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Honourable Jester
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mikkeneko

concept: a death god that is actually

surprisingly supportive and on the side of the
good guys, supporting actions and promoting
policies that will lead to the kingdom growing
and thriving instead of being destroyed,
because the more the kingdom grows, the
more people there are, and the more people
there are the more people will eventually die,
and when you’re an immortal god of death,
you know there’s no need to rush. you’ll get
them all in the end

mikkeneko

i like how the responses on this post are

cleanly split between “hey this is a great story
idea i love it” and “this is absolutely terrifying”

honourablejester

Yes. A Death that is kind, and patient, and

inevitable.

A Death that need not fight against you, that

will often fight for you, because why not? It will
gather you home eventually. Why not enjoy
you first?

A Death that treasures those who fight it most

ardently. That loves healers and defenders and
survivalists and necromancers and mad
scientists and immortal gods. That lets them
pour everything they are into fighting it,
denying it, adoring every desperate scrap of
strength and will and brilliance and raw
determination poured out against it. That
catches you when your strength is done and all
your will and brilliance run out, that gathers
you close beneath a warm, dark cloak, and
whispers well done, oh child, you were
magnificent, well done.

A Death who will not seek to hasten an

inevitable end, who will chastise those who
seek to hasten it for others in Death’s stead,
who will slowly and patiently plot and sow and
siphon away from the great monsters of the
world. Because who are they to hasten Death’s
domain, who are they to deny Death its time
and its place, who are they to cut short these
vital glories that illuminate it so? Who are they
to presume upon its will, that is so much larger
and so much longer than theirs?

Who are they to call, and presume that Death,

of all beings, should obey?

A Death that is not a hunter but a gatherer,

who is always and eternal, who loves you, and
can afford to wait. A Death who will fight for
you and defend you, who will place its hand
upon those who would speed you to its
embrace, who has no need to rush you, only to
greet you when you call.

A Death who is kind.

And patient.

And, before all and above all,

inevitable.

Source: mikkeneko
#concepts #mythology #death gods #i love
this sort of portrayal #why should death ever
need to rush

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