I've made priest recently and was shooting for the faith of death. I've looked for members online the past couple days, but haven't found any and I have a couple of good questions before I start getting down on hardcore RP, to make sure I have my facts straight.
First off, this is more OOC than IC, but are there any followers at this time? I'm sure there are, but are thier numbers that few?
Second what is the general census on what happens to your character (or his soul) when he's dead for good? Is his soul, for all intents and purposes, property of his patron deity? What about those who are panthiest?
This all, I guess stems from the question, what do gods stand to gain from spreading there spheres or followings in the lands? Do they gain power from it at all, or is it just a hobby? Do they gain power from awareness or acknowledgement in the realms, as in power associated by belief in them, or is it an ends to a mean, a marketing tool to hook mortals so that they are 'branded' and thier souls forfiet in the afterlife, and this is where they gain thier power, a sort of mongering for souls?
If souls go to thier respectable deity upon death, what about achernar? If this were the case, yeah, he would get the souls of his following, but following said logic (if you can call it that), would he have 'jurisdiction' over all that die, if not, at least temporarilly?
The way I see it, there are plenty of ways to spin it. Is Achernar content so long as death occurs, regardless if he gets souls, or is he like the grim reaper collecting the dead for his own (or for the rest of the pantheon, and if so, does he get a cut)? Or is he more focused on the powers of the netherworld?
Would Achernar be interested in trying to sway followers from other faiths, or intervene in some way to lay claim to souls already claimed, or is he 'paid on salary' so to speak, he doesn't care who follows him because regardless of your souls destination, it comes to him at one point or another?
I guess a better question would be, is he a god lording over a particuliar sphere such as death, or is he death incarnate? Does he get off on death because he is enamored with the concept of it all, or does he get off on death because he is death, because it's his touch you feel when you die, and he trapes off with your soul cackling all the way to the netherworld.
I realize these questions may seem ridiculous, maybe uncharted territory, irrelevant, or flat out indefinite because that's how the imms like it, no definite answer and lending a sense of mystery. I'm looking for any insight, because I don't want begin RP'ing half-cocked, preaching one way, and being way off.
Thanks.
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Sorry, couldn't resist.
*chuckle* Gods, I probably shouldn't post while still at work on a busy day. 
