams or even just a pastel shaded robe. He enjoys wearing sandals regardless of the terrain. His regular avatar in the mortal lands, he appears to the newly dead and speaks with them, often chatting about simple things such as the weather and what they enjoyed, he loves games but cannot be beaten. Many fables state that he walks the land and tells any mortal he finds a riddle, the riddles however, can be answered and a boon is given to those who do.
He is said to be at his most kind when dealing with peasants and other hard-living people, leading them not only to their afterlife, but doing so at a wondrous speed, travelling a way that avoids all dangers. Some slaves from the east claim he is winged when meeting them at their deaths.
Beware however that you should anger him if you ever meet the Man at the End, for he can pin back his hair and pull down his other face. The skeleton one. As the skeleton his demeanour is sour and the area around him freezes utterly, all bad winters are blamed on this shift of mood. The skeleton sometimes rides the seas far north and far south in the ribcage of a long dead being.
His second form is that of a living shadow, in it he seeks out would-be immortals, lost ghosts and zombi that evade his grasp. He can copy the true shadow of anyone he stalks and even twist himself into strange silhouettes of long dead monsters, taking on their powers. When needed he can become as small as the shadow of a needle then so large as to cover a country in shade.
His last avatar however is terrible to behold. It has appeared only twice in history, first to devour a goddess that offended him by naming herself “Master of Death” and the second to sunder the earth around a sinful city, killing all within its walls.
It is said to be unto a gigantic, silvery centipede with two crocodile heads each of which filled with twenty thousand teeth made of diamonds, the diamonds themselves filled with bound spirits of demons mighty enough to slay armies. As it marches, foot after foot after foot, it brings silence, none can scream above the deafen hollowness it brings.
It is said that its final appearance will be its last.

Death is the moment of change that happens as the body fails. He also likes wine and long walks through forests in autumn.
Death; it must be repeated, he is death…does his job perfectly and at his own command. He knows it is right and will stop to contest with anyone the reasoning behind it all. Regardless of his morality, he does guide every soul to the underworld faithfully, taking them to their warranted place. His actions are great and thank him he walks invisibly more often than not; you wouldn’t want to see him.

Dogma:
Though many worship him either alone or in cults, death has no set religion or laws.

The Oou – Servants of Death, Friend of Heroes
“Everything dies, but for now, live!”
Symbol: a talon holding a quill or a white rose
Portfolio: While each has a different portfolio, it is generally; young warriors, heroes, nobility, knowledge, teaching, lore, underdogs, unmarried women, fools and many other topics. Often one Oou can have all manner of thinking, such as protecting star-crossed lovers or disciplining wicked veterans of war.
Worshipers: Young warriors, explorers, the deformed and slow of mind, fools, travellers, comedians, gladiators, scribes and advisors
Domains: Repose, Fate, Healing, Knowledge, Nobility, Moon

Avatars:
Often a tiny creature with the body of an owl, long stick-thin legs of some kind of marsh bird yet with the face of an angry old man. It is the hero’s aid and teacher, appearing in over sixty legends across the lands, Oou was even the personal advisor to the first High King. Oou is an ungainly figure that is often humours as it attempts to boss everyone it meets around, not even gods are spared from its crude comments and insightful sarcasm.
One famous Oou however is like a hairless white spider with the head of a child, its eyes dreadful to look into, for they are like two glass orbs filled with water, ever swirling.
It teaches through stories, jokes and silly challenges, such as daring a grand hero to carry rotten fish through a city for a week, to know what it is like to be unwanted.

Once, upon a time, death felt pity for those that died fighting for their beliefs. He couldn’t be biased, so he released his feelings as best he could and got on with things. These became the Oou, twenty-two in number some say, became the demi-gods of anyone alone and different, from simple travellers to high generals to hermits to children born with disfigurements.
They flew around the world, not bound to the laws as their father were, they each built their own values and helped people to aid each other and do great deeds by those values. Worshiped widely, many roads have statues of them at the crossroads. Gladiator’s shields bear their visage, comedians often dress as them and just about every inn as an Oou jar, where money is “donated” to the Oou fund. Any visiter fool enough to put money in that jar deserves to loose it. All Oou are named Oou and any attempt to give them a nickname will lead to them leaving your presence forever.

Dogma:
A collective writings of the Oou known as the Book of Scratchings have many ideas on how to be, here is a extract.

All that lives, dies. Do not fear death, it is inevitable.
Know that to live, you must suffer. But pain is meaningless.
Know that others endeavour to shackle you, but in turn, you must free them.
Your life will fade, your name, but in great deeds you become legend, in this you are immortal.

Edit: So, whatcha think? Useable? Oh, and I'm not bothered about alignments, but death somewhere between CN and LG while the Oou are CG.
Space_Dragon
03-01-08, 02:39 PM I like this death. True Neutral with good tendencies, it seems. Kind of like Zane from On a Pale Horse.
Namer_and_Shaper
03-01-08, 03:48 PM I like this death. True Neutral with good tendencies, it seems. Kind of like Zane from On a Pale Horse.

True Neutral eh? I never was good at fitting things into alignments. That can be his alignment then. :D

What do you think of the Oou?, I just pictured them in my mind and thought they were funny, yet could easily be used in a serious setting.
Space_Dragon
03-02-08, 12:15 PM True Neutral eh? I never was good at fitting things into alignments. That can be his alignment then. :D

What do you think of the Oou?, I just pictured them in my mind and thought they were funny, yet could easily be used in a serious setting.

On second reading, Neutral Good seems to fit better. I thought he had more negative qualities than he did.

Oou seem to run the gamut. BTW, are they inspired by the Oocca from Legend of Zelda? Their name and appearance is similar.
Namer_and_Shaper
03-02-08, 01:04 PM On second reading, Neutral Good seems to fit better. I thought he had more negative qualities than he did.

Oou seem to run the gamut. BTW, are they inspired by the Oocca from Legend of Zelda? Their name and appearance is similar.

Actually, they are inspired by the Owl from Link's Awakening that guides the hero. Same series, different bird. c:

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Namer_and_Shaper 03-01-08, 06:30 AM	I'm sorry if these don't make sense, I'm known for writing down what I'm thinking the second I think it. :P These are my death gods, for a world I'll never make, enjoy! Death – Man at the End, My Mate Maurn “At the end of your life you will meet the gambling skeleton, he will smile without lips, oh skeleton gambler! You will play a game and he will win, then, he will guide you every step through the underworld.” Symbol: A skull with dice in the eye sockets, the numbers present on the dice differ per symbol Portfolio: Dieing, the dead, the ill, weak and elderly, proper burial, journeys, exploration, fools, gamblers, lowest of peasants and slaves, luck, misfortune and destiny. Worshipers: Those in mourning as well as well those about to die, soldiers, thieves and con artists, doctors, the poor and destitute, witches. Domains: Death, Oracle, Fate, Luck, Trickery, Cold Avatars: His most common form is that of a man, some say with chalk skin tight against his face with inky, curled hair while others claim his flesh is ebon with corpse purple lips and that upon his head rests stark, white hair like cobwebs floating in the breeze. His eyes are pallid, grey, empty, death, because gods cannot change their eyes. It is said that if the wind is blowing his face flashes into that of a skeleton, but he can still smile. But when he smiles, which he often does, wrinkles and creases emerge all across his face and he appears almost human, crucially, appears merciful. In this shape he wears a soldier’s uniform, unkempt and ragged, from some by-gone era or perhaps a merchant’s suit, all yellows and limes with golden seams or even just a pastel shaded robe. He enjoys wearing sandals regardless of the terrain. His regular avatar in the mortal lands, he appears to the newly dead and speaks with them, often chatting about simple things such as the weather and what they enjoyed, he loves games but cannot be beaten. Many fables state that he walks the land and tells any mortal he finds a riddle, the riddles however, can be answered and a boon is given to those who do. He is said to be at his most kind when dealing with peasants and other hard-living people, leading them not only to their afterlife, but doing so at a wondrous speed, travelling a way that avoids all dangers. Some slaves from the east claim he is winged when meeting them at their deaths. Beware however that you should anger him if you ever meet the Man at the End, for he can pin back his hair and pull down his other face. The skeleton one. As the skeleton his demeanour is sour and the area around him freezes utterly, all bad winters are blamed on this shift of mood. The skeleton sometimes rides the seas far north and far south in the ribcage of a long dead being. His second form is that of a living shadow, in it he seeks out would-be immortals, lost ghosts and zombi that evade his grasp. He can copy the true shadow of anyone he stalks and even twist himself into strange silhouettes of long dead monsters, taking on their powers. When needed he can become as small as the shadow of a needle then so large as to cover a country in shade. His last avatar however is terrible to behold. It has appeared only twice in history, first to devour a goddess that offended him by naming herself “Master of Death” and the second to sunder the earth around a sinful city, killing all within its walls. It is said to be unto a gigantic, silvery centipede with two crocodile heads each of which filled with twenty thousand teeth made of diamonds, the diamonds themselves filled with bound spirits of demons mighty enough to slay armies. As it marches, foot after foot after foot, it brings silence, none can scream above the deafen hollowness it brings. It is said that its final appearance will be its last. Death is the moment of change that happens as the body fails. He also likes wine and long walks through forests in autumn. Death; it must be repeated, he is death…does his job perfectly and at his own command. He knows it is right and will stop to contest with anyone the reasoning behind it all. Regardless of his morality, he does guide every soul to the underworld faithfully, taking them to their warranted place. His actions are great and thank him he walks invisibly more often than not; you wouldn’t want to see him. Dogma: Though many worship him either alone or in cults, death has no set religion or laws. The Oou – Servants of Death, Friend of Heroes “Everything dies, but for now, live!” Symbol: a talon holding a quill or a white rose Portfolio: While each has a different portfolio, it is generally; young warriors, heroes, nobility, knowledge, teaching, lore, underdogs, unmarried women, fools and many other topics. Often one Oou can have all manner of thinking, such as protecting star-crossed lovers or disciplining wicked veterans of war. Worshipers: Young warriors, explorers, the deformed and slow of mind, fools, travellers, comedians, gladiators, scribes and advisors Domains: Repose, Fate, Healing, Knowledge, Nobility, Moon Avatars: Often a tiny creature with the body of an owl, long stick-thin legs of some kind of marsh bird yet with the face of an angry old man. It is the hero’s aid and teacher, appearing in over sixty legends across the lands, Oou was even the personal advisor to the first High King. Oou is an ungainly figure that is often humours as it attempts to boss everyone it meets around, not even gods are spared from its crude comments and insightful sarcasm. One famous Oou however is like a hairless white spider with the head of a child, its eyes dreadful to look into, for they are like two glass orbs filled with water, ever swirling. It teaches through stories, jokes and silly challenges, such as daring a grand hero to carry rotten fish through a city for a week, to know what it is like to be unwanted. Once, upon a time, death felt pity for those that died fighting for their beliefs. He couldn’t be biased, so he released his feelings as best he could and got on with things. These became the Oou, twenty-two in number some say, became the demi-gods of anyone alone and different, from simple travellers to high generals to hermits to children born with disfigurements. They flew around the world, not bound to the laws as their father were, they each built their own values and helped people to aid each other and do great deeds by those values. Worshiped widely, many roads have statues of them at the crossroads. Gladiator’s shields bear their visage, comedians often dress as them and just about every inn as an Oou jar, where money is “donated” to the Oou fund. Any visiter fool enough to put money in that jar deserves to loose it. All Oou are named Oou and any attempt to give them a nickname will lead to them leaving your presence forever. Dogma: A collective writings of the Oou known as the Book of Scratchings have many ideas on how to be, here is a extract. All that lives, dies. Do not fear death, it is inevitable. Know that to live, you must suffer. But pain is meaningless. Know that others endeavour to shackle you, but in turn, you must free them. Your life will fade, your name, but in great deeds you become legend, in this you are immortal. Edit: So, whatcha think? Useable? Oh, and I'm not bothered about alignments, but death somewhere between CN and LG while the Oou are CG.
Space_Dragon 03-01-08, 02:39 PM	I like this death. True Neutral with good tendencies, it seems. Kind of like Zane from On a Pale Horse.
Namer_and_Shaper 03-01-08, 03:48 PM	I like this death. True Neutral with good tendencies, it seems. Kind of like Zane from On a Pale Horse. True Neutral eh? I never was good at fitting things into alignments. That can be his alignment then. :D What do you think of the Oou?, I just pictured them in my mind and thought they were funny, yet could easily be used in a serious setting.
Space_Dragon 03-02-08, 12:15 PM	True Neutral eh? I never was good at fitting things into alignments. That can be his alignment then. :D What do you think of the Oou?, I just pictured them in my mind and thought they were funny, yet could easily be used in a serious setting. On second reading, Neutral Good seems to fit better. I thought he had more negative qualities than he did. Oou seem to run the gamut. BTW, are they inspired by the Oocca from Legend of Zelda? Their name and appearance is similar.
Namer_and_Shaper 03-02-08, 01:04 PM	On second reading, Neutral Good seems to fit better. I thought he had more negative qualities than he did. Oou seem to run the gamut. BTW, are they inspired by the Oocca from Legend of Zelda? Their name and appearance is similar. Actually, they are inspired by the Owl from Link's Awakening that guides the hero. Same series, different bird. c: