Death in Aloidia

While the initial act of dying is self-explanatory, what happens after death differs between mortals and Deities. The afterlife includes the Dimension of Death, Heaven, Hell and the Void.

## Mortal Death

Once a mortal dies, the current Deity of Death collects their soul. The soul is then taken to the Dimension of Death, where it remains until it is moved to Heaven or Hell. There, the soul lives as an angel or demon until it is killed—neither demons nor angels can die of any other method, and demons generally die more quickly than angels. After the soul dies as a demon or angel, it is then carried to the Deity of the Void, who creates a sub-pocket within the Void to hold the soul. The soul is placed in the sub-pocket and remains there until the Deity of the Void removes it and sends it to the Deity of Life so that the Deity can put the soul in a new body after its mind is wiped of everything it knew by the Deity of Mind.

## Deity Death

When a Deity dies, their soul is taken to the second part of the Dimension of Death.

However, as there cannot be a missing Deity, they are replaced almost immediately after they die.They can either be replaced by their killer—it is almost unheard of for a Deity to die of 'natural' causes—or the Council of Senior Deities chooses a replacement for them.

If the Council of Senior Deities chooses a replacement, the mind of the Deity of Death is searched to see if a fitting soul is in the Dimension of Death. This is because once the Deity of Death has touched a soul, they collect all the information about the soul and remember it until they die themself.

The Void is also searched, but differently. Unlike the Deity of Death, the Deity of the Void does not personally remember the information of souls, rather, the sub-pockets of the Void itself retain the information, which is accessible by any Deity as long as they have the permission of the current Deity of the Void.

Once a suitable soul is found, the Council of Senior Deities remove it from either the Void or the Dimension of Death and alter it so that the soul would be able to handle being a Deity. The soul is then given a new body, created by the Deity of Life specifically for the new Deity.

The new Deity is then blessed with their powers from the Council of Senior Deities, and assigned a Guardian to make sure they don't misuse their power.

The Guardian will either of known the previous Deity well or have a similar power. The Guardian will rarely be a member of the Council of Senior Deities, with very few case exceptions such as requiring more care or being a Deity of Time, Space, Heaven or Hell because of how vast and dangerous these particular powers can be.

## Heaven

Heaven is one of the places that souls go to after their bodies have died. The souls in Heaven become Angels. Heaven was created by the Original God of Heaven, Anselme, in the year 2,304,000,007. It is 78,039,424,709,478,183 years old by Aloidian time. Time flows three times slower in Heaven than it does in Aloidia itself as Heaven is a connected dimension, not one with Aloidia. This means that, going off Heaven's time, the dimension is 26,013,141,569,826,061 of its years old. When a soul forms into an Angel, it goes under one of the dominions of the Seven Heavenly Virtues.

Heaven has seven Angels who are named the biggest virtues of a given Virtue: Patience, Humility, Chastity, Charity, Kindness, Temperance or Diligence. They are known by their Virtue rather than the name they bore in life and have influence over the Angels who go under their Virtue. However, there is one Angel who *chose* to belong under a Virtue, the first Angel ever to exist in Heaven; Patience. Anselme created Patience in the Heaven year 27 (Aloidian year 2,304,000,034).

As time passes, the dimension of Heaven expands to deal with a rising population. The Virtues act as a council to [**deity unknown**] in matters of ruling Heaven, splitting the responsibilities to those who are best suited.

## Hell

Hell is one of the places that souls go to after their bodies have died. The souls in Hell become Demons. Hell was created by the Original God of Hell, Karim, in the year 2,304,000,007. It is 78,039,424,709,478,183 years old by Aloidian time. Time flows three times faster in Hell than it does in Aloidia itself as Hell is a connected dimension, not one with Aloidia. This means that, going off Hell's time, the dimension is 234,118,274,128,434,549 of its years old. When a soul forms into a Demon, they then under one of the dominions of the Seven Deadly Sins.

There has seven Demons who are named the biggest sinners of a given Sin: Wrath, Pride, Lust, Greed, Envy, Gluttony and Sloth. They are known by their Sin rather than the name they bore in life and have influence over the Demons who go under their Sin. However, there is one Demon who does not belong under any Sin; the first Demon ever to exist in Hell; Marsh. Karim created Marsh in the Hell year 81 (Aloidian year 2,304,000,034).

As time passes, the dimension of Hell expands to deal with a rising population. The Sins act as a council to Aseneth in matters of ruling Hell, splitting the responsibilities to those who are best suited.

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