The Butterfly Effect

Script:

“Hell. Vriuh’s Domain. The underworld. They pretty much all mean the same thing no matter who you ask: wherever people go after they die. Well, what happens to their souls after they die. And I’m here to tell you all about it—both the Seothian and Qizarn sides of the story.”

“As you’re undoubtedly already aware, Qizar has a god who controls the underworld: Vriuh. That’s where we get the fancy term ‘Vriuh’s domain’ from. They were created by Orestis in order to oversee all of the dead, along with the help of angels like Usiu and Coretha and the Strings. As for how people are said to get there?”

“You’d think that the Commandments would say that only those who believe in Orestis can get in but, nope, everyone has the right to an afterlife. But it’s not like Orestis’s children don’t get special perks for being faithful for him in life, though. Those that follow his instructions and are loyal followers are supposed to make their afterlives better. Not doing that—or failing to do something else in a kinda-long list of funeral rites—will require them to do anything from spend a certain amount of time in purgatory to having to suffer for all eternity.”

“Past that, though, everyone who dies is said to have a peaceful afterlife under Vriuh. Some of them get chosen by Orestis, Vriuh, or the Strings to become spirits, but most just relax there. Ekambar is probably the only one who died but whose soul isn’t there. Most think Tyrant-King Selik is at the bottom of a fiery pit somewhere, but his soul still is in the underworld.”

“You would think, for Seothia’s fascination with spirits, we’d have some complicated or at least slightly thought out idea of what the afterlife is like. Well, you’re wrong! Mostly. There’s a few changes depending on who you ask, but the basics of it are pretty simple. To them, there’s no good or bad rating to it—you’re all just in the same place. Most people don’t think there’s a god overseeing it or even one that determines what spirit goes to who. It’s more or less like this giant waiting room of the dead and, when a mortal they resonate with is born, they leave to become that person’s spirit.”

“Idkor’s beliefs, as you might be able to imagine, are practically identical to the Fleyw Bresh’s. So, basically, all three are pretty similar to each other. Only a handful of people believe in something vastly different and even less believe that there’s not one at all. I like it that way, actually. It doesn’t seem too bad, knowing that even sinners can get a chance for redemption eventually…”