Gorse
1 years ago
[FFXIV/au musings] had a dream about a shrine au where Emet-Selch and Hythlodaeus are the priests of a shrine to the underworld
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Gorse
1 years ago
and of course the fugeki of the shrine is Iosis. the secret of the shrine is that Iosis is Death Itself
Gorse
1 years ago
nobody knows this. they are a simple fugeki. they assist visitors with offerings and ceremonies. they keep the grounds cleaned. they perform the dances and rites
Gorse
1 years ago
they are a psychopomp and the three of them serve death and the way it circles with life
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Gorse
1 years ago
and a man comes to visit who is enamoured with the fugeki. a god of revel and harvest and ecstasy in human form just as Iosis is
Gorse
1 years ago
a god so beloved by death he traveled the Underworld's waters and returned without ever needing to pay a toll. so beloved it left a part of Itself on his soul
Gorse
1 years ago
honestly it would make for a good "meanwhile on another shard"
Gorse
1 years ago
Charon fundamentally affixed a fragment of their soul, a fragment of the Styx into Dionysus before the sundering. it's why death is loathe to take him in every life and incarnation
Gorse
1 years ago
to be loved is to be changed. to be loved by the Styx itself, well ...
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