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The Priest's Story, Part One
May 22, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Linked Itzeltek, Senkamati and the wider death-cult lore set, added an Obtaining note, and expanded the lore context and See Also cross-links.
The Priest's Story is a three-part Senkamati lore tale set in the days when the gods still walked the earth. It tells the story of a priest of Itzeltek, the Lord of the Dead, whose beloved daughter wanders into the realm of the dead and whose attempt to retrieve her ends in a divine joke.
In the days when the gods still walked the earth, the priest of Itzeltek, The Lord of the Dead, had a beloved daughter.
He gave her everything she desired, forbidding only one thing: to go near the sacred beasts. For they, like their god, were fierce of temper and did not welcome the living where the dead hold sway.
But the girl was gnawed by curiosity. One night she slipped away to the altar and lingered through the dark hours, until the sky began to pale. When she returned home, a burning fever seized her at once.
The priest could not save her. Long he mourned, until at last he chose to walk the road that leads into the realm of the dead, in search of his child.
Before him stood the Guardian of the Last Gate, a vast crocodile, barring the way. The priest brought it low in fury, and stepped onto the road of the dead.
Itzeltek, the Lord of the Dead, is the central Senkamati death deity referenced across the lore tablets. The 'sacred beasts' the priest forbids his daughter to approach are the same crocodile-form guardians he later strikes down, foreshadowing the Part Three reveal that the daughter herself becomes one of these guardians.
The tale sits inside the wider Senkamati death-cult thread. The Itzeltek Priest's Story and The Priestess's Tale cover the same priesthood from other angles, and the crocodile guardians reappear in the Cursed Swamps as Plague-corrupted creatures players fight in the modern timeline.
This page is the first of a three-part lore set handed out by the Jokes of the Gods quest. Like other readable lore items it can be kept in the inventory and stacks up to 20. It carries no combat or crafting use; its value is the story it tells about Itzeltek and the origin of the swamp guardians.
Property | Value |
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Item type | Miscellaneous (lore) |
Stack size | 20 |
Quest reward for Jokes of the Gods.
Property | Value |
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Stack | 20 |
