The Hoarder

The Hoarder
NPC Info
Coordinates	X: 14078 Z: -4239
Species	Villager
Location	Void Village

“

I can recall the days I spent wandering the old temples that dithered the world above. I believed that such exalted testaments to civilization would surely outlast my own life, yet now I wander the world below, picking at their scattered ruins.

„

The Hoarder is an eccentric collector who lives in the Hoarder's Refuge, found in the Void Village far below Ahmsord. They will trade various high-level Crafting Ingredients and other unique items in exchange for
Gloomy Roses, which can be harvested from Voidgloom plants throughout The Void with level 105
Farming.

Requests

Each day, the Hoarder will request a random batch of Ingredients from the surface, usually from the Confectionary Merchant in Letvus Airbase. If they are brought the requested items, the Hoarder will give increased rewards for the next few Gloomy Roses traded that day. Known requests include the following:

• 
  1 Salted Salmon
• 
  16 Licorice Ropes
• 2 Letvus Delights

Trades

The following table includes possible trades exchange for Gloomy Roses.

Item	Description
Withered Root	Level 92, Tier 0 [✫✫✫] ingredient.
Void Essence	Level 95, Tier 0 [✫✫✫] ingredient. Also dropped by various Void Creatures.
Essence of Dissolution	Level 99, Tier 1 [✫✫✫] ingredient.
Impure Nullity	Level 99, Tier 1 [✫✫✫] ingredient.
Peculiar Oddity	Level ?, Tier 2 [✫✫✫] ingredient.
Psionic Quill	Level 100, Tier 2 [✫✫✫] ingredient.
Remnant of the Ruined	Level 102, Tier 3 [✫✫✫] ingredient.
Voidtossed Memory	Level 103, Tier 3 [✫✫✫] ingredient.
Void Vodka	Unique Consumable item.
Purified Void Essence	Rare Consumable item.
Hopeful Lantern	Legendary Utility Trinket item.
Perfectly Generic Item	Unknown.

Dialogue

• The Hoarder: Welcome to perhaps the only place down here where sensible life still lives. Pity those who now call here home.
• The Hoarder: There are yet bastions of hope down here such as this, where what little dreams still persevere.
• The Hoarder: Why have you come here?
  • [1] Are you alright?
    • The Hoarder: My mind is choked once again with the sorrowful memories of a life I once had.
    • The Hoarder: Might you show some sympathy and fulfill a request of mine?
    • The Hoarder: ...[INGREDIENT]... Bring that to me, if you would.
  • [1] You wanted something?
    • If you have the requested items in your inventory:
      • The Hoarder: Hmm... This one reminds me of a time before things changed.
      • The Hoarder: The comfort of familiarity does much for my fatigued body... Even greater maybe for my spent soul.
      • The Hoarder: For the next few Gloomy Rose you bring me, I will trade you bountifully in return.
    • If you don't have the requested items:
      • The Hoarder: ...[INGREDIENT]... I am awaiting...
  • [2] Let's trade!
    • If you have a Gloomy Roses in your inventory:
      • WIP
    • If you have no Gloomy Roses in your inventory:
      • The Hoarder: You haven't any Gloomy Rose on you. No deal can be made.
  • [3] What can I do for you?
    • The Hoarder: Things find their way down here, some pristine, some rotten. I pick at what little show the ambition to have a purpose.
    • The Hoarder: You... You look like someone who can give them a purpose, but I will not forfeit them... Not without a fair exchange.
    • The Hoarder: ...Gloomy Rose. The large shrubs that sprout down here. Give me Gloomy Rose, and I can afford you a piece of my collection.
  • [4] What is this village?
    • The Hoarder: Giving into the despair of our condition is effortless. Struggling on is not. Look to the stragglers in this town with admiration.
    • The Hoarder: ...Perhaps, there is something you can learn from their misfortune.
  • [5] Just stopping by.
    • The Hoarder: ...Just stopping by? Here?

Trivia

• Randomly, The Hoarder's name can be replaced with The Hopeful.
• The Perfectly Generic Item's name is a reference to Homestuck's 'Perfectly Generic Object'.