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What Genre of Fantasy would fit an Adventure in the Abyss?
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<blockquote data-quote="Scars Unseen" data-source="post: 8550451" data-attributes="member: 10196"><p>So part of my view of what the abyss would be like is informed by the urban fantasy/horror web serial, <a href="https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Pact.</a> For mortals unfortunate enough to find themselves stuck there, the abyss is about breaking you down and changing you into something else. The degree of change and the end result depend on the nature of the mortal, luck, and - should they hold out long enough - the interference of the malevolent beings that dwell there. </p><p></p><p>Being in the abyss means struggling to maintain not only your life, but also your sense of self, as survival brings its own challenges in the form of attention from some of the greater beings that dwell there. There is little commonality in the form that nature will take from being to being. Some will seek to destroy, others to corrupt in various ways. It's not even unheard of for a demon to genuinely help the lost souls of the abyss from time to time. The only real guarantee is that whatever action a demon takes, it is in furtherance of their own personal goals. </p><p></p><p>The nature of a given adventure in the Abyss could vary greatly depending on the demons involved, but if I had to use a shorthand, I'd call this take "Aliens meets <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_Wicked_This_Way_Comes_(novel)" target="_blank">Something Wicked This Way Comes</a>." Other possible influences could include Event Horizon, Nightmare on Elm Street, and especially the aforementioned Pact for any who have read that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scars Unseen, post: 8550451, member: 10196"] So part of my view of what the abyss would be like is informed by the urban fantasy/horror web serial, [URL='https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/']Pact.[/URL] For mortals unfortunate enough to find themselves stuck there, the abyss is about breaking you down and changing you into something else. The degree of change and the end result depend on the nature of the mortal, luck, and - should they hold out long enough - the interference of the malevolent beings that dwell there. Being in the abyss means struggling to maintain not only your life, but also your sense of self, as survival brings its own challenges in the form of attention from some of the greater beings that dwell there. There is little commonality in the form that nature will take from being to being. Some will seek to destroy, others to corrupt in various ways. It's not even unheard of for a demon to genuinely help the lost souls of the abyss from time to time. The only real guarantee is that whatever action a demon takes, it is in furtherance of their own personal goals. The nature of a given adventure in the Abyss could vary greatly depending on the demons involved, but if I had to use a shorthand, I'd call this take "Aliens meets [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_Wicked_This_Way_Comes_(novel)']Something Wicked This Way Comes[/URL]." Other possible influences could include Event Horizon, Nightmare on Elm Street, and especially the aforementioned Pact for any who have read that. [/QUOTE]
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