What is your favourite gravestone writing?

lolien

Favourite last words and gravestone writings. What is your favourite?

Here are the ones from the Nashkel graveyard:

Front row, from right to left.

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"stranger, Tread this ground with gravity, Dentist Mark B is filling his last cavity."

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This is the final resting place of Elben.
Who lost his life to an Ankheg.
Eaten but not forgotten.

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Dean.
The lean, mean killing machine, died.

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Dave F, slain by 13 Gibberlings, 4 Kobolds, 6 Ogres, and 2 Dire Wolfs.

Ne invoces expellere non possis
(Do not call up that you cannot put down)

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A bard, of sorts, with skill in rhyme and reason made the words come clear,
He gladly wrote for all to hear and therin lies the rub, my friends.
He set his starts too far from ends, so "less is more" or go unread.
A lesson learned. Too bad I'm dead.

Lukas K.

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Here lies John W:

looked up the mine shaft
to see if the cart was on the way down.
It was.

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Here lies Andrew, the quality of his armour was not assured.

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Here lies Gilles.

Used no net
Knew no fear
Made mis-step
Wound up here

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Second row from right to left.

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Here lies Henrik.
Who was fatally burned
13 Mirtul, 1358,
by the explosion of a lamp
filled with "P.J. Stanford's
Non-Explosive Burning Fluid

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Poor Steve,
When we said, "Heads up", old friend, we meant it.

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Feargus-
who said, "Is it done yet?"
"not yet I bet!"
(once too many!)

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I was Nashkel born
and Nashkel bred
and here I lay
Nashkel Dead!
-Dave H

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This is the final resting place of Russ.

"Everyone dies, it's how you live that matters"

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Charles

One note too many. One day too late...

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3rd row from right to left

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When they said "animate" the dead
poor Tony took it literally.

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Dan W.

He died at a public gathering when the platform gave way.

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Here lies Arnel.
"You should see the other guy."

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There once was a man named Don,
who fell asleep on his lawn.
They thought he was pretending to be dead,
then a tombstone fell on his head.
And now Don is long gone.

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Here lies the body of Rob.
If not, please notify the undertakers at once.

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Here lies Dan M

"When I can no longer stand alone, then it will be time to die."

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4th row from right to left

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Beneath this stone, a lump of clay
Lies Mark D the young
Who on the twenty-third of May
Began to hold his tongue

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Here lies Cass
More principium est.
(Death is the beginning)

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Larry's last words:
"Let's split up, we'll cover more ground"

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Here Lies Tobyn
Who believed in the good of all,
Died at the hands of zombies whilst asking for directions

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Here lies Kelly, an Atheist
All dressed up
And no place to go

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Forever to be remembered, Marcia

"bestiae sumus, ut non bestiae simus"
(Beasts we are, lest we beasts become)

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Iain O Gallchobhair

"Mea Gloria Fides"

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Ross the long-haired hippy agitatoread.
But he was so young and beautiful

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Mike:I feel my body rising towards the bright light...wait, now it's falling,
What the HELL!

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here lies Rick
Who was always a few links shy of a chain

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Chris Parker (1 Kythorn, 1347)

He never returned from his last journey up North...

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Here lies Greg.

Reader if cash thou art
In want of any
Dig four feet deep
And thou wilt find a penny

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The two pillars at the entrance

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The reports of my death have been greatly underestimated, James.

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Ben's last words:
"I regret nothiiinnnngg!"

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The cript

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Ray-
who said, "This damn game will be...
the death of me!"

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justfeelinathome

The reports of my death have been greatly underestimated, James.

-for me. Most of them are great though. I remember that the first "Sacred" had a few good ones as well. But graveyards were far more numerous in that game, so iIrc the overall quality of the puns was lower. Plus I can't say how grave the loss in translation was...

Also: Great job on not making it a poll. Someone would have gotten upset about the lack of their favorite option, given the cap of 10.

deltago

Beneath this stone. . .

An easter egg within easter eggs.

JuliusBorisov

"You have died

Press ESC to continue.

Your deeds of valor will be remembered"

fkirenicus

Not from Nashkel, but...

"Here lies Edmund Blackadder
...and he's bloody annoyed."

"Here lies David St. Hubbins
...and why not?"

elminster

I've always liked this one.

"Here lies Gilles.

Used no net
Knew no fear
Made mis-step
Wound up here"

BelgarathMTH

If you like swords and sorcery gravestone jokes, you should try playing Sacred or Sacred 2. They have hundreds of them all around the game world.

SirBatince

"THE MAIN CHARACTER HAS BEEN KILLED. YOU MUST RESTART THE GAME. LOAD QUIT"