how is the xemmeshian afterlife? do all the races have different concepts of it? what about ghosts?
Seera: Xemmeshia afterlife is still something I’m ironing out. But what I have so far is that the planet Xemmeshia exists in the human world, hence why there is human words and traditions on Xemmeshia, because Furlings, Scalings and Featherlings were transformed from humans. But that’s a whole other thing. Anyway, the world that the God Xem lives in is another universe from the human one. A universe of completely different worlds and creatures. And in the center of that universe is Xems kingdom. There, souls are created by Xem and Xems Gods, and are born in a basin called the “Birth of Light.” Souls then float around the kingdom conversing with other souls born there.
However, these souls could not leave the kingdom as just souls. They needed bodies in order to leave and explore the other planets and worlds, because mere souls would not survive. They needed a “form” created by the genetic make up from their parents in reproduction. After receiving their forms and after dying, they go back to Xems kingdom where they were born.
(Dark souls- those who chose to follow darkness are sent to a void as a mere soul again, without their body. They are stuck to follow a broken path lit with very dim light to try to find their way out. If they cannot follow this light, or choose not to, the darkness consumes their soul and they truly die.)
After souls are back in Xems kingdom, they can then leave the kingdom and explore the vast amounts of worlds in that universe. They can transform from their soul form to their body form, and are imbued with power of Xem. To the creatures and civilizations who see beings of Xem coming to their planet, they refer them as such.
Beings of Xem are giving this power to fight against the darkness that was unleashed in Xemmeshia from the “creation” of dragons. (And that’s a whole other thing) This darkness that crept its way into Xems universe and threatens to consume it.
So yea… death in Xemmeshia isnt an end of life. But a start of a much bigger one… pretty much XD
And no, there are no ghosts in Xemmeshia because of this. There are some instances where Xemmeshians have seen their ancestors in the kingdom during visions, but that’s as close as it gets.
As for the concepts the races have of the afterlife, it is generally known to most of the kingdom, as it isnt very secretive, and some Xemmeshians even have small memories of it. But its a whoooole thing that I plan to write all down when I start getting Xemmeshian lore pictures up. I’ve been working on them for a while now, and I’m excited 83
(Fun fact about the souls though, for each Xemmeshian, their soul is visible in their eyes. Their eyes ARE their soul. For example, Fiora’s soul is a golden color, and in her eyes it is her soul looking out from the form that was created for her soul. Same goes for everyone. Their eyes are the colors of their souls.)