#3405
Inside the Chapel~
You are in a small, dark chapel. The dark brown glass in the tiny windows
do not let much light through. A few rows of worn wooden benches stand here.
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benches rows~
The benches are not of the comfortable kind.
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glass windows~
The windows must be meant to be dark. At least they are completely clean.
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The chapel door is made of dark wood.
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door~
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altar~
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#3408
Stairwell into Darkness~
You sense even more danger coming from below but are urged onward ...
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door~
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#3409
The Acolyte's Bedroom~
This is why you were not welcomed at the entrance by the tomb's faithful
servants ... blood and gore is ankle deep in here.
Oh NO! the door shut behind you! It's a trap!
A bloodied corpse of an acolyte is lying here ...
A bloodied corpse of an acolyte is lying here ...
A bloodied corpse of an acolyte is lying here ...
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corpse corpses~
Mauled and torn apart ... throats were ripped out and guts spilled on the
floor ... you slip and land, planting yourself firmly in the slick wetness
and splattering yourself with offal.
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#3410
The Lower Chambers and Tombs of the Undead~
The stench of death is heavy in these caverns.
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#3411
The Lower Chambers and Tombs of the Undead~
The stench of death is heavy in these caverns.
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#3412
The Grand Hall of Kings~
You are at the west end of the Grand Hall of Kings. There is a doorway to the
south with something strange written above it. Also on the floor are dried
blood stains, but their color seems a little wrong.
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door writing~
Above the door is some strange writing! It is worn with age, but it refers
to an ancient ruler named 'Shohan'.
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stain stains~
That's odd ... they seem a little GREEN.
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A door to the south
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door~
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#3413
The Shrine of Shohan~
BLOOD EVERYWHERE!
The walls are coated with blood, bits of bloody flesh lie at your feet,
and torn clothing is scattered about. It wouldn't disturb you in the least
except that it is all FRESH! What ever used to pass as an altar here,
lies overturned and smashed. Doors lead to the south and to the north.
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#3414
The Tomb of Shohan~
Once beautiful, this place has been turned into a slaughterhouse by the hands
of evil beings ... even more blood and dead, rotting flesh. This place looks
like the feeding grounds of beasts and monsters. The overturned sarcophagus
of the once powerful King Shohan lies here. A door leads to the north and a
doorway has been hewn to the east.
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coffin sarcophagus~
Now destroyed ... there is writing on it: 'All hail the new king; we serve
the Roch'tar, the Undying One! Those who decline his worship shall be
slaughtered!'
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door north~
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#3415
The Lower Chambers and Tombs of the Undead~
The stench of death is heavy in these caverns.
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#3416
Entrance to the Lower Chambers~
You can tell that this area wasn't a part of the original construction.
The walls have been hewn by a mighty force look as though they were CLAWED.
The passage slopes upward here and also continues to the north.
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walls~
Something BIG must have done this job! There are traces of BLOOD in the
claw marks.
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D4
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tunnel~
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#3417
The Grand Hall of Kings~
This is the western wing of the Grand Hall of Kings. Your only exits are to
the east and west in this gloomy hallway.
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#3418
The Shrine of Cristis~
Different than the rest, this place has not been desecrated. An altar still
stands here and the walls show scenes from the life of Cristis the Kind,
a ruler of the outlying regions west of Midgaard. There is a stone staircase
leading down. The Ghost of Cristis the Kind stands here.
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ghost cristis~
His rest has been disturbed by evil creatures who have invaded his domain
and grave. He holds up a parchment for you to read:
Hello stranger and last hope for Midgaard and this tomb!
This is a plea for aid by a man long since dead from this Earth.
The forces of evil have taken control of this tomb and the
Kings of old need your aid to free us and deliver us to peace
once again. I think that I alone have been able to appear and
communicate with the mortal world.
Roch'tar, the reincarnate Vampire, now rules these tombs.
You must find and defeat him and his minions!
May God bless you on your Quest!
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altar~
It stands 2 feet high with the remnants of candle-wax on top. There is
an inscription on the side: 'Praise the almighty Cristis the bringer of
good and justice to the world. He who fought the evilest finally is at
peace. May the Gods remember him forever ...'
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D2
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staircase~
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#3419
The Tomb of Cristis~
Everything here has simply been destroyed. Exits lead north and west.
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#3420
The Lower Chambers and Tombs of the Undead~
The stench of death is heavy in these caverns.
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D0
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D1
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#3421
Entrance Chamber to the Grand Hall of Kings~
Whoever built this place must have been very rich indeed! Though you did
enter through a rather small door this place has enough room to hold several
score of people. The floor has a beautifully woven carpet, and the walls are
covered in finely crafted tapestries. You can tell that these things must have
been worth much but they have not lasted well throughout the ages. Massive
doors lead off to the south and a large stone staircase leads up.
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letters graffiti~
'Beware here all of man, because past here lies only death.'
Insho'rkthon brsskra-lehsn Roch'tar
Beneath, there are two criss-crossing scratchmarks in an X formation that
look like someone (or something) raked their claws across the wood.
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oak~
They're HUGE! They are at least 12 feet tall and about 10 feet wide.
If not for one thing they would be perfectly preserved. There appears
to be some letters crudely scratched into the wood.
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E
staircase stairs~
Though quite cracked they do look very stable.
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tapestry tapestries~
The tapestries were woven into beautiful and exciting scenes of battles
long ago. One on the left your shows the historic battle between Jubal the
Benevolent and Hroth Kragen's forces that eventually Jubal's army won (of
course).
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stone door trapdoor~
It's rather small and looks quite heavy but maybe with some kind of leverage
you could move it. It has a queerly shaped hole that looks big enough
for an equally queerly shaped pole to fit inside. If only you had it!
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D2
Finely polished oak doors stand to the south.
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oak~
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D4
You see a large set of stone stairs leading upwards to a small stone door at
the top.
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stone trapdoor door~
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#3422
The Grand Hall of Kings~
A long hallway stretches east and west. On the southern side of the hall
there are many doors, each with the name of a king who has died and is
entombed here. The hallway is beautiful yet chilling. Even though the area
has been kept well by acolytes, there remains a stench of the undead.
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oak~
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The door has written above it: 'May all the lands thank Crotus the Victor.
Without his guidance this kingdom would not have stood.'
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door~
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#3423
The Shrine of Crotus~
Mostly rubble, this place used to be the shrine of the famous king Crotus,
who saved the northern regions from being overrun by the goblin hordes of
100 years ago. If not for him, Midgaard of course would have eventually been
conquered as well. Though Crotus was a goodly king, it was rumored that he
turned to the dark ways in his dying years ... and died an evil man.
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door~
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#3424
The Tomb of Crotus~
A sarcophagus lies in the middle of the room and seems undisturbed.
A hole has been knocked into the east wall.
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#3425
The Lower Chambers and Tombs of the Undead~
The stench of death is heavy in these caverns.
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D0
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D1
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#3426
The Lower Chambers and Tombs of the Undead~
The stench of death is heavy in these caverns.
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D0
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D1
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#3427
The Grand Hall of Kings~
You are in the western part of the Grand Hall of Kings. To the south is a
door and to the east and west the hall continues.
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D2
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door~
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D3
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#3428
The Shrine of Mitnar~
Mitnar was a gruesome beast of a man ... he loved battle ... and nothing
else. Warriors did love Mitnar, and all fighting men honored him.
On the wall is depicted battle after battle after battle.
A small opening has been shaped carefully to the east.
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door~
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D1
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D2
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#3429
The Tomb of Mitnar~
The wall paintings show men and women warriors alike bowing down to Mitnar,
prisoners of war being put to the sword by Mitnar, and great heaps of gold
and weapons under the feet of Mitnar. Where his coffin was, there is now
only a rectangular blemish on the floor of the dusty room.
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D3
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S
#3430
The Lower Chambers and Tombs of the Undead~
The stench of death is heavy in these caverns.
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D1
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D2
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D3
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S
#3431
The Lower Chambers and Tombs of the Undead~
The stench of death is heavy in these caverns.
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D0
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D2
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S
#3432
The Grand Hall of Kings~
You are still walking through the gloomy hallway.
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D1
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#3433
The Shrine of Frath~
Little chunks of dried meat are spattered throughout this room. The walls
are covered in gore. Almost as if they were painted ... ICK! You can
almost make out the design!
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D1
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D3
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#3434
The Tomb of Frath~
UGH! The sarcophagus is opened up and the mummified body lies out in the
open, ripped to pieces. Gnawed pieces of flesh and bone are strewn here.
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9 0
D5
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#3435
The Lower Chambers and Tombs of the Undead~
The stench of death is heavy in these caverns.
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8201 0
D0
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D1
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0 0 3436
D3
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0 0 3430
S
#3436
The Lower Chambers and Tombs of the Undead~
The stench of death is heavy in these caverns.
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D0
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0 0 3435
D2
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0 0 3431
D3
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S
#3437
The Grand Hall of Kings~
You are at the western end of the Grand Hall of Kings. There is a
door leading north and the hallway continues west.
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door~
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D3
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#3438
The Shrine of Jubal~
This was once beautiful. Now the huge tapestries have been torn down and the
carpeting pulled up ... the paintings on the ceiling are unreadable and the
altar is crumbled.
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D2
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D3
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S
#3439
The Tomb of Jubal~
The smell coming off of the opened sarcophagus is nauseating. The floor is
slightly crumpled and walls are raked ... but the worst part is the mummy ...
Jubal the Benevolent is missing his head!
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D0
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0 0 3438
D4
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#3440
The Lower Chambers and Tombs of the Undead~
The stench of death is heavy in these caverns.
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8201 0
D0
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0 0 3435
D2
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0 0 3441
D3
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0 0 3445
S
#3441
The Lower Chambers and Tombs of the Undead~
The stench of death is heavy in these caverns.
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8201 0
D1
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0 0 3446
D2
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0 0 3436
D3
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0 0 3440
S
#3442
The Lower Chambers and Tombs of the Undead~
The stench of death is heavy in these caverns.
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8201 0
D0
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0 0 3443
D1
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0 0 3447
S
#3443
The Lower Chambers and Tombs of the Undead~
The stench of death is heavy in these caverns.
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8201 0
D0
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0 0 3442
D2
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0 0 3444
S
#3444
The Lower Chambers and Tombs of the Undead~
The stench of death is heavy in these caverns.
~
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9 0
D2
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~
0 0 3449
D3
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0 0 3443
S
#3445
The Lower Chambers and Tombs of the Undead~
The stench of death is heavy in these caverns.
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8201 0
D1
~
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0 0 3440
D3
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0 0 3446
S
#3446
The Lower Chambers and Tombs of the Undead~
The stench of death is heavy in these caverns.
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8201 0
D1
~
~
0 0 3445
D2
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0 0 3447
D3
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0 0 3441
S
#3447
The Lower Chambers and Tombs of the Undead~
The stench of death is heavy in these caverns.
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~
8201 0
D0
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0 0 3448
D1
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0 0 3442
D3
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0 0 3446
S
#3448
The Lower Chambers and Tombs of the Undead~
This room has been totally hollowed out and smoothed, and a pit has been
drilled in the center of the floor. There are extensive gruesome paintings
of beasts and monsters terrorizing the countryside; vampires sucking the
blood of beasts and humans alike.
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painting paintings mural~
There is a tiny painting of a vault in this mural ... and it seems to be a
reflected picture of the vault ... the word in tiny print is 'rathcor'.
~
D0
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S
#3449
The Lower Chambers and Tombs of the Undead~
The stench of death is heavy in these caverns.
~
~
9 0
D0
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~
0 0 3444
D3
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door~
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#3450
Entrance to the Forbidden Catacombs~
You have entered the forbidden catacombs. This cave system must have been
built long ago. The air is dank and smells of something dead ... or maybe
undead. Enter here at your own risk ... something evil abides.
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D0
Too dark to tell.
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D1
Too dark to tell.
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0 -1 3452
D2
Too dark to tell.
~
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0 -1 3453
D3
Too dark to tell.
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0 -1 3454
D4
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S
#3451
The Catacombs~
Stone walls, musty air ... the earth seems to moan softly.
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8201 0
D1
Too dark to tell.
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0 -1 3455
D2
Too dark to tell.
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0 -1 3450
S
#3452
The Catacombs~
Stone walls, musty air ... the earth seems to moan softly.
~
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8201 0
D0
Too dark to tell.
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~
0 0 3461
D3
Too dark to tell.
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0 -1 3450
S
#3453
The Catacombs~
Stone walls, musty air ... the earth seems to moan softly.
~
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8201 0
D0
Too dark to tell.
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0 -1 3450
S
#3454
The Catacombs~
Stone walls, musty air ... the earth seems to moan softly.
~
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8201 0
D1
Too dark to tell.
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0 -1 3450
S
#3455
The Catacombs~
Stone walls, musty air ... the earth seems to moan softly.
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8201 0
D2
Too dark to tell.
~
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0 -1 3456
D3
Too dark to tell.
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0 0 3451
S
#3456
The Catacombs~
Stone walls, musty air ... the earth seems to moan softly.
~
~
8201 0
D0
Too dark to tell.
~
~
0 -1 3455
D1
Too dark to tell.
~
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0 -1 3457
S
#3457
The Catacombs~
Stone walls, musty air ... the earth seems to moan softly.
~
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8201 0
D2
Too dark to tell.
~
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0 -1 3458
D3
Too dark to tell.
~
~
0 0 3456
S
#3458
The Catacombs~
Stone walls, musty air ... the earth seems to moan softly.
~
~
8201 0
D0
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~
0 0 3457
D2
You see unfathomable blackness to the south ...
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0 -1 3472
D3
Too dark to tell.
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S
#3459
The Catacombs~
Stone walls, musty air ... the earth seems to moan softly.
~
~
8201 0
D1
Too dark to tell.
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0 -1 3458
D3
You see something's den.
~
~
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#3460
Den of the Vampire~
Your mind whirls in the hideous madness of this place. The stench
is horrendous and dead bodies, sucked of life, lay all over. One coffin
lies in the center of the room ... waiting for YOU!
~
~
9 0
D1
Too dark to tell.
~
~
0 -1 3459
D5
A jet black coffin ... who knows what lurks beneath.
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coffin~
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#3461
The Catacombs~
Stone walls, musty air ... the earth seems to moan softly.
~
~
8201 0
D1
Too dark to tell.
~
~
0 0 3462
D2
Too dark to tell.
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~
0 0 3452
S
#3462
The Catacombs~
Stone walls, musty air ... the earth seems to moan softly.
~
~
8201 0
D2
Too dark to tell.
~
~
0 0 3463
D3
Too dark too tell.
~
~
0 0 3461
S
#3463
The Catacombs~
Stone walls, musty air ... the earth seems to moan softly.
~
~
8201 0
D0
Too dark to tell.
~
~
0 0 3462
D1
Too dark to tell.
~
~
0 0 3464
S
#3464
The Catacombs~
Stone walls, musty air ... the earth seems to moan softly.
~
~
8201 0
D1
There is a secret door here.~
secret~
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D2
Too dark to tell.
~
~
0 0 3465
D3
Too dark to tell.
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~
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S
#3465
The Gilded Hallway~
Wow! Although this hallway is quite filthy and dusty, it is noticeably
different than the rest of the catacombs ... but you don't feel safe yet.
The walls faintly show ancient detailed etchings in gold and silver of
ancient rituals ... not all of which seem pleasant. The hallway continues
north into the catacombs and further south as long as you can see.
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etchings~
Beautiful yet disturbing, they urge you to move onward.
~
D0
The glow of your light reflects off the walls and you see the catacombs.
~
~
0 0 3464
D2
The glow of your light reflects off the walls ... the gilded hallway.
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~
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S
#3466
The Gilded Hallway~
Ancient etchings and writing in intricate gold and silver designs fill these
walls. You are tempted to linger and examine them closely. Your light source
flickers off the walls showing you exits north and south.
~
~
9 0
E
etchings~
Beautiful yet disturbing, they urge you to move onward.
~
D0
Your light reveals more of the hallway.
~
~
0 0 3465
D2
Your light reveals more of the hallway.
~
~
0 0 3467
S
#3467
The Gilded Hallway~
Ancient etchings and writing in intricate gold and silver designs fill these
walls. You are tempted to linger and examine them closely. Your light source
flickers off the walls showing you exits north and south.
~
~
9 0
E
etchings~
Beautiful yet disturbing, they urge you to move onward.
~
D0
Your light reveals more of the hallway.
~
~
0 0 3466
D2
Your light reveals more of the hallway.
~
~
0 0 3468
S
#3468
The Gilded Hallway~
Ancient etchings and writing in intricate gold and silver designs fill these
walls. You are tempted to linger and examine them closely. Your light source
flickers off the walls showing you exits north and south.
~
~
9 0
E
etchings~
Beautiful yet disturbing, they urge you to move onward.
~
D0
Your light reveals more of the hallway.
~
~
0 0 3467
D2
Your light reveals more of the hallway.
~
~
0 0 3469
S
#3469
The Gilded Hallway~
Ancient etchings and writing in intricate gold and silver designs fill these
walls. You are tempted to linger and examine them closely. Your light source
flickers off the walls showing you exits north.
~
~
9 0
E
etchings~
Beautiful yet disturbing, they urge you to move onward.
~
D0
Your light reveals more of the hallway.
~
~
0 0 3468
S
#3470
A Secret Passageway~
A secret passage! You wonder where it may lead!
~
~
9 0
E
east secret door~
The door closed on you so softly that you didn't even notice!
~
D2
Too dark to tell.
~
~
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#3471
A Secret Passageway~
A secret passage! You wonder where it may lead!
~
~
9 0
D0
Too dark to tell.
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~
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S
#3472
The Short Way to Hell ...~
You fall ...
hmm .... it's getting really HOT!
You fall ...
you fall ...
Slowly you are cooking as you fall further ... your skin is burning and
your hair evaporates ...
you fall ...
and fall ...
AND STOP!
Welcome to HELL!
But even in Hell we give you another chance.
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~
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#3475
Inside the coffin~
You are inside a coffin. It seems rather cramped in here. You can climb
up out of the coffin, or you can wait for here the real occupant to join you.
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~
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D4
~
lid coffin~
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