Post by Memoru on Jul 30, 2006 20:26:18 GMT -5
†Venial†
[/font]Once upon a time...
...a wolf died.
Not an extraordinary feat, of course. Wolves die all the time. Every day. Hell, half of them are extinct or endangered. And they've all flown off to little doggy heaven, or were reincarnated, or simply blipped out of existence. Whatever suits your fancy. That's the way it happens. That's the way it's always happened. That's the way it should continue for millions of years henceforth.
But it doesn't. Something changes. The wolves don't know why.
Once upon a time, a wolf dies, and he does not go to heaven, or hell, or become a reincarnate. Nor does he blip out of existence.
He's sent here. To Venial. An afterlife for the new wolves. An afterlife that has not always been there. An artificial heaven and hell.
When a wolf enters Venial something is decided. Sinners become Sins, the Virtuous become Virtues, and they all gain a single power mirroring their actions during their previous life. There are of course the neutral wolves as well, those who have neither been sinful nor sinless, who are granted no power but the joy of continuing in another life...or the displeasure.
...happily ever after
Say good-bye to it.
The Lord of the Land lives here in Venial, a mysterious figure with many rumors shrouding him. The creator? The first wolf to ever enter Venial? A god? A devil? Whatever he is, he is The Lord, and his word is not only Law, but Life. He is to Be Obeyed. And he punishes those who do not listen.
The Lord has separated the sinners and the saints to two realms; The Ivory Land and the Onyx Land. He watches them from his own paradise, sending minions to torture and destroy as he sees fit. The Lord does nothing but turn the reborn wolves into his puppets for his very own personal theater.
Eden one moment, brimstone the next.
He's turned the afterlife into a hell.
A knight in shining armor...
...a hint into the future
...Damsel in Distress
...and just a little more
Prince Charming...
...the chapters just keep going
But nothing is certain. Naught is writ' in stone.
Anything can happen here. Anything can change.
And not all is as it seems
Anything can happen here. Anything can change.
And not all is as it seems
but eventually all comes to
...The End
All dogs go to heaven
But wolves go to hell