Mastrol

Mastrol is the fifth of the ten Decaphros, the Wardens of the Passing Months and the offspring of Ophros, the God of Time.

Mastrol appears as a yellow nebula hanging in the Void between Aadmol the Orange Decaphrost and Baummol the Green Decaphrost. When Ophros' Watchwork Tower begins its alignment with Mastrol in the Void, the month of Mastrol is occurring in Sylvieria.

Mastrol manifests on Pryiam as a pale yellow skeleton wearing lensless spectacles. Marigolds grow from the empty sockets of Mastrol's eyes, and brightly painted yellow spoons are tied to his ribs, clinking against his bones and creating an unearthly and hauntingly melancholy song with their xylophone-like notes.

Mastrol is obsessed with memorializing the dead and writing epitaphs for the deceased. Mastrol maintains an uneasy friendship with and admiration of Anthira, the spirit of Death.

Mastrol corresponds to the zodiacal sign of Egoth the Dead, and founded the Tribe of Egoth, the Morticians. The Morticians, under Mastrol, developed the rituals of burial and cremation for the Ten Tribes. Their descendents tend to the great Necropolis of Maseri on the Ashenfields of the Death Spine, and still revere Mastrol today.

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