Re: THANATONAUT

From: Staffan Tjernstrom <stjernstrom_at_...>
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2013 18:45:01 -0600


Interesting, although I'm unconvinced of the ability to enter Underworlds being reserved for true Thanatonautes. For instance, there are the well-documented rituals that anyone can undergo to enter Alkoth, walk down Hell's Gap, and so on.

On Sat, 2013-02-16 at 22:53 +0000, zonork wrote:
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> What would you think of a group of explorers of the Underworld? (The
> Thanatonautes), which by a strange magic can leave their body
> explore the paths of death. (A state of false death where the body and
> soul
> are connected by a rope so astral, it is nevertheless dangerous
> because
> off of it causes real death, it degrades over time and
> can cause serious sequelae if the exploration takes too long to see
> the
> death, they control some areas "high" in the world of the dead they
> control and use areas such as trainings or front-posts can
> Browsers magically remember if they are not too far away, but
> enter more deeply into the world of the dead is a downhill, it
> are "roads" but departs quickly, they are not without magic
> help but it's still dangerous)
> The Descent into Hell is an ancient theme and so I find current
> religious
> it appropriate, but I can not see where it could fit. (Perhaps
> moon, perhaps a small group of very malkionis heretics? but they
> not a vision of death that is I think)
>
> It is not necessary to have the magic to make a descent, a
> Thanatonaute for use on volunteers even though he must accompany
> because personally travel there and defend enough to have a chance
> survival requires other powers that only a true Thanatonaute has.
> (The Thanatonautes committed members of other cultures to explore
> Beyond different corresponding * good way to introduce any
> group if it avoids Humaktis that would surely like Thanatonautes
> being undead: they are alive but are in the space reserved for
> dead as zombies and vampires are dead in the world of
> alive)
>
> * Previously, they explored their "own" underworld, but they
> found that those who believe in a different world than can
> perform descent and therefore all the different visions of the World
> Are also less real, very disturbing but apparently the fact of
> know they can accompany any stranger in his own vision
> the underworld and thus potentially to switch between all "versions"
> they conceptualize it in a notion of "Ways of Death" that lead to
> different places of the "Great" Shadowlands, they hope to find the
> underworld
> "Primary and true" to "down" but rather deeply exploring the
> more different versions to try to reach an overview)
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