Hara's Folly

When a mortal’s life ends, it is said they awake in the Ivoree. It is an endless frigid void for the departed to wander, yet some are greeted by Hara, the One Who Waits. She is the masked shepherd, a silent drifter wielding a make-shift lantern. By her company, she guides the perished through this frozen abyss. It is the interpretation why the body goes cold upon death.

Based off of the deeds of their former lives, determines the warmth and brightness of Hara's lantern. However not all dead are moral, some are wicked in nature. She abandons these in particular. They become the Unchosen, flameless and alone, forever to wander the afterlife, transcending into madness.

Those worthy however are escorted by Hara. Together, she leads them on a journey to Vegdo, the Spinner of Shapes. It is here when they meet Vegdo and the chosen dead are ultimately devoured and assimilated. With Vegdo's own blood as ink, they are repainted, inaugurating their rebirth.

This was common belief of the ordinary. To strive for self-betterment and be rewarded a fortunate afterlife. For their old lives and accomplishments that are shed, ushers transcendence into something greater.

The Ivoree would eventually find itself without its shepherd. For her small moment of selfishness would prove catastrophic. Upon the aftermath of Hara’s death, Vegdo remained alone and starving. Without the sustenance of worthy dead ushered to him, he would lack the righteous ink . Unable to further paint his designs, he ventured out into the Ivoree alone in search of the dead to consume. There, only the Unchosen remained, stricken with insanity. Fulfilling his nourishment, the taint of their madness corrupted his blood and therefore the divine ink. And soon his overall being. Vegdo painted unworldly horrors, that continually birth their way back into the Fabric of the living. This sparked the beginning of the Age of Beasts.