Hellas

Area Designer:

Jo

(aqueduct extension by Gorgon)

Directions:

Welcome to Hellas!: 9ws8w (from NT Central Square)

Aqueducts: 2wu (from Welcome)

Reset Timer:

40 minutes (empty)

Story/History:

Hellas is a thriving and bustling Grecian city that lies west of New Thalos. Boasting of a new democratic society, Hellas prides itself on being a free country, and includes in its populace peasants, free citizens, and those of noble birth, as well as well-known learned philosophers. This modern seaport specializes in agriculture and fishing and has a huge export and import industry, as well as an impressive aqueduct system. It is even rumored that the gods themselves live in this teeming city!

Mobs of Note:

Apollo - (book of poetry), Artemis - (artemis' bow), Captain of the Guard - (Hellas Battle Banner), desperate bum - (pants, shirt), Diogenes - (bright lantern), Helios - (warm cloak), Hephaestus - (fire whip), Hera - (ring of rage), Hermes - (winged helmet), Herodotus - (historical scroll), King Pericles - (diamond studded crown), musician - (well made harp), Poseidon - (Poseidon's glistening trident), Socrates - (belt of knowledge), Tobarus - (golden staff, crystal wand). Zeus - (Broach of Supremacy)

General Zone Strategies:

Be careful of the Whirlwind death trap up from the Acropolis walkway: you can go up, but you cannot descend.

Hera and Zeus reside in an !magic room. Hera is aggro. Zeus entropies, resists physical damage and qheals.

From the Entrance Hall, open the NW door to Apollo's Chamber and proceed N to Ares' Court of War to obtain the godly key. Use a basic cleric/warrior setup to take him down or a petrifying bard, as he's resist magic, resist combat_proc.

Returning to the entrance hall, open the NE door to Artemis' Lodge to get to Aphrodite's Boudoir. Artemis and Aphrodite are hidden mobs.

Unlock the secret door NW with the godly key to access Zeus and Hera's Sanctum. Hera can be dispatched fairly easily, but Zeus will require a grapple chain, striking sohei or bstabbing T30 to counter his defender procs.

During quests, you'll need to navigate the aqueducts. The aqueduct sub-area is a small circle running counter-clockwise. There is a cistern up in the far counter-clockwise corner from the entrance.

The Aqueducts Above Hellas
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A wooden gateway stands here, blocking the flow of water.
A lever is attached to the gate here.

If you are standing in a room without a path counter-clockwise, enter the command:

>climb gateway

You climb the gateway.

You manage to get a handhold on the gateway, and haul
yourself over it to the other side.

This will allow you to advance against the flow of water and proceed counter-clockwise around the mini-zone toward the cistern in the northwest section. To return to the beginning of the aqueduct maze, pull any lever.

Equipment:

ITEM	MOB	DISPLAY
ares armband of war	Ares	mL 10 !c e! 2 dex 8% hpR
belt, knowledge	Socrates	mL 15 b! 5 ac 1 wis 13 mana
book of poetry	Apollo	mL 0 !rests
bow, Artemis'	Artemis	mL 5 !mc !e 2D6 7.0 avg 2 hit 2 dam
bright lantern	Diogenes	mL 3 !ta !e 2 hit 1 dam
broach of supremacy	Zeus	mL 20 !nb !n 2 dam 2 wis
clear	Aphrodite	mL 0 !rests 1 x detect alignment
cloak, warm	Helios	mL 3 !rests ench!
crown, diamond studded	King Pericles	mL 5 !tansr !e 2 str
godly key	Ares	mL 0 !rests Hera/Zeus chamber
harp, well made	musician	mL 0 !rests 1 dex
Hellas Battle Banner	Captain of the Guard	mL 10 !mtarb g! 1 str
helmet, winged	Hermes	mL 8 !mcnsb !n 4% mvR
historical	Herodotus	mL 0 !rests
pants, ripped	desperate bum	mL 0 !rests
pike, threatening	Captain of the Guard	mL 3 !mcb 1D4 2.5 avg
Poseidon's Glistening Trident	Poseidon	mL 8 !ctsb !n 1D4 2.5 avg 2 hit
quill	Socrates	mL 0 !twr 2D4 5.0 avg
Ring of Rage	Hera	mL 5 !mctansrb 1 dam -3 cha
scarf, beautiful silk	Athena	mL 5 g! 3 wis
shirt, ripped	desperate bum	mL 0 !rests
sliver of light	Apollo	mL 10 !rests
staff, golden	Tobarus	mL 0 !rests 3 x sleep !rent
wand, crystal	Tobarus	mL 0 !rests 3 x invisibility !rent
whip, fire	Hephaestus	mL 0 !e 1D5 3.0 avg

Maps:

Dank's hand-drawn map of Hellas with annotations. Watch the DT up in the Acropolis.
Michael French's exquisite map art of Hellas.
Michael French's Hellas map including the Path to the Gods.