"We can't rule out that possibility," Fortissax said. "The Twinbird and Destined Death might both be powers born in the Land of the Dead that then manifested in the Lands Between."
"The Lands Between did incorporate all sorts of elements, after all." Zhao Si was rather inclined to agree with that explanation.
A fully developed mythological world was bound to have an afterlife to receive the dead.
Without an afterlife, it would be incomplete. The living cared not only about their lives, but also very much about what happened after they died.
The way the Erdtree handled everything from birth to death made it clear just how important an afterlife was.
"Wait, then wouldn't returning to the Erdtree be stealing business from the deities of the Land of the Dead?" Zhao Si noticed the issue.
"If you consider souls a kind of currency, then yes, you could say that." Fortissax nodded.
"Are there any records of the deities in the Land of the Dead?" Zhao Si was very curious about this afterlife.
"I heard the Land of the Dead is ruled by a queen." Fortissax scratched his chin. "But no living person knows exactly who she is."
"Could she be the Queen of the Full Moon Eyes?" Zhao Si offered a possibility.
"No. You're overthinking it." Fortissax shook his head. "In terms of standing, the queen of the Land of the Dead would have to be roughly on par with Marika. She's the sole goddess of the world of death. And she's never appeared in the Lands Between."
Zhao Si gnawed on his fingernails for a long while before saying, "Perhaps we don't just need an expert on souls. We also need an expert on sleep and dreams."
"Where would we find someone like that in the Lands Between?" Fortissax