Matiki
When we speak of our ancestors and their wisdom, it’s not just poetic. All Karui since the time of Tukohama linger here still, in the Halls of the Dead. Their advice and counsel is our greatest source of strength.
Warrior
Elder… please tell me, do I have ancestors here?
Matiki
Of course. Do you know their names? Their song?
Warrior
I… do not.
Matiki
I’m sorry, child, but there are countless souls here. Without a name and a tribe, we cannot find them. Would they recognise your face?
Warrior
No. I was lost as a boy.
Matiki
That is most unfortunate. My heart goes out to you. When this time of trouble is over… I’ll ask around on your behalf.
Witch
I underestimated the Karui. Necromancy is woven into the fabric of your culture.
Sorceress
We have something like this, the {barya.} Not on this scale, of course. We mainly use them as punishment for criminals…
Ranger
It seems wrong to keep souls out of the natural order.
Huntress
When we Azmeri die, we rejoin the Spirit. Our voices become one.
Monk
Ah, that is how your Way can be enforced so strongly. The knowledge is not lost.
Mercenary
Think I’d rather take a dirt nap. Imagine never getting a break from being {you.}
Druid
Ye speak as though none are ever truly gone. Yet… I cannae help but wonder if some losses cut too deep, even for these Halls.
Matiki
Necro what now? Well… I don’t know about that.
Matiki
This place is no punishment… It is a blessing!
Matiki
For us, this is natural.
Matiki
One voice for all your people? That’d never work for the Karui…
Matiki
Yes. No teaching is lost if the teacher lives on!
Matiki
It is a curious thought. But… you can always strive to keep learning something new!
Matiki
Grief is heavy. But even the deepest cut leaves a scar, not an absence.
Matiki
In anycase, my feelings on all this {are} complicated, but the Way was established long before my time. Sometimes it really just is… what it is.