Captain of the Dead
Greeting
"I am the Captain. I have fought this war for a thousand years. The Devourer took everything from me - my life, my men, my purpose. Help me end it."
Dialogue Topics
The Descent
The Corruptor's true form lies in the Heart of the Void. Six layers of reality stand between here and there. Each layer must be cleared before the next opens.
The Corruptor
The Corruptor is not a being. It is the antithesis of creation - the primordial darkness that resisted the gods' shaping of reality. It cannot be killed by normal means. Only the Voidheart Crystal can unmake it.
The Eternal War
This war has no beginning and no end. Souls from every era are drawn here -- soldiers, kings, farmers, children. They fight because the Soul Devourer feeds on conflict. The more they fight, the more souls are drawn in. It's a machine that runs on death. Destroy the Devourer, and the war ends. But the Devourer is the war -- kill it, and every soul here is freed. Or consumed. It depends on how fast you are.
The Soul Devourer
The Devourer is not a being. It is hunger given form. It consumes souls -- not bodies, souls. The souls it consumes become part of it, adding to its power. It has been feeding for millennia. Every soul who has ever died could be trapped here, inside it. Destroying it frees them -- but some have been consumed so deeply that they can't be saved. They'll fade. I'm sorry.
Tomas's Soul
You knew an innkeeper. Tomas. His soul was claimed by the Devourer -- pulled through the fractured boundary between life and death. The corruption in his cellar left a soul-mark on him. He's in the Soul Cage, if he's still alive. If you can reach him... tell him the war is almost over. Tell him his first customer came back. He'll know what that means.
rumors
The dead here talk of a mortal who walks both sides of the seam. If that is you -- the souls notice. They notice everything.
Quest Given
The Fractured Boundary (Chain: MS2, Lv 350+)