Nothing in Caido is ever promised, and certainly not life, though it is so often lived as if it were, as if breath and heartbeat and the steady rhythm of being were things that might be counted on, tucked neatly into the future like any other expectation, rather than the fragile, fleeting phenomena they have always been, slipping quietly through the fingers of gods and mortals alike without ceremony or warning.
There are stories, of course, about endings—about great final moments and drawn-out goodbyes, about the way the world is meant to hush and hold its breath when a life comes to its close—but Caido has never been particularly interested in such theatrics, and so it happens instead in the smallest, most unremarkable way imaginable, so subtle that even you, at the centre of it, cannot quite mark the instant when being becomes something else entirely.
If there is a transition, it is not one you feel; there is no pain to anchor it, no sharpness to define it, only the strange, almost imperceptible absence of what was once constant, as though something essential has simply ceased, leaving you suspended in the space it once occupied. And somewhere within that stillness, there comes a presence accompanied by a rustle of cloth and a flash of white porcelain. Ludo gathers what is already theirs, your soul slipping into their keeping.
And it is only then, in the aftermath of that quiet, unquestioned collection, that the truth of it settles into place, not as a revelation but as a simple, undeniable fact.
You have died.
What comes next, however, is not decided for you. You may follow, as so many do, into Mort’s halls, where the dead are welcomed, remembered, and allowed their rest among those who have gone before. Or you may remain, lingering at the edges of the world you have left behind, watching, waiting, refusing the finality that has already taken hold.
You may stay, as many do, as a ghost.
@Name has died! But don't worry, this isn't the end!
Click here to learn all about our new playable race, ghosts.
To compensate you for the shock of losing your character, all newly-created Ghosts will receive 2000MP! This can be spent on yourself, or on items/abilities for other characters. Ghosts may then lead characters to these items IC (through haunting, dreams, nudging objects, etc), rather than interacting with them directly.
There are stories, of course, about endings—about great final moments and drawn-out goodbyes, about the way the world is meant to hush and hold its breath when a life comes to its close—but Caido has never been particularly interested in such theatrics, and so it happens instead in the smallest, most unremarkable way imaginable, so subtle that even you, at the centre of it, cannot quite mark the instant when being becomes something else entirely.
If there is a transition, it is not one you feel; there is no pain to anchor it, no sharpness to define it, only the strange, almost imperceptible absence of what was once constant, as though something essential has simply ceased, leaving you suspended in the space it once occupied. And somewhere within that stillness, there comes a presence accompanied by a rustle of cloth and a flash of white porcelain. Ludo gathers what is already theirs, your soul slipping into their keeping.
And it is only then, in the aftermath of that quiet, unquestioned collection, that the truth of it settles into place, not as a revelation but as a simple, undeniable fact.
You have died.
What comes next, however, is not decided for you. You may follow, as so many do, into Mort’s halls, where the dead are welcomed, remembered, and allowed their rest among those who have gone before. Or you may remain, lingering at the edges of the world you have left behind, watching, waiting, refusing the finality that has already taken hold.
You may stay, as many do, as a ghost.
@Name has died! But don't worry, this isn't the end!
Click here to learn all about our new playable race, ghosts.
To compensate you for the shock of losing your character, all newly-created Ghosts will receive 2000MP! This can be spent on yourself, or on items/abilities for other characters. Ghosts may then lead characters to these items IC (through haunting, dreams, nudging objects, etc), rather than interacting with them directly.
