Safomir, the Grim Reaper

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In the very beginning, this didn't have a body at all. It just slowly pulled bits and pieces from the souls it found. If you see what it looks like now, you look upon death. If you look upon death, it has come for you.

~ Raven Concord ~

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The Spirit of Death

Books, grimoires, tales, and folklore all over the world write about a macabre figure of death. Even though death may be perceived differently from one land to another, the first question any writer ever asks is this: how can one possibly describe death?
Different people across time have answered this question in different ways, some after careful thought, others after only a few glimpses and notions based on instinct. In essence, these authors mindlessly grasp at a mere concept of who this being really is. For the bitter truth is this: only the dead know the answer of this spirit of death that watches over every living thing.
Safomir is the essence of death, a god-like spirit that shepherds the souls of the dead from Materia into the Veil, where these souls are carried on into the realms beyond. In the time of the Great Divergence, when chaos was ushered into Brinomir, Safomir was birthed.
Death culminated on itself as mortal fought mortal, and god fought god. Out of it came a new essence that took up its own territory in the fringes between the realms of gods and the realm of mortals. This spirit had no shape. It simply let itself be carried from one dying soul to the next. With each death, essence was added onto this spirit as these souls passed through its realm. Over time, the spirit began to take shape, reflecting the very souls of the dead that drifted in his space.
Then, the spirit began to feel something within these souls. Tugs from their spiritual hearts — some good, some evil — pleading a certain way out. The spirit felt the realm beyond these souls wanted, and like a puzzle piece meant to be fit, passed these souls through its realm into the hands of many different gods, those the souls were meant to go.
Such has the spirit called Safomir existed to this day, a spirit of death who comes when a mortal's final moment is felt, to sever their soul and be carried into the Veil, whether they are ready or not.

Dwelling

Safomir flows all through the Veil, and manifests in Materia when a life ends and a soul is carried to the Veil. But, like a guardian, the Grim Reaper watches over all the Veil from the Spires of Styx which swim the very edges between the Veil and Materia, stopping living mortals that try to trespass within it. Those who die, should they have lived in service to Safomir, are remade in the image of the Veil as new spirits that serve Safomir.

Domains

Safomir represents the following domains:
Death. Like an instinct, Safomir ferries the spirits of dead mortals through the Veil, carrying them to the places their spirits deserve. To the Grim Reaper, death is not a tragedy, but an appointment. The task for the mortal is to be ready when it comes.

Alignment

Safomire represents the following alignment:
Neutral. The only order Safomir seeks is the sanctity of the Veil and the absoluteness of death. The good and the bad, he waits ahead of them all for when their day comes. No death is random.

Symbol

The common holy symbol used to represent Safomir is a profile skeleton holding up a sphere, representing the Veil.

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My father used to scare me as a little girl, telling me if I didn't behave the Shinigami would come and he'd be taken away from me. Thirty years later... he was.

~ Unmei ~

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Piety

When playing a character who follows Safomir, you begin with a Piety score of 1, which represents your profession of faith. When your piety score crosses certain thresholds — 3, 10, 25, and 50 — you gain the Piety feature associated with Safomir of the appropriate score. You keep the feature as long as your Piety score remains at or above the threshold.

Earning and Losing Piety

You increase your Piety score with Safomir when you honor him and death through acts such as these:

Providing coins and overseeing burial rites for those slain during tragedy

Vanquishing the undead

Building a cemetery

Your Piety score to Safomir decreases if you diminish his influence in the world, defy death, or make trivialize him through acts such as these:

Embrace immortality or allow a dead body to come back to life

Removing wealth from a corpse or defiling a tomb

Aiding those who seek to utilize undeath

Safomir's Devotee

Piety 3+ Safomir feature
As a devotee of Safomir, you have proven yourself a worthy follower of the Grim Reaper. You can cast false life with this trait, requiring no material components, at will. This version of the spell has a range of touch; if you cast the spell while a creature is already affected by it, the previous spell ends. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for this spell.

Safomir's Votary

Piety 10+ Safomir feature
As a votary of Safomir, you can cast gentle repose and speak with dead with this trait, requiring no material components, once each. Once you cast a spell in this way, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for these spell.

Safomir's Disciple

Piety 25+ Safomir feature
You are a devoted follower of Safomir. You can use an action to petition the Wardens of the Veil for the next hour. Roll a d100 to determine the servitor who appears, using the table below. Once you petition a servitor with this trait, you cannot do so again until you finish a long rest.

When a servitor is petitioned, it appears within 60 feet of the petitioner and serves them faithfully, even if they resent the idea of doing so. It remains for as long as the petition lasts, or until it is vanquished, and if not under specific orders, acts according to its will. After you petition a god, you cannot do so again until after you finish a long rest.

Champion of Souls

Piety 50+ Safomir feature
You are a true champion of Safomir; your name is widely known, especially to other followers. While you possess this trait, a portion of your body transforms and takes on a distinct spiritual appearance. Your creature type changes to a spirit. In addition, you gain the following benefits:

You can use an action to turn invisible during your turn. This effect lasts until you make an attack or cast a spell, or until the end of your next turn, unless you use your subsequent action to extend this invisibility.

You are constantly under the effects of the etherealness spell.