AFTERLIFE!VERSE UNWANTEDS CONCEPT:
(Reposting because I deleted my original blog)
This contains spoilers for the whole original series+Quests! Please continue with caution.
A concept based on The Unwanteds/Quests series that focuses on the afterlife of all the characters that we’ve lost, and adds some fun twists into the mix. May turn into a written series sooner or later.
Items/abilities that are related to the nature of one’s death. They are often very powerful if one has an untimely death OR is descended from a family with high magic capabilities.
(Heart Attack/Marcus, Lightning Spear/Alex, Throwing Star/Meghan)
Blessings can be utilized in many ways, depending on their power.
For example, Alex can sometimes breath lightning, spark lightning, or just full on summon a lighting spear.
Blessings can be shared, but ONLY between twins who are both deceased. Marcus is able to use variations of “Heart Attack” AND “Evermore Nevermore”, vice versa with Justine.
Alex only has one blessing because Aaron is immortal, and still alive.
There are many people in the afterlife who have “similar blessings.” Those who died because of the same spell, in similar circumstances, or because of the same type of weapon/poison often have blessings that are alike in nature.
Frieda Stubbs and Justine were both killed due to “Evermore Nevermore” but they manifest their blessings in different ways.
Cole Wickett and his friends also ALL have similar blessings because they all died the same way. (Most of them have manifestable rusty chains due to dying in the Ancient’s Sector)
The appearances of the characters are very flexible. Many choose to take on younger forms if they were elderly when they died. (For example, Marcus usually has long hair and no visible wrinkles)
If they were younger when they died, they usually look how they were at death.
Everyone has a soul (land of the living and not) THOUGH in the case of twins, one soul is split into two. A separation of soul-bonded twins can lead to various complications. These vary on the nature of the bond. (Aaron feels the physical pain of loosing Alex, while Alex feels numbness)
Justine’s paranoia grew to extreme heights during the first period of her afterlife, while Marcus became more frail before his death.
-The afterlife is vast and contains a limbo where many souls are lost.
-Most of the Unwanteds characters reside in “Artime” (a copy of the original, but in the afterlife) There are also other “copies” that exist, but they are usually only places that had a good amount of inhabitants. These include Warbler, The Land of the Dragons, and the Island of Fire) (Quill also exists and is attached to Artimé)
-“Artimé” is watched over by Marcus, and later Alex. Like in the living world, both Marcus, Alex, and later Fredia, have a tie to this version of Artimé.
-Alex sometimes will see through Aaron’s eyes in his dreams, but the numbness remains. (oddly enough, it only manifests on the right side of his body)
-Justine tends to wander around limbo, but has to return to “Artimé” to keep herself stable. (She does still share a soul with Marcus, after all) She doesn’t cause much trouble, but still has a sharp tongue.
-There is a border between the land of the living and the land of the dead. (It is thought to be UNCROSSABLE)
-Those once considered “villains” tend to wander around limbo if they are still hostile, but some are reformed. Gondoleery, Freida, and Liam all have taken refuge in “Artimé”.
-Captain Baldhead, General Blair, and Will Blair are such that tend to wander and cause trouble. (Gondoleery used to wander, but Eva brought her to Artimé)
