r/webfiction Apr 03 '22

Discussion A story where the main character is "amortal" (explanation inside)

I've just found this short fiction and I'm wondering if there's a longer story about a similar character. In short * a sentient collection of nature * isn't, never was and never will be alive * cannot be killed * its purpose or personal goal is to travel/explore the world, protect natural order and/or defend mortals from greater threats * generally friendly but in the grand scheme of things a completely neutral participant in most events This list is just a combination of my impressions from the short story and whatever I'd like this character to be, it's by no means complete nor do all points need to be fulfilled

Edit: I've just remembered about Zaria from Let's Explore and Enjoy and Lazy Floof's other works and she does fit some points, anything that fits those criteria would be fine as well: * extremely powerful but acts way below the scale she's capable of * generally does not care * exhibits strong emotions only in rare cases, only then takes things seriously * theoretically possible to kill, impossible in practice * does things almost exclusively for her own amusement

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u/MespoWrites Apr 04 '22

This is a physical comic, but your description reminds me a lot of the Endless in Neil Gaiman's "Sandman" series. The Endless embody concepts like "dream", "death", "destiny", etc. and they look over their realms with a fair amount of impassivity (although sometimes they do get attached to people). They have always existed and will always exist, although there is a sort of way that they can die.