Aeternity

An **aeternity** (*pronounced: "eternity"*) is any realm inhabited by immortal spirits of a specific element or identity. Because of its tendency to claim the souls of deceased organisms, it's comparable to the general concept of an afterlife. This is not because of a higher power's moral judgment, but because a soul's properties happen to be similar to that of a spirit.

Aeternities only exists in realities that don't acknowledge the living, even so, fleeting souls are detected if the aeternity shares a similar universe layout and is located around the same area. The soul will be pulled in through space and time, where it'll experience this realm with whatever senses it had when it was still part of a living body.

Though it can be assumed; spirits are not the same as souls. The first is a supernatural creature, the latter a ghostly reflection of an organism's being and potential, which records everything the host experiences throughout life. As such, it will think and act like them as if they've never died.

In some aeternities, the soul may take on the appearance of whatever age the host felt most comfortable at.

Every universe comes with its own laws of nature, one consistency being their hold on creatures that are native to them. These are forcefully summoned back when lost in another world, since there's no reality that can maintain the existence of foreign elements. To become a fact in another world is possible for some creatures, but takes luck and effort.

Souls in universes like that of Earth are an oddity in the sense they're only deemed "natural" when merged with flesh, yet suddenly lose that right upon release. If there are no aeternities near a living planet (that runs on souls), then these will fade out of existence and not experience any kind of afterlife.

There are two known aeternities: The realm of beasts and the realm of Aengels. These are part of the same reality and find themselves in close proximity to Earth.

## Sky's Aeternity

"Sky's Aeternity" is the unofficial name for the otherwise nameless world Aengels reside in, mainly coined by vaempires. A more commonly used term is "Heaven", based on Earthly religious texts and the criteria this world matches. Aengels refuse to use any kind of name for their home.

It's an extremely exclusive world that happens to find itself somewhere above Earth, though will still draw in the souls of regular mortals if these trick the system. A soul has to be good-natured and unblemished for Heaven to mistake it for a native, despite Aengels themselves being sociopathic demons.

Heaven has no leader or power structures, and was created by the Aengels themselves, who are the closest thing to deities. The environment looks like a sunny, endless sky, though deceased souls may perceive whatever pleases them the most. In actuality, these are mindlessly floating around and can never be communicated with the moment they enter that euphoric high.

It rarely happens a soul is skeptical of its surroundings and doesn't lose consciousness. Upon getting exposed to the Aengels, it'll enter a frenzied panic, wholly outside of their control. This kind of noise and behaviour will turn Heaven's guards rabid and treat the soul like a Hell candidate that somehow ended up in their domain. The soul is stuck in limbo and thorn to pieces for all eternity, its unblemished state having become a curse that forever binds them to Heaven, the mindless guards surrounding them, and the cold Aengels that don't care to intervene. This fate is described to be worse than Hell.

## Fallen Aeternity

"Fallen Aeternity" is the unofficial name for the otherwise nameless world beasts reside in, mainly coined by vaempires. A more commonly used term is "Hell", based on Earthly religious texts and the criteria this world matches.

Hell draws in the vast majority of deceased souls, whether animal or human, since there are no requirements set like there are in Heaven. This aeternity is an uncontrolled soul magnet with an unfortunate natural order that makes the environment and its creatures highly unpleasant. Unrelenting physical and mental pain is inflicted upon any non-native spirit that enters, and these can never escape without the assistance of an extremely powerful being.

Like Sky's Aeternity, it has no leader or power structures, but unlike Sky's Aeternity, the land wasn't created by them. Vaempires don't know the exact details and beasts do not possess the intelligence to even ponder. The only other source to turn to are the rare and hated aebominations, who do not care to share this information, usually out of spite.

A concern some have is that Hell was created by their own archenemies, the Aengels. With their home located underneath a planet from a different reality, and Heaven right at the other side above it, there's a theory going around Hell is "Earth's shadow" and the manifested, pessimistic reflection of its evil.

Hell is dim and difficult to move through, as the air is heavy like tar. Screams and crying are constantly heard, but surprisingly, almost none of it is caused by the off-putting monsters roaming the land, who are soothed by these sounds and therefore don't care to add onto it. Having that said, souls that try to be brave and persevere are immediately jumped, and souls that are the opposite often have a few beasts surrounding them, sleeping peacefully.

## See also

* Aengel
* Beast;
	+ Vaempire