Talk:Carnival/@comment-29820947-20180717035106

back when the traveling carnival was around, the ringmaster had a dog. the dog would often be a part of shows, and everyone who came to the carnival loved him. he was like their mascot, of sorts, and some people even come just to see the dog. when the fire happened, the ringmaster left the dog alone, causing it to get trapped in the flames. (((i thought of two things this could do, so i'll tell you both)))

1) when the dog died, it's spirit became trapped on earth, so now it roams the grounds. due to its owner abandoning it when it needed them most, it became enraged, spiteful that the fire killed him. from here you could go in a variety of ways??? it can be said the dog kills for a variety of reasons, such as if it finds a dog alone, if dogs mock it, break certain rules, etc etc

2) whenever there's a new leader, the head fortune teller performs a very specific, sacred ceremony to put the spirit of the ringmaster's dog into the new leader. there can be different aspects that the leader now embodies, or something along those lines.

number 2 could be in traditions maybe???? idk it's kind of a little bit of both there could also be a blood system of sorts related to the dead dog????? maybe the ringmaster has to be related to the original dog, or smth idk that can be confusing

there's probably tons of stuff you could think of surrounding the ringmaster's dog, he could be sort of like a spiritual ruler of carnival like starclan??? but better xd