Post by TOKYONAS on Jan 23, 2013 1:22:47 GMT -6
IMPORTANT TID-BITS
Though this is not a required reading it is recommended that every member skim over these facts for a better understanding of the details of the Underworld. Most questions should be answered by simply reading this list of facts.
✗ There is a single, universal language that all Underlings know and that Humans automatically are gifted with when their souls come to the Underworld. This language is, essentially, English. No matter what country your character is from, they will know this universal language as well as what languages they might have known in life.
✗ All human characters on the site have had a past life. They can remember these lives and they can remember their deaths.
✗ Human characters can come from any time period in human history. However all human characters are modernized. That means no Ancient Greek man going "what is this thing you call a 'car'?" Just like how you grow up through the years with developing technology and adapt to it, so have the citizens of Underworld. The realm has steadily adapted and changed in close follow to the mortal world so longer-existing citizens have had plenty of time to adjust.
✗ Every human is sorted into a district, no exceptions. A human can, however, try to bribe one of the Sorters into putting them into a specific district. Depending on the Sorter and the bribe, this may or may not be successful.
✗ A human can switch districts that they are a resident of. This is very rare however and only done in extreme cases. Such ways of achieving this is by bribery or union with another human of a different district. In the latter case almost always the one in the 'better' district will have to downgrade. it is extremely hard for a human to ever upgrade to Elysian.
✗ Underlings cannot live in the Human districts. They must all live in the Heart District. They can, however, have jobs in the other districts. Even if a union is made between a human and an Underling, they will be unable to live together due to the restrictions on districts.
✗ Humans cannot become Underlings and Underlings cannot become Humans. Romantic relationships between the two races, while not common, do exist. Friendships are more normally seen.
✗ Neither Humans nor Underlings can reproduce.
✗ Both Humans and Underlings must eat, drink, and sleep like a living Human would need to. There is no escaping the basic needs and functions of the body.
✗ Humans and Underlings do not age. Therefore birthdays aren't really celebrated or remembered in the Underworld.
✗ Most human holidays are celebrated in the Underworld by the humans. This includes holidays from all over the world. Underlings may or may not decide to partake in these holidays, it is their personal choice.
✗ Both Humans and Underlings can become sick. For Humans, if the illness is rather terrible, it can make their soul unstable and essentially 'kill' them. Underlings can outright die to illnesses.
✗ There are seasons in the Underworld. The summer tend to be pretty mild but the winters can become exceptionally cold.
✗ There is day and night in the Underworld. The realm is not "underground" as myths might tell you. There is a sky with a sun and a moon that follows the normal 24 hour rotation.
✗ There is a single, universal language that all Underlings know and that Humans automatically are gifted with when their souls come to the Underworld. This language is, essentially, English. No matter what country your character is from, they will know this universal language as well as what languages they might have known in life.
✗ All human characters on the site have had a past life. They can remember these lives and they can remember their deaths.
✗ Human characters can come from any time period in human history. However all human characters are modernized. That means no Ancient Greek man going "what is this thing you call a 'car'?" Just like how you grow up through the years with developing technology and adapt to it, so have the citizens of Underworld. The realm has steadily adapted and changed in close follow to the mortal world so longer-existing citizens have had plenty of time to adjust.
✗ Every human is sorted into a district, no exceptions. A human can, however, try to bribe one of the Sorters into putting them into a specific district. Depending on the Sorter and the bribe, this may or may not be successful.
✗ A human can switch districts that they are a resident of. This is very rare however and only done in extreme cases. Such ways of achieving this is by bribery or union with another human of a different district. In the latter case almost always the one in the 'better' district will have to downgrade. it is extremely hard for a human to ever upgrade to Elysian.
✗ Underlings cannot live in the Human districts. They must all live in the Heart District. They can, however, have jobs in the other districts. Even if a union is made between a human and an Underling, they will be unable to live together due to the restrictions on districts.
✗ Humans cannot become Underlings and Underlings cannot become Humans. Romantic relationships between the two races, while not common, do exist. Friendships are more normally seen.
✗ Neither Humans nor Underlings can reproduce.
✗ Both Humans and Underlings must eat, drink, and sleep like a living Human would need to. There is no escaping the basic needs and functions of the body.
✗ Humans and Underlings do not age. Therefore birthdays aren't really celebrated or remembered in the Underworld.
✗ Most human holidays are celebrated in the Underworld by the humans. This includes holidays from all over the world. Underlings may or may not decide to partake in these holidays, it is their personal choice.
✗ Both Humans and Underlings can become sick. For Humans, if the illness is rather terrible, it can make their soul unstable and essentially 'kill' them. Underlings can outright die to illnesses.
✗ There are seasons in the Underworld. The summer tend to be pretty mild but the winters can become exceptionally cold.
✗ There is day and night in the Underworld. The realm is not "underground" as myths might tell you. There is a sky with a sun and a moon that follows the normal 24 hour rotation.