Collector's cave

The **Collector's cave** is the final resting place of the Umbra Elder the Collector of the Missing. The cave was the personal library of the Collector when he was alive, in which he amassed an enormous collection of tomes, both novels and smaller types of publications.

The cave is more of a somewhat sizable cavernous room than an actual cave. It is lit and kept extremely hot and humid by a steady waterfall-like stream of lava that drops down from a hole in the center of the roof, fed from the lake of lava above, and into a small basin in the center of the room's floor. The cave is littered with piles of tomes of text collected by the Collector of the Missing, from different civilizations heralding from different planets that have come into contact with or been consumed by the Ultravoid in the past. Although the streams of lava keep the room extremely hot, they provide ample reading light. Additional reading light is provided by many pale yellow candles, which are probably often replaced by the Umbra gardener Ahrric in his duties as sole tender of the Eternal Garden.

The Collector of the Missing rests in a far right corner of the room, his dead body sitting in a meditation-like position.

### Sign

A greyish-white sign hangs outside on the wall of the cave, to tve right of the small doorway that leads to the cave, and is a reminder that the piles of tomes are not junk.

This is not junk!

-- The Collector.

### Black Hole Bucaneers tale

The dramatized retelling of a crew of intergalactic pirates who pillaged black holes for untold treasures. They called themselves the "Black Hole Buccaneers."

### Nautical themed medalions

A catalogue of nautical themed medallions and their prices.

### Lancel novel

A book about a stuffed yellow bear with a red scarf named "Lancel."

### Bearer of Null poem by Ahrric

A poem by Ahrric, titled "Bearer of Null"

Break free this mold,

loam flattened

from careless repetition.

A player in the dream of

the long-dead theatre.

Trapped in final utterance.

Life slips away.

### Trystero stamp game

The manual for an extremely pedantic maze game. A quote from the creator describes the experience as a love letter to fans of Trystero postal stamps.

### Letters for Dalecto

A collection of letters from a mourning father to his deceased son, Delecto.

### The Collector's self-published tome

A self-published tome: Everything in the world you ever cared about is all right here, and other nuggets from The Collector.

### Book on marine life fashion history

A book that details the different eras of historical dress for marine life.

### Builder short stories

A collection of short stories about a builder who continually has accidents with their electric tools.

This book goes into great detail about the various grunting sounds made by the protagonist.

### Jack Reacher novel

A novel about an ex-military investigator. They threaten to beat their enemies to death and drink their blood from a boot.

It's noted that this book was so popular on its planet that children would incessantly shout "I'll drink your blood from a boot!" at each other.

This eventually led to a worldwide ban of all footwear except sandals, which were deemed unsuitable as a blood quaffing device.

## See also

* Collector of the Missing

Luminous Peak