The Ninth Gate of Death

The Ninth Gate of Death separates the Eighth Precinct from the end of the River of Death's journey. It has no respective Spirit of Death, and is the final step for the souls of the dead before passage into the Astral Plane, or utter oblivion in the Void.

The Gate itself hovers in the starlit sky of the Eighth Precinct, and is made up of the very same stars.

The other Eight Gates are as follows:
 * The First Gate
 * The Second Gate of Belisar
 * The Third Gate of Varanis
 * The Fourth Gate of Elkaroth
 * The Fifth Gate of Khovat
 * The Sixth Gate of Dymani
 * The Seventh Gate of Orineth
 * The Eighth Gate of Artavan

Passage through the Gate
Upon reaching the Eighth Precinct, those slumbering souls of the dead who come underneath the Ninth Gate are instantly taken up into the Gate and judged for access onwards to the Astral Plane or condemnation to the Void. The parameters of this judgement are still not understood, though it has been a subject of debate for millennia.

Those souls not under the shackles of death, while awake and conscious, will feel an absolute compulsion to continue through the Gate. Such awakened souls must resist the compulsion if they wish to remain, as return back through the Ninth Gate is impossible. However, should these souls look upwards to the stars, and Artavan high above, they are instantly taken up by the Ninth Gate as well.

A Deathringer's Power
As the Eighth Precinct strips all Deathringers of any power while they remain within the Precinct, Deathringers may not cast any magic nor use any abilities.

However, the Ninth Gate will partially reject those who are not yet meant to die, such as Deathringers or those using a Death rune, and so not take them up, though the option is still available to them.
 * This "selection" is not completely true however, as Deathringers have before been lost to the Ninth Gate due to carelessness or direct judgement by the Gate