Who deserves a role in the graveyard

A review of the public record, 8 November 2026: what each player did for the dead of the realm and against them, in the game and on the forum. Scale: 1 = should not have such a role, 10 = fully deserves it.

Graveyard days: days with at least one public chat line in a scene of the land of the Dead, and their share of all the days the player spoke in public chat that year (or since 2017). Revived others: revives of another player, every year on record, and gifts of Marigold Nectar to a player who was dead at the time (the nectar is what a dead player needs to revive). Self-revives are not counted.

Player	Score	Now	Revived others	Graveyard days 2026	Graveyard days 2017-2026	For the dead	Against the dead or the graveyard	Forum
Blackshade Rider	7	Alive. Title "Voice of the dead" since December 2016, the only official title for the dead.	5Revived Fang Archbane 2018 (twice) and 2026, samon 2026. Gave nectar to Death Ray while he was dead (2023). The only player who revived others this year.	43 of 7458%	73 of 56613%	Keeps the Register of the Unnamed Dead; every name in it is paid by him (9 names). Drew the plan of the graveyard expansion built in October. Reported real faults that kept the dead out of their own land. Tested the marigolds, the flask and the bees. Offers revives in public and shows the dead how to revive themselves.	Revived samon on 25 October, five minutes after samon answered his offer with "I'll pass on the message if I see anyone in need", on the day samon chose to die. Cast silvertongue on samon (23 October); about 15 locks and curses on Seigheart since August. Said he would use a kill tool on Ledah "every chance i get". Saved AP bounties to move while dead; a fault, fixed on 31 October.	Since 2016: Voice of the Dead, Land of the dead, a 2026 essay. Insults rivals ("more like death bringers", 207587).
samon	6	Dead since 7 November (lightning). Titles: Necrovion Death Patrol, Death Guard of Necrovion.	3Nectar to dead players: Fang Archbane (May 2021) and chriselnenepr (Nov 2021), both while a Caretaker; Marvolo (7 Nov 2026). Never revived anyone by his own hand.	26 of 5151%	115 of 18363%	Dead for about 7 of the last 10 years (2017 to 2024, by the record of kills and revives). In 2018-2021 a real guide of the dead at Berserker's Charge (2019: 42 of his 47 days were there). Death lore on the forum: a funeral (2012), the Death Anchor theory (2021). Gave Marigold Nectar to three dead players: Fang Archbane and chriselnenepr in 2021 while a Caretaker, and Marvolo, 13 minutes after his death, on 7 November 2026. The highest loyalty to the land of the Dead in the realm.	Took part in the invasion of 5-6 November as a living Necrovion guard ("Charge!!!!"). On 6 November: "cede the new scenes of the Dead to Marind Bell and the East", and asked for Berserker's Charge "for Necrovion" (207528, 207532). On 7 November the same event became "the Dead rebellion", with a 2 gold price on Blackshade Rider's head (207584).	689 posts; as an alt from April 2021 to 7 November 2026. A funeral, Bringing out the dead, The Dead rebellion.
Syrian	4	Alive, Queen of Necrovion.	92016-2023, as a paid service	10 of 5718%	20 of 5174%	Revived more players than anyone else here. Built the self-revive the dead used until this month (April 2022): the Marigold Nectar flowers, the flask at the Empty Tomb, the advice for the recently deceased, and the revive at the hive.	She has taken another road: as Queen of Necrovion since October 2026 she already holds a land's crown, which does not fit a second role over the graveyard. Joined the Caretakers on 14 September and left on 14 October, the day after her coronation. Approved samon's claim on Berserker's Charge (207530).	A revive is "a service that he has paid for" (2021).
Sephirah Caelum	4	Alive, Lands of the East.	0	2 of 375%	2 of 474%	Cleaning and mourning roleplay in the Tribunal, October and November 2026. Opinions about death on the forum (2012). No quarrel with anyone found.	Her only two days in the graveyard were the night of the invasion (5-6 November): at the rally, then flowers and prayer in the Mausoleum Interior, where she also tamed a Tormented Soul.	"The dead should remain dead" (2012), The Farewell Tea (2026).
Aelis	3	Alive, Lands of the East. Last leader of the Caretakers.	0	4 of 855%	15 of 4264%	In his two months as leader of the Caretakers (7 September to 7 November 2026): five remembrances at the Memory Outpost, the handover ceremony at Molquert's grave, and on 7 November he came to the graveyard to keep the dead company and offer help. Interviews with everyone ever involved with death in the game (2015). In August led the Caretakers "beyond the focus on death" (29133).	Claiming the Dead for the East is treason against the role, and it cancels the credit from his two months as leader. On 6 November, after the invasion, claimed stewardship of the Dead (207540). Leader while the guild's tools were lent to outsiders (News 6755). Severe. What happened with the tools.	Interview request (2015), the handover (2026).
Ledah	3	Alive.	0	18 of 16111%	75 of 15165%	Led the 2022 project to improve the death system, with Chewett (News 5557, forum 20240). Helped repair the bee revive (News 5961, 2023). A revival quest (2021).	No action for the dead or the graveyard in the last year: his time there was talk while he was dead himself, plans to deplete it, and the invasion. Killed Obrac, Death Ray, and Blackshade Rider twice in 2026. Kill for hire through the Caretakers' leader (188356, 2021). Loudest at the invasion ("For the Duke!").	Called himself "King of the Dead" (206361); asked for the Caretakers to be disbanded (29086).

lashtal	2	Inactive since September 2024.	0	-	101 of 19095%	Says he gave tools to the dead (2023). Revival ceremony topics (2012).	Necrovion Death Patrol: about 100 kills, 2013 to 2024.	Thoughts for Peace's revival ceremony (2012), A grand offering to the Shades (2022).
phantasm	2	Inactive since 2021.	0	-	0 of 190%	Founded the Caretakers in 2009 with a purpose about death; death topics 2009 to 2016.	None found.	Caretaker's Alliance (2009), Caretakers and The Dead (2016).
chriselnenepr	2	Alive, Lands of the East.	1Nectar to samon while samon was dead (Nov 2021), before joining the Caretakers.	0 of 240%	14 of 5503%	Gave Marigold Nectar to samon while samon was dead (November 2021).	None found.	A poem (2023).
redneck	1	Alive, Necrovion.	0	12 of 11810%, no spoken line	13 of 5282%	None found.	Fought players at the rally and in the Road of the Mourners on the invasion night.	Nothing about the dead.
Mallos	1	Alive, Lands of the East.	0	1 of 353%	6 of 12880%	None found.	None found.	Nothing about the dead.
xcercses	1	Inactive since 2020.	0	-	0 of 20%	Co-ran the Caretakers quest "THE COFFENING" (2012).	None found.	THE COFFENING (2012).

What each player claims

Every public claim we found that touches the dead or the three players at the centre of this review (Blackshade Rider, samon, Sephirah Caelum), each checked against the game's records. Only public chat and public forum posts are used. Times are server time.

Verdicts: True, Mostly true, Partly true, Not shown, Mostly false, False, Opinion.

Blackshade Rider

#	Claim	Where	Verdict	What the record shows
1	"I always have tended to the dead"	chat, 28 Sep 2026, Berserker's Crypt	Partly true	Revived other players 4 times in 10 years (2 in 2018, 2 in October 2026). 73 graveyard days since 2017, 43 of them in 2026; almost absent in 2021-2022.
2	"Im also the only one with an official title for the dead"	chat, 22 Oct 2026, Berserker's Crypt	True	"Voice of the dead", given on 16 Dec 2016 (News 4161). Every other title with death or grave in its name is a Necrovion guard or a bone-gathering title.
3	He earned the title by staying dead "nearly an entire year"	chat, 2023	Partly true	News 4161 gave it "for his loyalty and activity in the land of the Dead". The records show him dead about 190 days of 2016, in two stretches.
4	"I was the first citizen of the dead"	chat, 2023 and 22 Oct 2026	Mostly true	He was a citizen of the Dead 18 days after the land was made (News 3889, 25 Mar 2016; forum 17277). That nobody came before him cannot be proven.
5	The death system "was being reworked with me, Azull, and fyrd"	forum 207587; chat, 28 Sep 2026	Partly true	The kill and revive clickables came on 23 Dec 2016 (News 4171, 4172); the bees were Azull's (News 5217, 2021), mended by Fyrd (News 5746). His own share is not in the public record.
6	"I am also the reason the dead can not eat or drink"	chat, 28 Sep 2026	Mostly true	His report of 12 Apr 2016 (forum 17277) came two weeks before the rule (News 4016, 25 Apr 2016). The News names nobody.
7	Bounties and voting links were "originally a way" for the dead to move	forum 207587; chat, 1 Nov 2026	Mostly false	Bounties came on 28 Feb 2020 (News 4929) and say nothing about the dead; the Dead were made to move slowly (News 3889). Bug fix round 100 called bounty AP for the dead a fault.
8	"Not a single time ... have i ever onced claimed i am king of the dead"	forum 207587	Partly true	He never used the word "king" in public. He did call himself "the master of the dead realm" (chat, 2023) and the graveyard "my territory of the dead" (chat, 22 Oct 2026).
9	samon "has duties in necro with his queen" (his reason for the revive of 25 October)	chat, 25 Oct 2026 22:18, Berserker's Charge	True as a fact, opinion as a reason	samon is a Death Guard of Necrovion. When Chewett revived Blackshade Rider unasked in 2023, he said: "Put me back I was reviving myself and did not ask for help."
10	To samon: "over a entire decade what exactly have you even done for the dead? other than be dead?"	forum 207587	Mostly false	samon gave Marigold Nectar to three dead players (2021, 2021, 2026), spent 115 days in the graveyard since 2017, most of them as a guide of the dead, and wrote public death topics in 2012 and 2021.
11	"No one else ever cared for the dead. So i chose to"	chat, 22 Oct 2026	Mostly false	Syrian revived other players 9 times (2016-2023) and built the self-revive in 2022; Ledah led the 2022 death-system project (News 5557) and helped mend the bee revive (News 5961); samon and chriselnenepr gave nectar to dead players in 2021.
12	The Caretakers did "more killing than helping ... more like death bringers"	forum 207587	Mostly true	Kill-item uses since 2016 by members he named: lashtal 79, Ledah 16, samon 10, Aelis 1. Help to the dead by a member while in the guild: samon's nectar to two dead players in 2021, and no revive. The 2026 remembrances and Sephirah's mourning were real.
13	"Ledah has done nothing but kill not help the dead"; Aelis never showed interest	forum 207587	Mostly true	Ledah: 16 kill-item uses, no revive of another player. Aelis: no revive, 4 graveyard days in 2026. ("Mallos just sits idle 90% of the time" is an opinion.)
14	"Sephirah has done some well roleplay for the dead, but has rarely been seen actually in the dead"	forum 207587	True	Her only two graveyard days are the invasion night; her mourning and cleaning roleplay is real.
15	"The disband of the caretakers actually had nothing to do with me"	forum 207587	True	News 6755 gives the reasons: the invasion and a year with no service to the dead.
16	"I didnt kill samon. Again that was a storm"	chat, 1 Nov 2026	True	The record of deaths: samon struck by lightning at the Storm Docks, 30 Oct 2026 21:25.

samon

#	Claim	Where	Verdict	What the record shows
1	"I have spent more time dead than anyone else in this realm"	forum 207583	Mostly true	Dead 12 Jul to 31 Dec 2017 and 5 Feb 2018 to 2 Aug 2024: about 7 of the last 10 years. No player active in 2025-2026 comes close; some long-inactive accounts have been dead longer.
2	Berserker's Charge "has been my home for many years"	forum 207584; chat, 22 Oct 2026	True	His most-used scene in the chat archive: 103 days since 2017 (Blackshade Rider: 51). In 2019, 40 of his 43 chat days were there.
3	Ask "the land loyalty leader for the dead ... I wonder who that could be" (himself)	chat, 23 Oct 2026, Ruined Graveyard	True	His loyalty to the land of the Dead is the highest in the realm (1,548; Blackshade Rider second with 1,265).
4	"I have also been the most outspoken opponent to a king in the Dead"	forum 207583	Not shown	No public line of his against a king of the Dead was found (2017-2026). When Ledah called himself "King of the Dead" (August 2026), no public objection by samon was found.
5	"Berserkers charge belongs to Necrovion"	chat, 6 Nov 2026, Road of the Mourners; forum 207528	False	The scene is part of the land of the Dead. He also said "The dead belongs to the dead" (28 Sep 2026) and "This land doesn't belong to anyone except the dead" (23 Oct 2026).
6	"the success of the invasion is irrefutable ... cede the new scenes of the Dead to Marind Bell and the East"	forum 207528, 6 Nov 2026	False	Its organiser cancelled it after News 6752 called it a desecration. On 7 November samon called the same night a protest against the keeper (207583).
7	Blackshade Rider revived him "because he didn't like that I was dead"	chat, 25 Oct 2026 23:25	Not shown	Blackshade Rider's public reasons that night: "You have dutys to attend to", "Samon has duties in necro with his queen".
8	"the first time someone got revived against their will in MD"	chat, 25 Oct 2026 23:37	Partly true	That this revive was unwanted is supported in public (Sunfire that night, Syrian on 1 November). "The first time" cannot be checked: the game does not record consent.
9	"part of my NC duties involved me being dead"	chat, 31 Oct 2026	Mostly true	Queen Syrian said in public on 1 November that she had asked him to die. Both said so after the revive, not before.
10	A self-revive takes "about a week" the first time, "3 days if you know what you're doing"	chat, 4 Oct 2026	True at the time	Then: 10 nectar and 3 days of fermenting. His own self-revive in November took 2 days. Since 6 November it needs 25 nectar.
11	"Marvolo has been the first to receive this service"	forum 207584	True	He gave Marvolo 14 Marigold Nectar on 7 November, 13 minutes after Marvolo died by lightning. He had done the same for two dead players in 2021.
12	The Caretakers are "the one alliance that has truly consistently cared for the dead"	forum 207583	Mostly false	The guild was given the revival role in 2016 (News 3891). The only help to the dead by a member while in the guild is samon's nectar to two dead players in 2021; nothing in the past year (News 6755).
13	"It was mostly Ledah and BSR that depleted" (the fish of the Storm Docks)	chat, 27 Oct 2026	True	Catches there on 26-27 October: Blackshade Rider 65, Ledah 63, the next player 55, samon 23.
14	"Sephirah was my mentor in the Caretakers, many years ago"	chat, 20 Oct 2026	Plausible	She joined the guild in April 2010, he in January 2012. The mentoring itself is not recorded.

samon's eleven accusations against Blackshade Rider

From topic 29276 (7 November 2026).

#	Claim	Where	Verdict	What the record shows
1	Countless unprovoked insults	207583	Partly true	Insults on the forum are there (207587). "Countless" and "unprovoked" cannot be measured.
2	Involuntary resurrections	207583	Mostly true (once)	25 October: Blackshade Rider offered revives at 22:03; samon answered at 22:07 "I'll pass on the message if I see anyone in need"; he was revived at 22:12, the same day he chose to die.
3	Silencing over minor disagreements	207583	True (once)	Silvertongue on samon, 23 October, in a quarrel about splinter creatures.
4	Spread lies about his detractors	207583	Not shown	Nothing in the public record beyond the forum quarrels.
5	Threatened his Necrovion neighbours	207583	Not shown	Nothing in the public record.
6	Used an exploit to gain more marigolds	207583	Partly true	He saved AP bounties to move while dead and said so openly (31 October). It was a fault, mended the same day (bug fixes, round 100).
7	Fancies himself king of the Dead	207583	Partly true	He never said "king" in public, but called himself "the master of the dead realm" (2023) and the graveyard "my territory of the dead" (2026).
8	Falsely claims he is the only one who cares for the dead	207583	Partly true	He is the only one with an official title for the dead, and the only player who revived others this year.
9	The Caretakers were destroyed under slander	207583	False	Disbanded by the Demon of the East after a year with no service to the dead (News 6755).
10	The marigolds were uprooted and scattered	207583	False	Moved by the realm on 6 November: more flowers, all inside the land of the Dead.
11	22 people were at the protest	207583	Partly true	About 20 players spoke that night, including those who objected (Else, Nep). The thread that started it called it a claim of the lands for Marind Bell and the East (29270).

Sephirah Caelum

She made no public claim about Blackshade Rider.

#	Claim	Where	Verdict	What the record shows
1	"The dead should remain dead ... Lets the dead, dead. All of them."	forum 104399, 104470 (2012)	Opinion	Her record matches her words: she never revived another player.
2	"Spartiatis was cremated today in a simple ceremony"	forum 114194 (2012)	Mostly true	Spartiatis was killed on 4 May 2012 and no revive is logged before the funeral. The ceremony is older than the chat archive.
3	The results of the pool for Chewett's coffin	forum 117542 (2012)	Mostly true	The winner and two counts match the poll; one count was mistyped and set right in the thread.
4	Her 2026 post is "a copy of the original post from phantasm"	forum 206921	True	Word for word the founding text of the Caretakers (2009).
5	"I think I was dead once, but quickly got revived"	chat, 4 Oct 2026	Mostly true	Dead once: 28 Feb to 29 Mar 2014, 29 days.
6	To samon: "You were Named April first! Less than a month dead"	chat, 4 Oct 2026	True	samon was killed on 25 Mar 2016 and named Death Patrol on 1 Apr 2016 (News 3910).
7	"Samon told me you just need to follow the fireflies" (to revive)	chat, 25 Oct 2026	Partly true	samon had told her about bees, not fireflies, and that "there's a little more to it".
8	To Chewett, on the invasion night: "You are not involved in this? ... something fishy"	chat, 5 Nov 2026, Road of the Mourners	True	Chewett's own forum post says they invaded the Dead lands (29270); News 6752 called it a desecration.

What others said about Sephirah Caelum

#	Claim	Where	Verdict	What the record shows
1	Mur: "Sephirah Caelum can also claim activity related to the purpose of this guild, yet she did enjoy the graveyard invasion."	News 6755	True	The cleaning and mourning roleplay is real; on the invasion night she laid flowers, tamed a Tormented Soul and prayed, and soon after said "It was good while it lasted."
2	Aelis: "I think she did a great job with the dead over the years too."	chat, 7 Nov 2026	Partly true	For: the 2012 cremation and coffin pool, her designs, the flowers and prayer of 2026. Against: she revived no one, and spent 2 days in the graveyard since 2017.

Aelis

#	Claim	Where	Verdict	What the record shows
1	"Death as a game mechanic may be (temporarily) gone"	forum 206167	Mostly true	Kill tools are off while few players are active (News 6356, 28 May 2026); no player kill is logged from 19 May to 1 October.
2	A new path for the Caretakers, "beyond the focus on death"	forum 206462 (31 Aug 2026)	Opinion	A proposal. On 6 November (207540) he went the other way and claimed the Dead.
3	"the East has a close relationship with Death through the Caretakers"	forum 207540	Partly true	True in history (News 1005, 2009; News 3891, 2016). In the past year no Caretaker revived anyone (News 6755).
4	The Caretakers will tend the Dead "just as we have been doing with the Lands of the East"	forum 207540	Mostly false	Graveyard days in 2026: Aelis 4, Sephirah 2, Mallos 1; no revive by a Caretaker. The guild was disbanded the next day.
5	"lashtal and samon worked on their role for way more time than ... the so called voice of the dead"	chat, 24 Sep 2026, Gazebo	Partly true	Both have been Death Patrol since 2016. Graveyard days since 2017: samon 115, lashtal 101, Blackshade Rider 73. Blackshade Rider has held his title since December 2016.

Ledah

#	Claim	Where	Verdict	What the record shows
1	"King of the Dead given my years of roleplaying as such"	forum 206361	Not shown	No such phrase in his public chat 2017-2026 or in any other forum post; he holds no such title.
2	The Caretakers are "currently, and sadly, redundant"; death was "unilaterally disabled with no consultation"	forum 206156	Partly true	He was the most active member from January to July. Kill tools were limited by a rule announced in News 6356, not removed.
3	"We now have a ruler who rules 3 lands. For the Duke!"	forum 207525	False	The organiser cancelled the event; News 6752 called it a desecration; no land changed hands.
4	To Blackshade Rider: "you got samon killed"	chat, 30 Oct 2026, Storm Docks	Not shown	Lightning struck samon at 21:25; the record shows no storm cast by Blackshade Rider that day. Ledah killed Blackshade Rider at 21:41.
5	Murder for hire: "contact the leader of the Caretakers with a suitable offer"	forum 188356 (2021)	True (his own rule)	Kills with gold in 2021 and 2022. He never revived another player.

Syrian

#	Claim	Where	Verdict	What the record shows
1	"the east has a very close relationship with the dead via The Caretakers"	forum 207533	Partly true	History only. Her own 9 revives (2016-2023) came before she joined the guild, which she was in from 14 September to 14 October 2026.
2	"Samon was dead on my request"	forum 207590	Not shown before the revive	samon died by his own hand on 25 Oct at 03:30 and said that day he "couldn't resist taking a look at how death has changed". The request was first said in public on 31 Oct (samon) and 1 Nov (Syrian).
3	Blackshade Rider "did not listen"	forum 207590	True	Offer at 22:03, samon's answer at 22:07, the revive at 22:12 (25 October).
4	A revive "was done as a service that he has paid for"	forum 188469 (2021)	Partly true	The revive is logged (17 Apr 2021, a gold coin); the payment is in no public record.
5	Blackshade Rider cannot be unbiased, "it benefits him to make it easier"	chat, 18 Oct 2026	Opinion	He used bounty AP while dead (a fault, mended 31 October) but also wrote "The dead is not meant to be fun, or easy" (207589).

Mallos

#	Claim	Where	Verdict	What the record shows
1	"Ledah has been sullying the name of the caretakers with death instead of life"	forum 192215 (2022)	Mostly true	Ledah: 3 kills in the 10 months before the post, no revive of another player in any year.
2	"the Queen of Necrovion may have some idea of what we could do with the Caretakers"	forum 207053	Opinion	Syrian left the guild 3 days later.

lashtal

#	Claim	Where	Verdict	What the record shows
1	Death Patrol only "by nomination of the Demon of the East"	forum 189452 (2021)	Mostly true	Mur made the patrol and named its members (News 3880, 3910).
2	"My first kill was samon"	chat, 24 May 2022	Mostly false	His first logged kill was in September 2015; samon was killed on 25 Mar 2016.
3	"murders Blackshade Rider - caught tresspassing Necrovion" (the kill line, twice)	global chat, 25 Apr and 28 Jun 2023	Partly true	Both kills were in the graveyard, then counted as Necrovion. On 28 June lashtal moved him there with a spell 90 seconds before the kill.

phantasm

#	Claim	Where	Verdict	What the record shows
1	"the Caretakers, that both bring life and death"	chat, 12 Apr 2021, Gazebo	Partly true	Death, yes (Ledah's kills that April). Life: little: samon's nectar to two dead players later that year, and no revive by a member while in the guild.

chriselnenepr

#	Claim	Where	Verdict	What the record shows
1	"if I can revive myself in three days, why would I need ... a caretaker?"	chat, 18 Oct 2026	Opinion	The 3 days were right at the time (3 days of fermenting); since 6 November a self-revive needs 25 nectar.

redneck

Nothing relevant said in public: he fought players at the invasion rally and in the Road of the Mourners, but made no claim about the dead.

How it was measured

Revives and kills: the game's own record of every revive and kill item and clickable, all years.
Graveyard days: the public chat archive, January 2017 to 8 November 2026. Whispers are not kept, so they are not counted.
Forum: public posts and topics only.
The land of the Dead: Berserker's Charge and its Crypt, the Empty Tomb, the Hive, the Road of the Mourners and every scene beyond it, and the Catacombs.