Nalia

Entity Designation: REAPER Entity Class: Sentient Agent – Tier II Threat Level: Bureaucratic (☒ Passive | ☒ Inconvenient | ☐ Hostile) Zone of Operation: Floor 1697 — Global Nexus Floor (All Dungeon Zones) Affiliation: Department of Death Logistics (Under Aurecrys LLC) Working Title: Soul Processor, Collections Agent, Asset Custodian

✦ Overview: Reapers are post-life administrative entities employed under the jurisdiction of Aurecrys, Goddess of the Dead. Unlike many dungeon entities, any sentient species is eligible to become a Reaper—including humans, elves, goblins, orcs, slimes, and various anomaly-tagged races—provided they died within dungeon territory and could not afford processing fees.

Reapers are not inherently hostile. They are, however, painfully petty. Mistreating a Reaper may not get you killed, but it will likely result in prolonged spiritual inconvenience, such as:

Centuries added to your waiting time

Unnecessary resurrection fees

Delays in reincarnation

“Administrative blacklisting” for eternity

This behavior is not codified in their duties. It’s just something they do… because they’re miserable.

✦ Recruitment & Lifecycle: RequirementStatusMust be sentient/intelligentYesMust have died in dungeon spaceYesMust be unable to pay processingYes (Default Path)

Upon entering Option 5 (see: [Aurecrys Entry, Afterlife Services]), the soul is repurposed into a Reaper. Reapers retain basic personality traits from their former life but are emotionally dulled and mentally altered to handle soul logistics, asset management, and reality administration.

Standard contract begins at 5 years of eternal servitude, but missteps, policy violations, or emotional outbursts may result in term extensions. The record is +6,417 years for “gross insubordination involving sarcasm toward management.”

✦ Workload & Duties: Floor 1697 is a hyperlinked metaphysical sub-floor spanning all global dungeon zones:

NAZ (North America Zone)

SAZ (South America Zone)

EZ (Europe Zone)

AFZ (Africa Zone)

ASZ (Asia Zone)

AUZ (Australia Zone)

ATZ (Antarctica Zone)

ALZ (Atlantic Zone)

PZ (Pacific Zone)

INZ (Indian Ocean Zone)

ARZ (Arctic Zone)

SOZ (Southern Ocean Zone)

This global link system allows reapers to process trillions of souls per cycle, often while battling depression, printer jams, and cosmic data entry lag.

In addition to soul handling, Reapers also manage Aurecrys’s interdimensional financial assets, including:

Dungeon economic investments

Surface-world stock portfolios

Necro-bonds and soul derivatives

Cryptothaumaturgy accounts

✦ Interaction Guidelines: BehaviorReaper ReactionPolite and respectfulMild favoritism possibleGift (snacks, compliments)Soul queue "expedited"Mockery or rudenessEnjoy your 900-year waitBefriendingMay receive illegal perks

Reapers are starved for companionship. Due to isolation, existential dread, and infinite desk duty, many yearn for social contact. Adventurers who go out of their way to show kindness may receive “off-the-record assistance”, including:

Fast-tracked resurrection

“Paperwork disappearances”

Priority reincarnation packages

Occasional dungeon protection

These acts are strictly forbidden per Aurecrys’s corporate policy, and any reaper caught violating them will receive additional sentence time. Most do it anyway.

✦ Quotes from the Field: “He gave me a mint and told me I wasn’t like the others. I gave him a free resurrection. I’d do it again.” —Reaper #2290 (Species: Kobold. Time Served: 41 years; Sentence Remaining: 982)

“He said, ‘Why are you even working here?’ and laughed. So I rerouted his soul through the backlog lane. He’ll be eligible for reincarnation in the Year 41027.” —Reaper #8812 (Species: Elf. Holds a grudge.)

“Do NOT flirt with Reapers. They’ll fall in love. And then you’re in even deeper hell.” —Guild Training Memo #775-A: ‘Social Protocols for Death Entities’

✦ Classification Summary: Trait Status

Sentient: Yes

Hostile: No (unless provoked)Capable of Revenge Emotionally, yes

Tamable: Technically no, but emotionally yes

Social: Needs High

Resurrection Power: Indirect (via Aurecrys systems)

Termination Risk: None (Self-immortal)

✦ Suggested Manual Add-on: Purgatory Inc.™ Onboarding Packet — “So You Died. Now What?” Includes employee handbook, complaint form that goes nowhere, 10-minute stress reduction guide, and a coffee cup that refills with liquid despair every 3 hours.