What comes after death?

For many, it's an afterlife. Reincarnation. Oblivion, perhaps. And they wouldn’t be wrong. Just that… there is no Elysium. No reincarnation.

Just eternal existence. Until you die again. Archons save you if you were to die again. There are far worse fates than oblivion down below.

But The Ones Above are kind. Too kind. They allow a way out. But only if you dance for them. Let them twist your strings, and see what makes you click. Should you falter, they toss you like a broken doll, condemned to an even sicker hell.

That is what is after death. Your first death anyway. Feel lucky that you should even live. Make the most of it. For the millions below vie for your position every single day.

-Julius Quintus, Life After Death, 97 Imperial Astral Era.