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I was very surprised (and pleased) to see an update!
Thanks, Sep.
I have to say, though, that I don't understand Saes's reasons for sealing the underworld. Suppose there are 100 million people in the world, and they all live for an average of 100 years.
Then, on average, 1 million souls pass her gates every year. Now suppose Graz'zt invades, and all 100 million are killed in a year. Saes gorges on death. But next year- no souls come. None are left alive, and so none can die. No matter- she's still up by a net 99 million souls. The year after- still no souls. The year after that- nope. After 100 years she's where she would have been had there been no invasion. From that point on she is in a net famine of souls.
It is really in her interest to let some out to live again- for unless there are living people, no one can die.
I was very surprised (and pleased) to see an update!
Thanks, Sep.
I have to say, though, that I don't understand Saes's reasons for sealing the underworld. Suppose there are 100 million people in the world, and they all live for an average of 100 years.
Then, on average, 1 million souls pass her gates every year. Now suppose Graz'zt invades, and all 100 million are killed in a year. Saes gorges on death. But next year- no souls come. None are left alive, and so none can die. No matter- she's still up by a net 99 million souls. The year after- still no souls. The year after that- nope. After 100 years she's where she would have been had there been no invasion. From that point on she is in a net famine of souls.
It is really in her interest to let some out to live again- for unless there are living people, no one can die.
...and maybe that's the arguement they'll use to convince her?
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Heh, when I saw the SH title, I wasn't sure if it referred to last year's May update, or was a new one. In any case, I'm glad it was the latter. Hope we don't have to wait until May '07!
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As brilliant and spellbinding as ever. Thanks, Sep. I'm sorry to see Titivilus go. He's long been one of my favorite devils. Now that Graz'zt is bogged down defending himself from Orcus, is he not going to be a player in these tales? I'll miss him, too. That said, I'm looking forward to seeing what the Cult of Chesne will dish up and how the gods of Sisperi will fit in. Hmm. Maybe I should reread the whole thing again.
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Hooray! Really glad to see you back Sep
The way you create deep stories that really deal with the implications of what things would be like if it were real is so amazing!!
This would seem to be a good opportunity to re-read everything, and so I just found the map of Wyre that was attached to the first post of the compiled thread. A couple of queries emerge from looking at that-
I can see Trempa, Morne, Kaurbon, etc, but not Deorham - roughly where is Eadric's demesne?
Is Ueddia on another continent or is it somewhere on the mainland of Wyre?
Finally, have you been playing with the characters over the last year and re-started writing up what happened, or have you not had time for that and just managed to write the latest posts as pure fiction? Thanks again, and don't worry if time gets precious again; we'll wait
To answer my own questions I've now re-read enough of the story to know roughly where Deorham is and to re-learn that Ueddia is actually Nwm's goddess, not his birthplace, for the benefit of anyone else who was wondering
I wondered if I would experience the same feeling of amazement about the story if Sepulchrave ever returned to write it... suffice it to say the answer is yes.
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