@[JSN](/user/show/10029968) Based on what you've mentioned about this other apprentice, the necromancer king seems to be more related to the fiercer side of the dusk, rather than Collin or Eddie who served in light of its more compassionate aspects akin to the dawn. But you've said the necromancer king also had another side to him. Death as a whole in tradition is often seen as harsh, but not inherently cruel- with some mythologies showing psychopomps receiving souls of the virtuous gently and greeting them kindly, while treating wicked souls with terror and horror, an example being the muslim depictions of the angel of death- izrael- doing such. It's possible this apprentice strikes a balance between both aspects, making them not as kind as say Collin or Eddie were, but not as harsh as the grandmaster became. But I'm guessing here. This apprentice will he around in a time of mass instability and swift changes. Eastern diasporas to the north and west will likely emerge, significantly changing the social, cultural and religious demographics and traditions and likely causing political changes as well, with an Eastern diaspora identity likely forming, and a significant shift in how the western beastfolk see the primal beast will likely also ensue- as the primal beast and blindly following them has left them at a loss of how to deal with the demons- making them likely more like the northern beastfolk as they respond to the demon threat- not simply blindly following the primal beast and tempering themselves. Albert may yet wind up doing much the same in his journeys in the south, as he comes to terms with his grief while dealing with the abyssal gaze. I can imagine some easterners fleeing south but avoiding the coast if they are near the east-soith border, either to stay there as nobody will go there, or trekking from there to the west. It seems to me that each apprentice like figure has played a major role in major shifts. Gil was an apprentice of the grandmaster who ushered in the age of the western beastfolk, collin and Eddie have aided in ushering in the demons of the east, Albert is likely going to have some kind of subordinate relashionship to collin/forlorn and do something significant in the south....and based on this pattern- how each apprentice changed the fate of a region...my guess is that this apprentice is going to change things in the north.

@[Pcm](/user/show/10039396) While the portion of the stories about this new apprentice of the necromancer King is more @JSN's work than yours, I do want to inquire if any of my guesses here may have hit the mark for future chapters in how the various nations will react to the demons gaining power, mostly out of curiosity. I really hope Jason doesn't wind up getting found by eddie...

@Anon With Eddie becoming Callous, the idea is that he has become uncaringly cruel to others suffering, as demonstarted by his laughing over the doom of the world. He will continue to laugh as orhers are plunged into the same depth of depravity he has been plunged into. The South is a decrepit region especially because it borders the sea. As intercontinental trade cannot occur due to the Abyssal Gaze, the region cannot prosper. I would like to emphasize a bit that the Sacred Dusk is not the God of Death, but Undeath. What is the implication of that? The next chapter will explore it a bit, I think. The Sacred Dusk just has a string of bad luck being betrayed by everyone. The apprentices betraying theie master and bring abou a change is more of the Sacred Dusk thing. I of course wont be able to say what albert role is, but Im just as ezcited as you to see it!

@[Pcm](/user/show/10039396) Eddie as callous I think shows how Eddie is so tired about feeling his pain and others that he doesn't want to think about it anymore. Not to mention demonhood feels good...so why bother thinking about it. Much like the others, it's a dangerous overcorrection to what his emotional problems were. Something tells me if the doom came right at him Eddie would be singing a very different tune though as callous. And by that I mean completely freaking out. Or not realizing what it is until it hits him. There's a religious story I heard as a child of a town that was was set to be ruined seeing heavy clouds and celebrating because they thought it was rain...it wound up being a storm that tore apart their buildings and threw the people about like torn out trees. Something tells me much like that, the demons are about to run into something that will upend them. Even if they take the whole of the east....at one point or another they will stumble. I suspect Albert may be the key in all of this. If the south cannot do maritime trade, what about trade by land? Or is it just a resource deficient area so nobody stays there? Or has the abyssal gaze made the land somewhat different to deter settlers? If there's an insmouth vibe to the place that is possible. Either way I assume some eastern refugees will wind up there. As for undeath...that is definetly a more frightening thing. Is the soul inside an undead body or not? Would the dusk winning usher in a zombie apocalypse? If he falls to the demons (hopefully not) how would his powers even be eroticism? Even if he's tempted, most of his principles are opossed to the demons- unless of course some mental rewiring happens. The sacred dusk seems to have almost kalevela and turin turambar levels of luck in that they constantly get screwed over. And the apprentices betraying the dusk is a him thing....interesting. Albert will definetly be playing a major role- if he winds up intersecting over the death of his loved ones and breaking away from the demonic orthodoxy he may well become a kind of anti-collin of sorts or possibly an anti-eddie in that while eddie stopped caring about things, albert is going to wind up caring about things due to his journey...I'm assuming this because there is a happy ending involved in his story, but that is for the future. I really hope Jason never sees callous...to see Eddie as...that after meeting in wolfheim would be...traumatizing. As eerie as the wolves were at least they aren't completely callous. As eerie as gils sons got in that chapter...at least they weren't really aware why not becoming a beast was a bad thing and have the cultural context of eastern society having major problems, and hans seems to have some sense and more introspection on matters having lived uo north. Callous and the other demons on the other hand are just...significantly worse by any other metric once one considers implications, even though they make sense as being a severe overcorrection regarding Eastern cultural issues but just go right into being significantly worse once one looks past the eroticism (which is very convincing to be fair, showing just how hard resistance would be if one did not escape- making me once again think of sauron parallels in how he used his fair form to get people to do his bidding and led them to be corrupted or ruined).

@[TUMBRELLA08](/user/show/10046127) Thank you!

@[Jerry](/user/show/924759) 😊

@[bas_w123](/user/show/10020618) Glad u liked it!

@[gayfantasylover](/user/show/10013980) Tge setting follows a simple system with the West, East, and North. This series takes place in the East. The West is home to the beastmen, a setting to my other series, Hunt Kill Breed

@[Pcm](/user/show/10039396) Ok I thought it was the south where the beastmen were, is there anything in the south or if you don’t have any idea, tentacles or giant dragons with the ability to cock vore you into anthrofied dragons?

@[gayfantasylover](/user/show/10013980) The south is a barren land bordering the coast. Since in this realm marine travel is impossible due to the ocean being the realm of Abyssal Gaze who does bot permit sea travel, it is largely neglected. There are already ideas for dragons in a side story. As for the tentacles, that is a theme of the Abyssal Gaze, so yes!

@[Pcm](/user/show/10039396) Ok there was another what if the reality collapses from the overlord and the grandmaster and everything goes back to normal except of recollection of the overlord and the grandmaster and the overlord is trapped in his like doctor strange when he broke the rules to save his loved one, if you want to go down that path or you don’t here’s another reality they can invade or much like invited since it’s like this one but sexual incest is ok and humanity doesn’t have a despair so I don’t know how that’ll turn out for the guests?

@[Pcm](/user/show/10039396) I have an idea for the next chapter or sometime for the horde, he has the magic of music so he’ll be a problem for them until he’s one of them

@[gayfantasylover](/user/show/10013980) The denmons invading another reality is a cool idea, that is if they survived teh dusk... This story is already bloated with characters, so it might not be a good idea to add more at the end. Still a cool concept, a character with musical power! I might feature a similar character for other series

@[Someone Else](/user/show/10047963) Not exactly a hotel but am having him plan to do so off story with his apartment.

@[SuitAndTieLover](/user/show/1478878) Same tbh I think we need to make a bible study group

@[GoodBoy](/user/show/1900997) If people would like, you can DM me on here or I made a Tumblr called formalchristian. I can chat on discord too.

@[SuitAndTieLover](/user/show/1478878) Have a Tumblr under the same name, nerdysuitedbaby with shorter less sexual stories as well.

@[GoodBoy](/user/show/1900997) Same thing happened to me for just meeting s random pair....lol.