Quelgar
God of Death
Overview
Quelgar is the God of Death in Hulwar. He was believed into existence a few centuries ago and is one of the oldest gods of the Hulwar phanteon, right behind Idur, who was a different god back in the day in different times.
History & Origin
Quelgar was believed into existence shortly after Idur. A god of blood is mostly a god of life, but for every spark of light and life there is also darkness and death. Since the people of the newly formed nation of Hulwar didn't know anymore of the Eternals, they needed new deities. During the early days Hulwar was not well-formed and death was around every corner, especially in the ruins of the palace and towns and the labs. The people started to pray and some priests threw around the name "Quelgar" and after a time the god appeared in one of the desolated temples.
The priests and the believers believed Quelgar into existence as an oversized fox with burning red fur, emitting small red and blue flames from the tail, and a black marking above the snoot between the eyes. He was able to speak in various tongues, elvish, human speech, dwarvish, elder speech as well. Quelgar wanted the temple as his home and so they re-build the temple in the middle of the forest.
From here Quelgar waits and sleeps - he is "resting" his eyes, gods do not sleep! - on huge pillows, feasts on meat and berries, baths in clear water and loves the affection the priests of all sexes and genders bring to him.
Workings
As a fox Quelgar is said to be very intelligent with ways to get his "prey". The problem was, that he didn't want to stalk and hunt his prey, but the people believed that it was one of his workings, one of his principals, so it could happen that he just ventures through the woods and someone or something dies in his proximity.
But normally he feels when a person is about to meet their demise, be it a poisonous snake, a spider, a bridge, or just old age. He comes to them, sometimes shows himself or waits.
"What a beautiful creature you are..." coughing intensifies "Is it time?""Yes, old friend, I believe it is.""Can... can I touch your fur?""Sure." Just don't rip it out.""That feels nice."
What kind of god do you want to be?
As a general rule the gods are allowed to pick their behaviour if their believers do not specify any specific traits. Quelgar is neither nice nor bad, he is what he is. It really depends on the person he is going to visit and take them to the afterlife they deserve.
Read if you want to know
Every afterlife is being stored in the palace of the Eternal Death, the good, the bad, the ugly and everything in between.
Children he mostly comforts and talks with them. For men and women he can explain what is happening and - depending on their life and behaviour - he is either friendly, cold or right out hostile.
"What happened?""You died.", said the big fox, the tail wrapped around his sitting body, looking at the couple with his dark eyes of cold ember."How..." The man looked around and saw the carriage which crushed him and his wife, their bodies laying under the wreckage, the horses gone in the distance. "How did that happen?""Does it matter?", asked the fox, stood up. "You died. You killed yourself and you wife with this journey because you thought to be a cheap-ass and buy the cheapest carriage you could find.""Nobody said that the axle was faulty!""You didn't ask." The fox let out a high-pitched noise as he was bumping the still shocked, but curious looking woman with his big head. She felt his fur. "And now you are all dead. I hope you are happy.""You are Quelgar, why are you so hostile against dead people?" The man, big and beefy and angry, stepped towards his wife, who flinched."Because you are a bad man who has done terrible things. You killed your child because you were drunk, you hit your wife because you are drunk, you swear because you are an arse." The fox smiled which was really uncanny. "What follows is your death and the afterlife you deserve." With a loud whooshing noise and a shocked scream the man disappeared into probably nothingness and his afterlife."Shall we?", asked the fox and sniffed at the womans hand. "You deserve better. Come, lets see if we can find your son."How to worship
To be the God of Death is a lonely existence. You can visit other gods of death or the gods of your own phanteon, but they feel uneasy in your presence and have to attend to their own domain.Which also means that your followers and the people in your nation or whoever believes in you, are getting uneasy as well. They think they have to die shortly because of his appearence. Even when he just wants to talk. To be the god of death is a lonely existence and a lonely business.Quelgar only has his main temple where he resides and so he only has a few priests. Right now there are three men and two women and at least one man is too much. They are training a boy and a girl to be their successors, but those seven people are more than enough to take care of the garden, the statues, the temple and Quelgar himself.Aside from the priests people are not oblidged to worship the god of death, but if they want, they can do it by burning incense issued by the temple, hold their medallion - self-made from various materials - and say their prayer how they like it. Quelgar doesn't mind, he isn't getting weaker or stronger by it. He only vanishes when the last person has stopped to belief that he is there and right now it doesn't look that way.People can come to the temple, speak with Quelgar, offer him meat, berries, drinks of various kinds, some try to cuddle him - especially kids - and others want to know why this or that person had to die and the other one could live. The usual business.Tales of the Crypt
"You smell like apples!""Is that so? Do you like apples?""Yes, my mum always brings some from the market. I like them the most when they are cold.""I see.""Why did he had to die?""Because it was his time." Quelgar looked at the snoddy, crying man. "Every being in this world is born with an amount of time. And now it was his time.""Thats unfair! He was still baby!""I know and I am truly sorry, but I'm the god of death afterall. I hope it brings you comfort that he didn't had to suffer and is not going to."
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Das ist einer der nettesten Todesgötter von denen ich bisher gelesen habe. Die Idee das Kinder ihn sogar knuddeln wollen (und dürfen) ist nicht nur süß sonder irgendwie auch total cool.
Indem er auf Tote unterschiedlich reagiert (je nachdem wie sie im Leben waren) erinnert er mich ein wenig an Terry Prattchets TOD.
Also ich würde mich gerne ne Weile mit ihm unterhalten!
A lot of unofficial Challenges
Tatsächlich ist mein Eternal Death an den Tod von TP angelehnt.^^ Daher auch der Palast und der Kram drumherum. Meine Todesgötter haben gemein, dass sie wissen, dass das Leben schwer und hart und mühsam ist und sind daher meistens von der netten, verständigen Fraktion. Und Kinder sind unschuldig, also warum auch nicht einen großen Fuchs kuscheln dürfen? :D