I know that daemons are symbolic representations of death, but you think that with all of the varying ways to die in certain situations, there would be some variant daemons.
Take Genthodaemons, for example. They're personifications of death by war, but their ecology is described specifically as them being created via the souls of soldiers on planets with access to metal equipment and firearms. What about planets that lack access to metal equipment and commit warfare through actions such as magic or non-metallic weaponry, like nukes?
Yet death by magic simply results in the creation of a Venedaemon and not a variant Genthodaemon.
Another example would be more theoretical: imagine if there were a daemon that represented being run over. Run over by what? Would there be a difference if it was death by stampeding animals or being flattened by a train? If there were differences between the two, how would those manifest physically? Would there be new social strata within daemon culture?
I know that daemons are symbolic representations of death, but you think that with all of the varying ways to die in certain situations, there would be some variant daemons.
Take Genthodaemons, for example. They're personifications of death by war, but their ecology is described specifically as them being created via the souls of soldiers on planets with access to metal equipment and firearms. What about planets that lack access to metal equipment and commit warfare through actions such as magic or non-metallic weaponry, like nukes?
Yet death by magic simply results in the creation of a Venedaemon and not a variant Genthodaemon.
Another example would be more theoretical: imagine if there were a daemon that represented being run over. Run over by what? Would there be a difference if it was death by stampeding animals or being flattened by a train? If there were differences between the two, how would those manifest physically? Would there be new social strata within daemon culture?
I mean, I doubt there are many worlds that have NO access to metal weapons, but still have nukes. The worlds where people are still bashing each others' brains out with rocks or gutting each other with sharpened sticks seem the more likely sticking point for genthodaemons.