Abandoned Cathedral

Area Designer:

Room layout loosely based up an unfinished church by CatsEye of VieMud 2.x

Directions:

3n*5w*ne*4n*ne*n*open door n*6n (from Sanctuary Empire Wharf)

Reset Time:

28 minutes (occupied)

Story/History:

In the great city of Sanctuary lies an old, abandoned cathedral. Since the Rankan House has taken over rule and the Temple of Ils dominates the faith of the Sanctuarians, this cathedral, once proud and beautiful, lies crumbling. Those brave enough to enter the cathedral speak of it as being overrun by the undead, and tales of a hideous, dragon-like creature made of bones dwelling deep within the church's crypt abound.

Mobs of Note:

Erich - onyx necklace (cursed version), onyx necklace (+dam version), black satin cape, runed sword, talisman of the void, Esmerelda - (sapphire amulet), wight - (roughly polished garnet), Wyrenthoth - (golden key, pile of rotten bones), banshee (embossed leather armlets)

General Zone Strategies:

Beware the DT on the second floor of the Cathedral.

For the assembly quest, enter the main doors and proceed left and down into the underground. Follow the crypt hallways south to the end, and Erich awaits just to the west. Erich loads the blood key to the secret entrance in the mosaic wall.

South through the mosaic and a few rooms east, Wyrenthoth (the undead dragon) is a 4XANNIH hitter. Beware a second sneaky DT, The Bottomless Pit, just past Wyrenthoth.

Clues:

Clues for building the Sword of the Holy Avenger can be found down in the crypt in the secret tunnel (blood key) past Erich.

A short note has been written on the scrap of vellum in the flowing script often practiced by Church scribes. The lettering is still easy to read, even after the long years since the note was written:

Lady Evalynn,

We have found clues to your family's heritage.

That which was lost to your house during the great War may now be restored, but only
if the pieces are brought together by a valiant champion to be used as a weapon of the
Light once more. Even though the Divine might of the Avenger has surely been lost to 
us forever, it would be a glorious talisman even as a mortal blade in the hands of a 
pure soul in our never-ending fray with the Dark.

Seek out the clues to our ancient heritage in one of our holy places. Travellers seldom
visit there, now that the Dragon Sea has given forth navigable shipping lanes. Should 
I be gone when you arrive, I will have left the knowledge you seek. Look for it in plain
sight and you are sure to find that for which  you quest.

Equipment:

ITEM	TYPE	MOB	DISPLAY
Legendary Sword of the Avenger	weapon	assembly	mL 22 !mct !e 5D5 15.0 avg 2 dam 10% mnR
armlets, embossed leather	arm	banshee	mL 0 c! !e 10 ac 2 hit 8 mana
talisman of the void	neck	Erich	mL 0 !g 5 ac 5% hpR 10% mnR
onyx necklace	neck	Erich	mL 15 !mctprb e! 1 ac 1 dam save vs. paralysis 2%
sword, rune	weapon	Erich	mL 0 !g 2D8 9.0 avg 4 hit 1 dam
garnet, roughly polished	neck	Wight	mL 0 !rests 10% mvR
halberd, giant	weapon	giant zombie	mL 0 !rests 2D8 9.0 avg -2 hit 3 dam
long curved knife	weapon	in corpse	mL 0 !c !g 2D4 5.0 avg 2 dam
black cape red satin lining	about	Erich	mL 0 !g 5 ac 1 int
amulet, sapphire	neck	Esmerelda	mL 0 !rests -1 dex 1 con
bones, pile of rotten	trash	Wyrenthoth	mL 0 !rests
dark	potion	Inner Sanctum	mL 0 !rests 1 x energy drain 2 x chill touch
wand, ivory	hold	Inner Sanctum	mL 0 !rests 3 x enchant armor
onyx necklace*	neck	Erich	mL 0 !rests -2 con

Maps:

Dank's hand-drawn map of the Abandoned Cathedral, added to Sanctuary City in the late 90s.