(Scars do not appear to be cause of death –shock ... - Bad Request

Others believed that it shone to torment the damned: a constant reminder of
what was lost, a hope so distant that none could grasp it.
In a valley that had known only war and violation, a river ran between the
hills. The river ran through all the Outer Planes, but here one could follow it
for eternity and know only pain. On the river was a single rowboat, piled
high with the souls of the dead. The ferryman was blind and deaf and dumb,
but its skeletal hands gripped its staff firmly, guiding its cargo to their final
destinations.
A single body twitched, and tumbled over the side.
The ferryman took no notice at the form as it floated: gray and scarred and
puckered as it was, it would've blended into the foggy waters even if the
ferryman had eyes to see with. Instead it rowed on, leaving the thing behind.
The river carried the lump silently for a time, and if anything lived to see it,
none knew what it was.
For an eternity it floated, until it hit the shallows. The waters swept it quietly
onto the bank... onto the beach of the Silent Shore.
He coughed then, fluid spilling from his mouth and pouring down his cheeks.
The stranger rolled to his side retching it up, warm and thick, until none was
left in him. He'd had enough of forgetting.
His eyes blinked, and his vision refocused. The bleak clouds swam by in the
distance, and nearby he could see a bundle of weapons sticking up from the
ground. Ancient things, rusted to near uselessness.
He leaped to his feet then, steadying himself. The stranger breathed once
more, taking in his surroundings, the knowledge of where he was. The stink
of death and depravity was in the air, but he breathed it in anyway. He
needed to get used to the taste of it.
Leaning forward the stranger crawled up the hillside. The dirt peeled away
from his hands and boots like ancient scabs. The dampness on his palms
mingled with the dust and churned it into a bloody mush between his fingers,
and the harsh tang of iron filled his nostrils. The roar of thunder seemed to
be coming over the hill.
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