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Death is an inevitability in this world, as all fluid will someday dry and all flesh will someday rot. It is a sad occasion, no doubt, but the people of this land do find hope within it. For those who die are not truly gone, as it is all part of a cycle. For the people who live upon a land made of ancient corpses and fallen gods, they know that nothing goes to waste. What rots shall one day be reborn, in one form or another. The major belief is that those who pass away must be returned to the earth, where their bodies and fluids shall be absorbed and reused in the birth of a new being. The soul of all beings are within their fluids and flesh, and once it is returned it shall be remade. They will be born again, their soul within a new body, a new person, to live a brand new life full of more possibilities. Perhaps they will be human once more, or perhaps a beast, there is no telling, as for what matters is that they are a part of this endless cycle of death and rebirth. Thus, all the different cultures of this world make it a custom to return their dead to the earth in their own special way. Some melt bodies of loved ones down in a bath of Yellow Bile, where their liquid remains can thus be spread upon their favorite places and memories, and that their essence may return that much faster. Some seek simple burial, while others leave their bodies out for the elements, so that nature and her children may return their essence to the source.

With many cultures leaving fresh bodies out to be returned to the planet, there are a number of species that have grown accustomed to this food source. One such creature is the Ivory Angel, a large insect that has a taste for the dead. Their razor sharp claws cut through flesh with ease, carving up the corpses and gnawing them down to the bone. These bloody skeletal remains are discarded, and left for the other creatures to fight over, as these Angels prefer soft flesh. So eager they are for the freshly dead, that Ivory Angels have memorized the places where people go to return their passed on loved ones. They will stake out these graveyards and corpse grounds as their territory, standing ever vigilant for the next meal. They tend to perch themselves on high, so that they can easily survey their surroundings for approaching corpse wagons or other scavengers that need to be scared off. For those who try to steal their meal or run them off, the Angels use their gnarly bladed arms to slice through them. So intimidating these weapons are, that they pose themselves with them outstretched as they watch their territory, daring anyone to try and challenge them.

Due to their constant presence at burial grounds, folk have viewed them as guardians and watchers of these sacred places. To them, these Ivory Angels will ensure their dead are returned to the world in peace, and that no grave robbers or harvesters will run off with them. In truth, the Angels will indeed attack corpse stealers, but purely because they are trying to abscond with their food. Regardless, people have a love and reverence for this species, often using their image on works that are tied to death and burial. Their blade covered limbs cleave through flesh and let the fluids leak into the ground, to which the poets say that angels take the dead back to the earth, carried upon their ivory wings.

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I am pretty darn proud of this design, I must say!

Description

Death is an inevitability in this world, as all fluid will someday dry and all flesh will someday rot. It is a sad occasion, no doubt, but the people of this land do find hope within it. For those who die are not truly gone, as it is all part of a cycle. For the people who live upon a land made of ancient corpses and fallen gods, they know that nothing goes to waste. What rots shall one day be reborn, in one form or another. The major belief is that those who pass away must be returned to the earth, where their bodies and fluids shall be absorbed and reused in the birth of a new being. The soul of all beings are within their fluids and flesh, and once it is returned it shall be remade. They will be born again, their soul within a new body, a new person, to live a brand new life full of more possibilities. Perhaps they will be human once more, or perhaps a beast, there is no telling, as for what matters is that they are a part of this endless cycle of death and rebirth. Thus, all the different cultures of this world make it a custom to return their dead to the earth in their own special way. Some melt bodies of loved ones down in a bath of Yellow Bile, where their liquid remains can thus be spread upon their favorite places and memories, and that their essence may return that much faster. Some seek simple burial, while others leave their bodies out for the elements, so that nature and her children may return their essence to the source.

With many cultures leaving fresh bodies out to be returned to the planet, there are a number of species that have grown accustomed to this food source. One such creature is the Ivory Angel, a large insect that has a taste for the dead. Their razor sharp claws cut through flesh with ease, carving up the corpses and gnawing them down to the bone. These bloody skeletal remains are discarded, and left for the other creatures to fight over, as these Angels prefer soft flesh. So eager they are for the freshly dead, that Ivory Angels have memorized the places where people go to return their passed on loved ones. They will stake out these graveyards and corpse grounds as their territory, standing ever vigilant for the next meal. They tend to perch themselves on high, so that they can easily survey their surroundings for approaching corpse wagons or other scavengers that need to be scared off. For those who try to steal their meal or run them off, the Angels use their gnarly bladed arms to slice through them. So intimidating these weapons are, that they pose themselves with them outstretched as they watch their territory, daring anyone to try and challenge them.

Due to their constant presence at burial grounds, folk have viewed them as guardians and watchers of these sacred places. To them, these Ivory Angels will ensure their dead are returned to the world in peace, and that no grave robbers or harvesters will run off with them. In truth, the Angels will indeed attack corpse stealers, but purely because they are trying to abscond with their food. Regardless, people have a love and reverence for this species, often using their image on works that are tied to death and burial. Their blade covered limbs cleave through flesh and let the fluids leak into the ground, to which the poets say that angels take the dead back to the earth, carried upon their ivory wings.

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I am pretty darn proud of this design, I must say!