The Afterguard

#Organisations An order of outriders and morticians who follow a set of old scrolls prescribing that ALL dead are supposed to be properly sent off into the afterlife. The Afterguard is a fabled regiment made up of Trackers and Handlers who survey the wilderness on horseback to make sure every corpse is retrieved and properly sent off.

The Scrolls

Located in 1945PD, this set of scrolls dictate that all humanoids require a proper death lest EmonEmon, god of Death\#god #npc As E’Lliira brings life, Emon oversees death and the passage of the soul. With a soft jingle he appears to those whose time is near and whisks them away gently. The wicked are promised a different end though as screams and anguish and gnashing of teeth precede their death. Emon.jpg Though his domain causes grief, many do not despise him for it and devout followers worship his fairness with great reverence.  His fiends are his labourers but their nature makes them fickle and prone send them to the pits of the afterlife or bring them back as Undead.

To aid the authenticity of these scrolls, A bell of EmonEmon, god of Death\#god #npc As E’Lliira brings life, Emon oversees death and the passage of the soul. With a soft jingle he appears to those whose time is near and whisks them away gently. The wicked are promised a different end though as screams and anguish and gnashing of teeth precede their death. Emon.jpg Though his domain causes grief, many do not despise him for it and devout followers worship his fairness with great reverence.  His fiends are his labourers but their nature makes them fickle and prone was found attached to the main doctrinal scroll. This bell acts as a radar toward corpses and sometimes even those who are about to become one.

Organisation

The Afterguard have a base of operation

Though the organisation is sparse in members, parties travel in groups of three: An Officer, a Regent, and a trainee.

Handlers

The leader of each expedition group, trained in combat and liturgy to perform the burial rites. They carry small replicas of the ChimeEmon, god of Death\#god #npc As E’Lliira brings life, Emon oversees death and the passage of the soul. With a soft jingle he appears to those whose time is near and whisks them away gently. The wicked are promised a different end though as screams and anguish and gnashing of teeth precede their death. Emon.jpg Though his domain causes grief, many do not despise him for it and devout followers worship his fairness with great reverence.  His fiends are his labourers but their nature makes them fickle and prone that is used during the burial.

Trackers

A member of the Afterguard ministry trained in detecting the bodies of deceased humanoids and those that have become Undead. Many are Rangers and Clerics for this purpose.

Trainee

An acolyte training to become either a Handler or a Tracker