Talk:Death/@comment-9057257-20131018154235

Made a few edits to the introduction of this article.

I had a conversation about Arthacos and his relation to Death with some other members of the wiki in the chatroom.

Prior to this edit, the article stated that Arthacos was tasked, by the Dragon, to sacrifice one-thousand human sacrifices so that Arthacos's kingdom would be saved from destruction.

After reading the various texts within the Monument of Remembrance, I can conclude that no such task is given by the Dragon to Arthacos.

Arthacos implies that he never even met with his Dragon after having his heart removed.

He prepared for a long, hard journey to confront the Dragon, but was instead lured into arriving at Bitterblack Isle.

Instead, Arthacos was driven insane by the whispering voice and forgot his duty as an Arisen.

Take a look at page 9 of the Monument of Remembrance, then take a look at page 8.

Arthacos does not state that the Dragon gave him a task or anything of the sort.

He states that AS an Arisen, his duty is to sacrifice one-thousand human souls to the Dragon.

He is not only referring to himself, but ALL Arisen in general.

The duty of the Arisen is to venture forward to confront and slay their Dragon to save their respective countries from destruction.

Arthacos has forgotten that duty and instead has come to believe that the duty of ALL Arisen is to offer one-thousand human sacrifices to the Dragon so that it that it may spare their respective countries from destruction.

That claim is supported by the fact that during the year Arthacos spent on Bitterblack Isle, prior to his first journal entry, Arthacos does not attempt to sacrifice any of the other Arisen.

He actually spends the first year trying to ESCAPE Bitterblack Isle.

This idea is further supported by the fact that that Arthacos attempts to team up with a male Arisen he encounters during his exploration of the isle.

Over time, Arthacos lost his sanity and forgot his original duty as an Arisen, which was to find and slay his Dragon.

Most likely influenced by the whispering voice, Arthacos then came to believe, in his insanity,  that as an Arisen he must offer human sacrifices to the Dragon.

Arthacos never confronted his Dragon and the Dragon never tasked Arthacos with these sacrificial duties.