09-30-2015, 01:14 AM
The dragoness couldn't help but to chuckle at the numerous questions. But, that's a good thing. Only dumb people don't ever ask questions after all. She waved her hand around in the air erratically. "Religion is... well, it's when someone worships something or somebody that they believe to be a greater power - typically, a deity. In the case of the Akame from your homeworld, their goddess is this Nyx you speak of. The problem is, well... especially if there is no proof of that deity existing, like them appearing to people or such, some people refuse to follow that religion. Maybe you have individuals at your homeworld which say that Nyx isn't real? Or even who believe in a different deity? I don't mean to anger you, but tht's at least how it happened where I come from. There's dozens, if not hundreds of different practiced religions with varying numbers of people practicing them. Their views matter a lot, some say that everyone goes to paradise, others that you're just... gone, when you die, others say that when you die you are reborn in a new body... all sorts of things."
She looked down at Dawnika's pointed finger and nodded. "Yup. I was born and raised in Hell, for the most part. It's full of demons of varying strengths, and while they tend to be warriors or at least have some sort of combat-related abilities anywhere from a strong bodybuild to magic powers, not everyone is - only like 99 out of 100. It's a little complicated but at the moment yes, everyone who was evil came to Hell - not just humans, but most sentient beings such as elves, mermen, the Nurns and even dragons. Although my sire was an artificially created demon, from what I gathered - it's not something we talk about much." She cleared her throat and moved to the next point. It was clear she wanted to avoid elaborating.
She then pointed at the line connecting Earth, Heaven and Hell on her diagram. "While angels and demons can come back to Earth after they die - and really, I've spent several years on Earth - you don't come back as a human once you're dead. Only those who "earned" it get to go to Paradise, which is... well, a land of joy and happiness. Because everyone who goes there is a good person, they naturally collaborate and help each other, as a result Heaven is a place where everything is plentiful and you don't need to do bad things because everything is given to you anyway. But about the gods... imagine that when you die your soul goes down a huge river, along with all the other souls. Somewhere along that river there's a fisherman who will seek out and fish for the souls who are good... the souls that he gets are those who are good, and get to go to Heaven. Further down that river then comes another fisherman who has a huge net spanned across the river... and he will catch all the souls that the other fisherman didn't get, those are the ones that go to Hell." She looked up, giving a sad smile. "It seems like it's not a matter of love, unfortunately. Paradise would not be paradise if everyone got to go there. It's kind of like separating the good apples from the spoiled apples. If you let all the apples go together the spoiled ones will make the whole basket disgusting." Her smile returned to being honest. "Although, Hell isn't all THAT bad if you just know what to do. There's some amount of order, it's not like... a free-for-all war. Weak and strong demons for instance are separated so that the weak don't get bullied around and have some relative freedom to grow stronger, until they can move to the next level. And there's areas where combat is forbidden, like the marketplaces or the succubus brothels, to uphold order to some extent. I'd let you peek into my memories if I had any spells allowing for that to show you what it's like."
She looked down at Dawnika's pointed finger and nodded. "Yup. I was born and raised in Hell, for the most part. It's full of demons of varying strengths, and while they tend to be warriors or at least have some sort of combat-related abilities anywhere from a strong bodybuild to magic powers, not everyone is - only like 99 out of 100. It's a little complicated but at the moment yes, everyone who was evil came to Hell - not just humans, but most sentient beings such as elves, mermen, the Nurns and even dragons. Although my sire was an artificially created demon, from what I gathered - it's not something we talk about much." She cleared her throat and moved to the next point. It was clear she wanted to avoid elaborating.
She then pointed at the line connecting Earth, Heaven and Hell on her diagram. "While angels and demons can come back to Earth after they die - and really, I've spent several years on Earth - you don't come back as a human once you're dead. Only those who "earned" it get to go to Paradise, which is... well, a land of joy and happiness. Because everyone who goes there is a good person, they naturally collaborate and help each other, as a result Heaven is a place where everything is plentiful and you don't need to do bad things because everything is given to you anyway. But about the gods... imagine that when you die your soul goes down a huge river, along with all the other souls. Somewhere along that river there's a fisherman who will seek out and fish for the souls who are good... the souls that he gets are those who are good, and get to go to Heaven. Further down that river then comes another fisherman who has a huge net spanned across the river... and he will catch all the souls that the other fisherman didn't get, those are the ones that go to Hell." She looked up, giving a sad smile. "It seems like it's not a matter of love, unfortunately. Paradise would not be paradise if everyone got to go there. It's kind of like separating the good apples from the spoiled apples. If you let all the apples go together the spoiled ones will make the whole basket disgusting." Her smile returned to being honest. "Although, Hell isn't all THAT bad if you just know what to do. There's some amount of order, it's not like... a free-for-all war. Weak and strong demons for instance are separated so that the weak don't get bullied around and have some relative freedom to grow stronger, until they can move to the next level. And there's areas where combat is forbidden, like the marketplaces or the succubus brothels, to uphold order to some extent. I'd let you peek into my memories if I had any spells allowing for that to show you what it's like."
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