Ancient Plaque

Ancient Plaque
Released								5 January 2022 (Update)
Members								Yes
Quest								None
Location								Ancient Prison
Options								Read
Examine								There is some sort of ancient inscription on it.
Map
<mapframe mapID="-1" frameless="" plane="0" width="300" y="5209" x="2903" height="300" group="pins" align="center" zoom="2"> {"features":[{"type":"Feature","geometry":{"coordinates":[2903.5,5207.5],"type":"Point"},"properties":{"mapID":"-1","providerID":0,"group":"pins","description":" X/Y: 2903,5207 ","plane":0,"icon":"greenPin"}}],"type":"FeatureCollection"} </mapframe>
Advanced data
Object ID								42935

The Ancient Plaque's inscription as seen in game.

An ancient plaque can be found outside of Nex's chamber, inside the God Wars Dungeon.

When read, the plaque displays the following:

The following text is transcluded from Transcript:Ancient Plaque.

Vita brevis breviter in brevi finietur,
mors venit velociter quae neminem veretur,
omnia mors perimit et nulli miseretur.

The text, which is in Latin, is translated as such:

Life is short, and will shortly end,
Death comes quickly, which fears no one
Death destroys all, and has pity for none.

Transcript

This article has an associated transcript page. Click here for the transcript.

Trivia

• The inscription on the plaque is taken from the lyrics to "Ad Mortem Festinamus", a medieval song which served as a memento mori, a reminder of the certainty of death.