¶ Medienne Graveyard
Approx. Level: 20
The gate swings slowly open in a rusty screech of contempt.
A spectre rises up before you!
The spectre says, "Know this:"
"The earth beyond this gate is sworn by blood to a dark power...
"Mortals are not welcome here, except as sacrifice.
"Enter at your peril."
The Medienne Cemetery has not served its original purpose in years. Now, with the Starkadder Crypt lying at it's center like a black heart, the graveyard is nothing less than an armed camp.
Though a huge, sprawling area, rumors and tales of veteran adventurers claim that the crypt beneath the Cemetery is larger and yet more deadly as it descends into the earth, connecting to both ancient catacombs that predate Medienne itself, and the lair of the greatest Archimage to ever live, Croazner the Undying.
ask pri darkfall (priest of medienne aka brother Thomas)
You ask Brother Thomas about the dark history of Medienne.
Brother Thomas frowns slightly, "The history of the Starkadder family and Darkfall are very tightly enmeshed in many people's minds, though I don't know how closely aligned the two truly are. There is a journal in the library below that recounts the times of Darkfall, read it and make your own decisions."
"The Starkadder family was once a good and just ruling clan, and gave the early city of Medienne many able Dukes. That changed when the ruler of the family at the time, Vadis, became close friends with a young mage by the name of Croazner."
Brother Thomas continues, "The reputation of the Starkadder became darker as time progressed. Vadis and Croazner were both young in those days, and won many battles; for their clan as well as Medienne, but rumors started to float about the town that the family was involved in dark rites... the fact that Vadis had bound an Ogre clan in allegiance to the Starkadders did little to soothe the city's nerves."
Thomas says, "Some say that Croazner and Vadis had a hand in bringing about Darkfall. Whether or not that is the case, they certainly benefited from it, and the entire region shook under the iron hands of that clan for many years, even after Vadis and Croazer disappeared from the public eye, presumed dead. The clan's reign ended here, in this temple, and ended poorly."
Thomas says, "John the Bloody and Ethan Starkadder, his younger brother, were to take wives in a double wedding. Their brides were mysterious and foreign, and of course rumored to be witches on top of the rest. When the time came for the family's priest, Marzan, to perform the rite, a great cry rose up from outside the temple, and a mob surged through the doors, attacking the bridal party and killing several, including both of the young brides."
Thomas sighs and concludes, "Ethan and John were enraged, and slew dozens of townsfolk before carrying their unwed mates in their arms to the family's crypt. With the remainder of their family's knights, and the aid of their priest and a mage who served with them, they crafted a curse upon the Cemetery that has lasted to this day, turning it into a veritable armed camp of the undead. Some say that even Croazner and Vadis returned to this world when the rite was completed... some say they never left."
¶ Directions to Zone:
From the West Gate of Medienne > speed w2se2s4e > Go down and you’ll be at the plus sign on the screenshot below
¶ How to run Zone:
Somewhere in this zone is chance to pop a black rose. It poisons you when you hold so good for improving cure poison. open gate, 2sw, get rose.
There are three levels: Graveyard (level 1), Starkadder Crypt (level 2), Crypt of Medienne (level 3)
Below is a screenshot of the Graveyard (level 1):
NOTE: You start at the northeast corner where the “+” sign is located,
To get to Starkadder Crypt (level 2), from the northeast plus sign, go one south, the all west, then one south then go all the way down. (green highlighted square on the above map) Go all north, then all east to get to Starkadder.
To get to Crypt of Medienne (level 3), refer to the area “Crypt of Medienne” (has its own section).
¶ Pops:
- Skeleton or Huge skeleton covered in rags: black helm (helm of darkness)
- Starkadder pops: single-bladed broadsword (dark steel broadsword)
- ghost of Etienne Mederos: heraldic shield
- ghost of a young bride: dark metal ring (detect evil), Wrought Glass Circlet, wand of lightning, scroll of lightning bolt
- ghost of Eftis Turan: obsidian medallion
- ghost of Brother Marzan: gleaming black mace
- ghost of Ethan Starkadder pops: bone key, single-bladed b
- ghost of Geoffrey whitehelm:
- ghost of Sir Thomas: single-edged longsword (half-moon longsword)
- ghost of ??? (I think south east corner): Silvery Single-bladed Axe, Set With A Sapphire (Axe Of The Undaunted Warrior)
- room# 1777 (southeast corner)
get wreath– to pop a black wreath - room# 1758
get rose- black rose (poisons when worn) - room# 1780
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