Ashtamor
The Burning Portal in central Venore, east of the central depot and just south of the temple on Walk of Flame.
Where to find them
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Notes
Ashtamor runs the Venore morgue and takes care of corpses. He considers himself a guide and guardian over the souls of those who have passed on.
Transcripts
57 linesPlayerhi
AshtamorWelcome, Player, {wanderer} between the worlds.
Playerjob / wanderer
AshtamorI consider myself as a guide, a guardian for the souls who transcend the border to {another world}.
Playeranother world / death
AshtamorDoes it mean anything than losing your weak physical shell? And isn't the true power in the universe rather mental than physical?
Playersoul
AshtamorThe essence of life, source of your very self. While the body is in space and time, the soul exists in time only.
Playertime
AshtamorIt's time now, but the true question is: How much time is left?
Playername
AshtamorWhat's a name worth in your eyes? And more important: Does the choice of your name decide your fate? Perhaps we will never know.
Playerguide
AshtamorYou seem exceptionally healthy. It will still take many years until you'll need my guidance.
Playerfire
AshtamorThe purging force of fire ... it helps to free souls and its smoke helps them to find their way to another world.
PlayerVenore
AshtamorYou come to this world naked, and you leave it this way. So there's no need to save your money, especially in a place like Venore.
PlayerThais
AshtamorThais needs to be cleansed by fire just like Venore!
PlayerCarlin
AshtamorIt seems less rotten than most other cities, but still purification would do no harm.
Playerdwarfs / dwarves
AshtamorDwarfs live unhealthily long and its difficult to burn them to ashes. This is suspicious.
Playerelves
AshtamorElves have a strange relation to death. I don't know what they are up to but we should stay wary.
Playerhelp
AshtamorWhat help could I offer apart from guidance? Would you like me to help you to transcend the border to the afterlife?
Playeryes
AshtamorAre you sure? You might not be able to come back, consider that!
Playeryes
AshtamorHmm... seems you are not ready yet to let go.
Playerking
AshtamorKings, queens ... I've seen them come and go. Everything fades, even the glory and wealth of the richest.
Playerbirth
AshtamorBirth might be the beginning but death is certainly not the end.
Playerlife
AshtamorLife is nothing but a pre-stage for the eternity of death.
Playergods
AshtamorOnce you leave your mortal shell, you'll become one with the gods.
Playermonster
AshtamorOh yes, monsters can grant you a passage to the afterlife also, but it's not a comfortable trip. <chuckles>
Playerbody
AshtamorIs the mind a creation of the body, or the body an invention of the mind?
Playeroffer
AshtamorI'm offering vases and amphoras, the perfect vessel for all kinds of dusty remains. Ask me for a {trade} if you're interested.
Playertrade
AshtamorYes, it's a wise idea not to leave the choice of your future vessel to chance. Have a look.
Playerafterlife
AshtamorNo one really knows what awaits us beyond. Although there are some old stories about the {Netherworld}.
PlayerNetherworld
AshtamorIt is the place where the dead end up. Some sages believe, that it is located below the world of the living. ...
AshtamorPersonally, I think it rather lies within another dimension so that terms like above or beneath are inappropriate to describe it. There are some rumours that the descent to the Netherworld is difficult yet possible for those still living.
PlayerSlime
AshtamorThis man is so old and looks so unhealthy that I expect him to become my customer every day.
Playerbye
AshtamorSee you again, Player ... sooner or later, more or less alive.