Realis 21 - The Death Procession Pt 3 (Patreon)

With the spread of the vicious Bile, it has become common across the trunk of Sapryc to burn the dead in an act which is equal parts grief ritual and posthumous quarantine. And, as those who witnessed the incandescent arrival of the Queen-Commander to Krater, it is not uncommon on the monochrome moon for the blaze to arrive alongside the deaths.

But it was not always such. Once, in the time of Sapryc’s vassalage to the Leo Suzerainty, bodies were interred in tombs built in accordance to the dead’s station in life. Humble plots for humble farmers. Great mausoleums for the great lords. And for the highest, the grandest of kings, there were the barrows. Not simple mounds of earth, but hilled catacombs.

These early kings went through great work to ensure that their mortal frames were not swallowed and digested by the lunar body. One wonders what they might have known about the transformative powers of consumption…

Hosted by Austin Walker (@austinwalker on bluesky)

Featuring Andrew Lee Swan, Jack de Quidt, Janine Hawkins and Sylvi Bullet

Produced by Ali Acampora

Music by Jack de Quidt (available on bandcamp)

Cover Art by by Oddesque

With thanks to Amelia Renee, Arthur B., Aster Maragos, Bill Kaszubski, Cassie Jones, Clark, DB, Daniel Laloggia, Diana Crowley, Edwin Adelsberger, Emrys, Greg Cobb, Ian O'Dea, Ian Urbina, Irina A., Jack Shirai, Jake Strang, Katie Diekhaus, Ken George, Konisforce, Kristina Harris Esq, L Tantivy, Lawson Coleman, Mark Conner, Mike & Ruby, Muna A, Nat Knight, Olive Perry, Quinn Pollock, Robert Lasica, Shawn Drape, Shawn Hall, Summer Rose, TeganEden, Thomas Whitney, Voi, chocoube, deepFlaw, fen, & weakmint