[quote="Areo, in various conversations,"](03:11:40 PM) Me: (01:27:53 AM) Me: Yeah. Simple description: Divinity Lost.
Good and Evil have fought for all time. Once, they made war on each other directly, invading the other side's planes and wreaking havoc in the name of divinity or malice. Over the course of their battles, each plane was nearly lost for eternity.
(01:28:09 AM) Me: It was a case of mutually assured destruction, on a celestial scale.
(03:11:42 PM) Me: (01:29:41 AM) Me: The highest powers, above and below, came to an agreement. Should they battle one another directly, there would be nothing left for either side to reign over. It would be a war that could not be won for either side. Thus was the first celestial war ended, at least openly.
(03:11:56 PM) Me: (01:40:53 AM) Me: The two powers came together, and forged a neutral ground. The stereotypical image is a hilly scene, with a well at the top. When a Celestial, be it angel or demon, chooses to continue the fight, they drink from the well. In doing so, they lose their form, their abilities, and as a consequence (to make it 'fair', the powers decided), their memories. All they retain is the celestial spark that drives them.
(01:41:34 AM) Me: This serves to explain two major points: 1. Player characters come back to life, after death. 2. They are able to enact true change on the world, unlike normal mortals who have no such spark, bound to the wheel of destiny.
(03:12:10 PM) Me: (01:41:58 AM) Me: Free will is a bitch. Being mortal, they can fight for good, evil, or neutrality, or anything inbetween.
(03:12:27 PM) Me: (01:43:12 AM) Me: Should they choose to remort, of course, they reclaim some of their celestial nature, but in the eyes of their kind, they are abominations (at least to some of their kind). Half mortal, half celestial, they now return to their home plane on death, and can travel between heaven and hell, the non-aggression treaty allowing passage, if not kindness.
(01:43:20 AM) Me: :D
(03:12:37 PM) Me: (01:43:53 AM) Me: The whole mortal thing is because the two powers decided that, while celestial power was too much, mortals would be free to enact change.
(01:44:04 AM) Me: So, under those terms, both sides assume mortal forms to continue the war.
(03:12:50 PM) Me: (01:44:20 AM) Me: They just have to operate under the terms of their pact, which include the loss of memory, etc.
(01:44:33 AM) Me: We might have chargen start at the hilly area.
(01:44:38 AM) Me: As a few questions about tendencies.
(01:44:51 AM) Me: Don't explain the heaven and hell part, but have the character drink from the well.
(01:44:58 AM) Me: THEN they begin the mortal char gen.
(01:45:12 AM) Me: On remort, those traits are brought up again, and they are shown what they truly should have been.
(01:45:23 AM) Me: They can change it, to some extent, based on the experiences of the character.
(03:13:05 PM) Me: (01:45:32 AM) Me: An angel may fall, and a demon may be redeemed, to some extent.
(01:45:41 AM) Me: But yeah, that's the theme we're thinking of.
(01:46:29 AM) Me: Given that a return to life is optional for celestials, we can make actual cities in the death and celestial planes, too.
(01:46:38 AM) Me: Places for them to gain power among their kind or the mortal dead.
(01:48:57 AM) Me: The fun thing is that mortals CAN gain access to the celestial plains, and there they can make the war directly (as only celestials are forbidden to fight there). Thing is, nothing stops the celestials from attacking THEM, either.
(01:49:00 AM) Me: :D
(01:49:10 AM) Me: So they won't be particularly welcome.
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Elaborating on this when I get a chance. Just posting as a reminder to self.
