In DAOC when you die, a grave is placed where you die and you lose a portion of experience - you can pray at the grave to gain a percentage of that experience back. If you don't pray at your grave, it will stay there for an extended period of time. The player who died enjoyed making sure that this particular keep was safe. It was a personal objective to him. The grave at the keep was meant as an ongoing reminder of his memory.
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In DAOC when you die, a grave is placed where you die and you lose a portion of experience - you can pray at the grave to gain a percentage of that experience back. If you don't pray at your grave, it will stay there for an extended period of time. The player who died enjoyed making sure that this particular keep was safe. It was a personal objective to him. The grave at the keep was meant as an ongoing reminder of his memory.