#31400 Entrance to the Asylum Grounds~ The pitted black gate lies just to the north, the crumbling stone wall running off east and west from the gate. It is a wonder the gate is still functional, so old and decrepid it seems. South is what used to be the main entryway to a large compound of some sort, one that seems almost scholastic in appearance, but more somber - more militaristic. In any case, it is certainly no longer in use, and has not been for some time. ~ 314 0 0 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31401 E info credits~ *X'Raantra's Altar of Sacrifice *Written by Kaan for Dibrova Level: 15 - 45 100 rooms 21 mobs 30 objs Connector Zones: The Plains of Blood This is set in the grounds of an old insane asylum which X'Raantra took for his own use. X'Raantra hears a voice in his head -he is a nutball- this voices he hears, he takes to be the Lord Almighty. The voice tells him that only through human sacrifice will he ascend through the gates of Heaven. X'Raantra, though obviously crazy, is extremely enigmatic and has been able to gather a good number of people to join in his cult which is centered in the ruins of this old asylum. There are a few spec_procs I added to a couple of mobs - just for effect, really. The zone probably will not lack without these procs. Links: 00n ~ S #31401 At the Old Fountain~ A fountain, dry and cracked and blackened by grime and dirt, stands in the center of this small court. The fountain boasts the figure of a man standing proudly in the center, a thick tome tucked under his one arm and the other hand holding onto his lapels. There is still some sort of liquid at the bottom of the fountain, but it does not appear to be safe for consumation. ~ 314 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31400 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31403 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31402 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31405 S #31402 The Asylum Grounds~ Large buildings surround every side, paths which once must have been well tended are now choked with weeds and run between these buildings and around them. Two very squarish looking buildings lie to the east and the west, a smaller and taller building lying to the south. To the north is, of course, the exit from this place. The door to the southern-most building lies directly south from here. ~ 314 a 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31401 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31404 D2 ~ door~ 1 0 31431 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31406 S #31403 The Asylum Grounds~ The tall weeds cover most of the masonry that used to cover the ground here, only small patches of stonework still visible through the tangle. Once upon a time, this place must have been some sort of well-funded institution. What could have happened to cause it to be left in this state, one can only imagine. ~ 314 a 0 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31404 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31401 S #31404 The Asylum Grounds~ The ground beneath was very obviously once cobbled entirely in this small court, the stones still prohibiting growth in many small spots throughout. A long two story building lies to the east, its main doors just east from here, one of them swinging on its hinge at a crazy angle. Looking closely at the door, there can be seen a smear of blood near the handle and on the framework around the handle. A jumbled path leads south between the buildings. ~ 314 a 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31403 D1 ~ door~ 1 0 31407 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31434 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31402 S #31405 The Asylum Grounds~ Close by to the west is the door to a long two story building made of carved stone. The court around you must once have been quite a sight with the fountain in the center and the surrounding buildings, however someone or something caused all of this to be abandoned and left to rot into its current state. Perhaps funding ran out, perhaps a disease. One can only surmise. ~ 314 a 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31401 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31406 D3 ~ door~ 1 0 31420 S #31406 The Asylum Grounds~ A long two story building runs along north and south, forming the western boundary of this court. To the south is a path leading around the buildings of the court heading farther back into the asylum's area. At this angle, south along the path and somewhat behind the southern building a light of some sort flickers. ~ 314 a 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31405 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31402 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31435 S #31407 Inner Hall of the Academy~ The floor of this building is made from some of concrete that was once white concrete. It is now stained black from the years of disuse and neglect, the elements getting a solid hold on its degredation. A door lies on the east wall, a small hole cut in upper center area where it appears there might once have been glass placed. The hallway runs north from here, a thin trail of old blood running along the length of the floor. ~ 314 ad 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31408 D1 ~ door~ 1 0 31412 D3 ~ door~ 1 0 31404 S #31408 Inner Hall of the Academy~ The hall here looks much the same as the hall to the south, the grime making everything blend together dirtily. Another door leads off to the east, the same opening in its top center where it appears a window might once have been. The trail of blood continues north to the end of the hall and leads into yet another door there. ~ 314 ad 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31409 D1 ~ door~ 1 0 31411 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31407 S #31409 Inner Hall of the Academy~ The hallway comes to an end, a final door to the east leading into a classroom. The blood trail, mostly dried, runs into the room where it is too dark to see what may be inside. The hall runs south into the darkness, back toward the exit. A set of concrete stairs lead up into the darkness, their steps covered in litter and rubble. ~ 314 ad 0 D1 ~ door~ 1 0 31410 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31408 D4 ~ ~ 0 0 31413 S #31410 Classing Room~ This small twenty foot by twenty foot room was once used as a room for teaching some sort of education to the pupils which resided at this asylum. There is an old blackboard, broken at one corner, still attached to the south wall and the desks and chairs which used to seat the pupils are still nailed solidly to the floor. Obviously, if the chairs and desks had to be nailed to the floor there was a need for forced discipline. ~ 314 ad 0 D3 ~ door~ 1 0 31409 S #31411 Classing Room~ This small room holds three rows of chairs and desks, all of them five desks wide. The chairs face south to a large blackboard and an open area before it that must have been where a teacher's desk would have been placed. There is no such desk now. The chairs and desks remain only because they were bolted into the floor of the room, made so as to enforce discipline the old fashioned way. ~ 314 ad 0 D3 ~ door~ 1 0 31408 S #31412 Classing Room~ This small room holds three rows of chairs and desks, all placed exact in distance from each other and the walls. The walls were once of white plaster, however the plaster has cracked time and time again, leaving gaping holes where once smooth clean walls stood. Lewd scrawlings adorn the walls where they still hold any sort of flat surface, sure evidence that this place may not completely be deserted. ~ 314 ad 0 D3 ~ door~ 1 0 31407 E scrawlings~ You try and make out as much of the words as you can but most of them have faded into smudges. Words such as /cwmother/c0 and /cwwhore/c0 are generally repeated as well as some short poetry. One reads /cwHere I sit all broken hearted, tried to shit but only/c0, and then it too becomes too faded to tell what follows. Must have been quite important - possibly runes of some sort. ~ S #31413 Upper Hall~ Strange that there are no windows in this entire building, it would seem that a building of this size made entirely of brick and mortar would get extremely warm without ventilation. There is a door on the east wall, the hall itself runs south for a short distance and terminates. ~ 314 ad 0 D1 ~ door~ 1 0 31418 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31414 D5 ~ ~ 0 0 31409 S #31414 Upper Hall~ The hallway is so completely littered with debris and rubble from the walls and ceiling that it makes it difficult to traverse the hallway. The walls are cracked and scorched from old fires, blood smattered in places. ~ 314 ad 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31413 D1 ~ door~ 1 0 31417 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31415 S #31415 Upper Hall~ Here at the end of the hallway, the floor is covered in chunks of plaster and mortar scattered throughout with bricks. There is a door on the east wall, stuck open from all the collected trash on the floor. Possibly a quick jump over the junk would allow a landing to the east... ~ 314 ad 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31414 D1 ~ door~ 1 0 31416 S #31416 Classing Room~ Jumbled garbage and rubble lies all over the floor of this small room. The remains of old desks and chairs lie broken and scattered all over the floor, on one wall, there is even a small hole through to the next room. ~ 314 ad 0 D3 ~ door~ 1 0 31415 E hole~ You can see a small bit of the next room over - it appears to be much in the same condition as this one. ~ S #31417 Classing Room~ The litter that was all over the floor of the hallway has spilled over into this room - or is it vice versa? - coating the floor in filth. Broken splinters of wood from desks and chairs lie scattered about, pieces of forged metal interspersed throughout. ~ 314 ad 0 D3 ~ door~ 1 0 31414 S #31418 Classing Room~ The room is smeared in shades of blood, all at various stages of aging. It is obvious that some of the smears are older than others, some seem even relatively fresh. There is a ton of rubble from the building's collapsing walls and ceiling, and the stink is horrific. ~ 314 ad 0 D3 ~ door~ 1 0 31413 S #31419 Hall's End~ The hall ends with a door to the west. The door stands open, propped by the floor as it hangs by only one hinge. The rubble strewn about on the floor from the building's decay makes movement through this area quite difficult. The blood soaked into the plastered walls and rubble strewn floors does not do much to bolster the ego, either. ~ 314 ad 0 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31420 D3 ~ door~ 1 0 31422 S #31420 Inner Hall~ This hall can almost no longer be called such as it is so desolated, so ruined by the ravages of time and looters that the walls no longer appear to hold any sort of form. There are holes in the walls, gaping things which give a clear view into the rooms of this broken down building. ~ 314 ad 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31419 D1 ~ door~ 1 0 31405 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31423 S #31421 An Old Office~ This appears to have been some sort of office or place of administration at one time. Who knows, possibly long ago it may have been the registration or maybe the room where the dean of the asylum had his private audiences with the more problematic children. Who can say? ~ 314 ad 0 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31424 S #31422 Adminsitrative Office~ This is what appears to have been an office of some sort back when the asylum was still up and functional. Scraps of wood and metal lie broken on the floor of the room, most likely the remains of office furniture. ~ 314 ad 0 D1 ~ door~ 1 0 31419 S #31423 Inner Hall~ The hall continues its decayed way into the depths of the building, the holes in the walls still showing into the other rooms of the building. Tinges of red - what appears to be bloodstains - are very apparent as the way into this terrible place gets farther and farther. It might be a good idea not to stray too far from the door. ~ 314 ad 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31420 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31424 S #31424 Base of a Crumbling Stairway~ A set of stairs lead upward, half of the stone and mortar that once made them crumbled and fallen to the ground beneath. It would take a great deal of skill and foolhearty bravery to get up those steps. There is a door to the east. ~ 314 ad 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31423 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31421 D4 ~ ~ 0 0 31425 S #31425 At the Top of a Crumbled Stair~ The stairway lies just below, its broken mortar and gaping holes staring out at any soul foolish enough to attempt a descent. A door lies to the north, a hallway runs east. ~ 314 ad 0 D0 ~ door~ 1 0 31427 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31426 D5 ~ ~ 0 0 31424 S #31426 A Darkened Hall~ The hall turns at a right angle to the north, heading into darkness. The rubble is just as bad on this upper level as it is in the lower levels. There are no doors or windows in sight, but there is plenty of blood - ever present. ~ 314 ad 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31428 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31425 S #31427 An Old Office~ This appears to have been a very small, very private office. There are stacks of old pieces of paneling, rotted and long since made worthless from time and decay, which give every indication that this once was a place of comfort for some high ranking administrator. ~ 314 ad 0 D2 ~ door~ 1 0 31425 S #31428 Rubble-Strewn Hallway~ The hallway runs north to south with no doors on either side and no windows on either side. It almost seems that the entire building may have been sprinkled in droplets of blood, as the red stains persist even here in this upper level. ~ 314 ad 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31430 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31426 S #31429 Office~ This was once obviously some higher up's office as it appears that it was made just for the purpose of enteraining guests and other faculty. The floor is still covered in some small areas by chunks of ratty carpet that was once plush and lavish, the walls covered with the same. ~ 314 ad 0 D1 ~ door~ 1 0 31430 S #31430 End of a Hallway~ The hallways ends here with a door on the west wall. Piles of rubble climb the other walls making footing in any direction very treacherous. There are still the blood stains everywhere, making the whole place seem as if it were seen through a red tint. ~ 314 ad 0 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31428 D3 ~ door~ 1 0 31429 S #31431 Receiving Chamber~ This was the dean of the asylum resided back when the asylum was functional - as an asylum anyway. The blood which seems to cover most of the grounds of the asylum seems especially thick here, the walls sticky to the touch and the floor tacky when stepped upon. There is a small door in the east wall. ~ 314 ad 0 D0 ~ door~ 1 0 31402 D1 ~ door~ 1 0 31432 S #31432 Living Area~ This was the dean and his family's main room for gathering together and eating meals or sharing time. The remains of an old table are here, one leg all that is left of the original four, propping the table up at an absurd angle. ~ 314 ad 0 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31433 D3 ~ door~ 1 0 31431 S #31433 Bedchamber~ This ramshackle room is all that is left of what was once a very comfortable bedchamber to the dean and his wife. The sheets and pillows have long since been torn to shreds and carried off by rats for bedding and nests, now all that is left is a pile of timber from the bed and furniture and a lot of plaster chunks which have fallen from the walls. All of which is - of course - soaked in blood. ~ 314 ad 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31432 S #31434 Jumbled Path~ Mostly covered in weeds and brownish plant life, this trail is strewn with a litter of rock and mortar from the buildings around it all of which is covered with a deep red hue, the color of blood. It appears that the way may have been cleared quite recently as although there is a great deal of rubble strewn about, the way through it all is not in any way prohibitive, as if a path had been cleared. To the south a flickering light of some sort can be seen. To the east is the entryway into a small, low building made of stone. ~ 314 a 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31404 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31438 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31436 S #31435 A Flickering Path~ The path heads south toward the source of the light. In the dim flickers, wet red stains can be seen splashed all over the ground, the old stones soaked and in some cases already dried by the splash of blood. A terrible feeling accompanies this place, almost as if an anticipation of death were in the near future. A crude stone foundation with no roof lies just to the west. ~ 314 a 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31406 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31437 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31440 S #31436 Jumbled Path Near the Courtyard~ The source of the flickering light is now in sight. It comes from a large crumbling stone gazebo set in the middle of a huge courtyard. The courtyard is surrounded by darkened buildings, all of which show signs of decay. There are humanoid shaped moving all about the courtyard, some appear as if they might be dancing, others appear to be going about specified tasks. In the gazebo there are a number of people as well, all of which swaying in unison to some as yet unheard sound. In looking down on the floor of the courtyard and even on this path, blood can be seen spilled in huge quantities all over the stone. It almost appears as if it were poured on the stone in an attempt to saturate the entire area. ~ 314 ac 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31434 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31445 S #31437 Just North of the Courtyard~ The path enters into the northwest corner of a large stone courtyard, complete with a huge stone gazebo in the center. It turns out the gazebo is the source of the flickering light, as some sort of fire is lit upon it, humans moving about around that fire. All along in the courtyard are also people who seem to be about some sort of business, whether swaying in some ritual of some sort of going about a task of some sort, they are many. ~ 314 ac 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31435 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31442 S #31438 The Guards' Quarters~ It must be that the inmates of this institution were at least slightly harmful to themselves and others if a guard had to be kept on the grounds at all times. This building is much like any of the others around, decripid and falling apart, blood stains everywhere. ~ 314 ad 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31439 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31434 S #31439 The Guards' Quarters~ The building is in a shambles in every area. Nothing is left of any value, only broken bits of furniture and the like. This asylum must have been abandoned and left to rot quite some time ago. ~ 314 ad 0 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31438 S #31440 The Old Stables~ At one time this must have been where the residents, faculty and visitors of the asylum kept their mounts while they stayed on the grounds. The floor shows no sign of ever having been stoned, the walls are all of a crude stone which does not look to have been made for the purpose of warmth at all. ~ 314 a 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31435 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31441 S #31441 The Old Stables~ The blood is just as prevelant here as it is everywhere else in this asylum, spatters of red decorating every inch of the place. What sort of hideous crime was perpatrated at this place to cover the entire place in blood? What sort of hideous creature could do such a thing to such a mass of warm blooded creatures? ~ 314 a 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31440 S #31442 Asylum Courtyard~ The courtyard here is enormous, dominated in the center by a large gazebo which holds within a flickering flame of some sort. The stones underfoot are tacky, sticking to the soles of boots and shoes, making progress at the very least discouraged. ~ 314 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31437 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31443 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31448 S #31443 Asylum Courtyard~ This is the main courtyard for the entire asylum. A huge stone gazebo dominates the center of the courtyard, stone steps leading up to its main floor from every direction. The ground underfoot is tacky to the touch, making feet stick it. ~ 314 a 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31444 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31446 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31442 S #31444 Asylum Courtyard~ This courtyard was once very obviously the center of traffic for the asylum back in the day. A large stone gazebo lies directly south from here, a set of wide steps leading up into it. The stone of the courtyard is even more soaked with blood than the rest of the previous areas, the thick stains making travel almost difficult as the thick, dried blood attempts to stick to the bottoms of shoes and boots. ~ 314 a 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31445 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31447 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31443 S #31445 Asylum Courtyard~ This courtyard was once very obviously the center of traffic for the asylum back in the day. A large stone gazebo lies in the center of the courtyard, a set of wide steps leading up into it. The stone of the courtyard is even more soaked with blood than the rest of the previous areas, the thick stains making travel almost difficult as the thick, dried blood attempts to stick to the bottoms of shoes and boots. ~ 314 a 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31436 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31458 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31455 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31444 S #31446 Asylum Courtyard~ This area of the courtyard is a small spot of cobbled ground which lies wedged in between two sets of the stairs which run up to the gazebo. The scent of fresh blood wafts heavily in the air, the stone all around testament to the fact that people must die in this courtyard daily. ~ 314 a 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31443 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31447 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31449 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31448 S #31447 The Gazebo Steps~ Now the source of the light in the gazebo is plain to see - a flickering torch is thrust into a stone holder, a makeshift altar next to it. A man dressed in dark blood-soaked robes kneels before the altar, arms upraised in prayer - a curved dagger clenched tightly in one upraised fist. ~ 314 ac 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31444 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31455 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31451 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31446 S #31448 Asylum Courtyard~ The courtyard ends at its westernmost boundary, a long low building marking that boundary. The entrance to the building lies just south, a set of tall steps leading up into its dark interior. Just behind the building a tall water tower can be seen rising up into the night sky. ~ 314 a 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31442 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31446 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31450 S #31449 The Gazebo Steps~ Now the source of the light in the gazebo is plain to see - a flickering torch is thrust into a stone holder, a makeshift altar next to it. A man dressed in dark blood-soaked robes kneels before the altar, arms upraised in prayer - a curved dagger clenched tightly in one upraised fist. ~ 314 ac 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31446 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31451 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31453 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31450 S #31450 Entrance to a Building~ A very official looking building, at least it would look official had it not red blood stains covering the outer walls, lies to the west. A set of double doors lie open at crazy angles, the interior dark and mysterious. Straight to the east is a set of steps leading up to a stone gazebo. ~ 314 a 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31448 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31449 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31452 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31474 S #31451 X'Raantra's Altar~ The floor of the gazebo is stone, like the rest of the edifices which make up this asylum, and is sunk in roughly a foot from the edges. This sunken area forms a sort of a pool, which was probably not the original intent of the builders, which is filled to the rim with thick, dark blood. Torches are thrust into holders on the supports of the gazebo's ceiling, four of them in number lighting this terrible place all too well. ~ 314 a 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31447 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31456 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31454 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31449 S #31452 Asylum Courtyard~ The courtyard butts up against the outer wall of a single story building to the west. The entrance to this building lies just north, through a set of open double doors. ~ 314 a 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31450 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31453 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31462 S #31453 Asylum Courtyard~ This area of the courtyard is a small spot of cobbled ground which lies wedged in between two sets of the stairs which run up to the gazebo. The scent of fresh blood wafts heavily in the air, the stone all around testament to the fact that people must die in this courtyard daily. ~ 314 a 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31449 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31454 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31463 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31452 S #31454 The Gazebo Steps~ Now the source of the light in the gazebo is plain to see - a flickering torch is thrust into a stone holder, a makeshift altar next to it. A man dressed in dark blood-soaked robes kneels before the altar, arms upraised in prayer - a curved dagger clenched tightly in one upraised fist. ~ 314 ac 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31451 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31457 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31464 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31453 S #31455 Asylum Courtyard~ This area of the courtyard is a small spot of cobbled ground which lies wedged in between two sets of the stairs which run up to the gazebo. The scent of fresh blood wafts heavily in the air, the stone all around testament to the fact that people must die in this courtyard daily. ~ 314 a 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31445 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31459 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31456 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31447 S #31456 The Gazebo Steps~ Now the source of the light in the gazebo is plain to see - a flickering torch is thrust into a stone holder, a makeshift altar next to it. A man dressed in dark blood-soaked robes kneels before the altar, arms upraised in prayer - a curved dagger clenched tightly in one upraised fist. ~ 314 ac 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31455 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31460 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31457 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31451 S #31457 Asylum Courtyard~ This area of the courtyard is a small spot of cobbled ground which lies wedged in between two sets of the stairs which run up to the gazebo. The scent of fresh blood wafts heavily in the air, the stone all around testament to the fact that people must die in this courtyard daily. ~ 314 a 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31456 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31461 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31465 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31454 S #31458 Asylum Courtyard~ This is the far northeast end of the courtyard. An old decrepid chapel lies to the east, the entrance south from here. From this angle, a tall bell tower can be seen rising high above the chapel, the bell still hanging inside. A large stone gazebo lies in the center of the courtyard, a flickering light burninng strong inside. ~ 314 a 0 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31459 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31445 S #31459 Asylum Courtyard~ The entrance to a chapel lies just south from here, a wide set of stone steps leading up east to the main door. To the southwest, in the center of the courtyard, is a large stone gazebo with a ceremony of some sort in progress. People of some race or another can be seen shuffling about in the courtyard going about some sort of business. ~ 314 a 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31458 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31460 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31455 S #31460 Entrance to the Chapel~ These steps lead straight up to the door of the chapel, a carved wooden door which has withstood the ravages of time and looters. The wood must once have been very beautiful with its carved cherubs and angels floating about on its surface, but now those angels are smeared in blood, their faces ghastly and horrific in the flickering light. The steps up to the gazebo in the center of the courtyard lie just west. ~ 314 a 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31459 D1 ~ door~ 1 0 31467 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31461 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31456 S #31461 Asylum Courtyard~ This is the eastern end of the courtyard, the outer wall of the chapel just to the east. The entrance to the chapel lies just north, up a set of steps. ~ 314 a 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31460 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31466 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31457 S #31462 Asylum Courtyard~ This is the southwestern corner of the courtyard. A small path leads west around a large building which lies just south from here. The ceremony continues in the gazebo to the northeast. ~ 314 a 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31452 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31463 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31493 S #31463 Asylum Courtyard~ This is the south end of the couryard, bound by a long building who's entrance lies to the south, one of two entrances. The gazebo lies to the northeast, in the center of the courtyard. ~ 314 a 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31453 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31464 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31476 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31462 S #31464 Asylum Courtyard~ The gazebo lies just north from here, at the end of a flight of steps. To the south is the wall of a stone building. The blood on the ground seems never ending. ~ 314 a 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31454 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31465 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31463 S #31465 Asylum Courtyard~ This is the southern end of the courtyard where it butts up against the wall of a long stone building. A door to that building lies to the south, the gazebo standing in the center of the courtyard - almost seeming to beckon entry. ~ 314 a 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31457 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31466 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31478 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31464 S #31466 Asylum Courtyard~ This is the southeastern corner of the courtyard. A trail leads east between the buildings which form the boundaries of the courtyard. To the far northwest is a large gazebo, a fire flickering within. ~ 314 a 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31461 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31483 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31465 S #31467 Chapel Entryway~ What a grand place this must once have been. The walls all were at one time of worked stone, carvings of all sorts of angelic murals and poses. To the north is a door, to the south is the main worship area. East is a small room, the function of which unfathomable from this room. ~ 314 ad 0 D0 ~ door~ 1 0 31468 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31469 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31470 D3 ~ door~ 1 0 31460 S #31468 Cloaking Room~ The stone hooks still jut from the walls where the clergy must once have hung or donned their robes of office before or after a service. There are, of course, no robes hanging from those hooks any longer. This room, like most of the other rooms in the buildings of this asylum, has succumbed to the demand of time and decay, the walls crumbling and the floors broken and cracked. All of this is, of course covered in a sheen of red. ~ 314 ad 0 D2 ~ door~ 1 0 31467 S #31469 Shaft~ This is nothing more than a small five by five room with no ceiling. A look upward reveals that this tall shaft leads directly up into the bell tower, as the bell is visible even from here on the ground level. A set of ropes hang down, their frayed ends high out of reach. They must once have connected to something here, but whatever that was, it is long since rotted or taken. ~ 314 ad 0 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31467 D4 ~ ~ 0 0 31471 S #31470 Chapel Worship Room~ There are spots where rows of pews once lined before a carved stone altar, however all that is left of the majesty of the place are two pews and the remains of the altar, tipped to the side and split asunder. It would only appear the work of vandals or looters if not for the immense amounts of blood soaked into the stonework of the place. This was a calculated ruination of a place of worship. ~ 314 ad 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31467 S #31471 In the Shaft~ Unbelievably, the sides of the shaft's interior walls are scalable! Only a bit further and the bell can be reached, where a platform of stone surrounds the inside of the shaft. ~ 314 ad 0 D4 ~ ~ 0 0 31472 D5 ~ ~ 0 0 31469 S #31472 Bell Tower~ It turns out that the shaft leading up from the interior of the chapel is actually the bell tower itself. A bird's eye view of the asylum is given here, especially of the courtyard where it is now painfully obvious that there are many more people moving about this place. On the north wall is a window which leads out just above the roof of the chapel. It does not appear that the tower would be accessable again once exited from and onto the chapel roof. ~ 314 ad 0 D0 ~ window~ 0 0 31473 D5 ~ ~ 0 0 31471 S #31473 Chapel Roof~ There is not much of interest on this roof save for the fact that it is the only place thus far that is not soaked in blood, nor is it full of the rubble and trash that is littered about the ground and in the buildings. It must be too much effort for the vandals of this area to climb out here and trash this part as well. It appears that the only way from this rooftop is down, jumping from the roof to the courtyard below. ~ 314 a 0 D5 ~ roof~ 0 0 31459 S #31474 Library Entry~ This is a small antechamber where at one time check-out secretary or librarian once sat and made sure that all books within were accounted for. There is no desk, no secretary or librarian, only a set four crumbling walls, the plaster or mortar fallen and in decay. ~ 314 acd 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31450 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31475 S #31475 Library~ Most of the shelves that used to line the walls, molded into the stone that made up the walls, are now broken and lying in dust on the cracked floors. ~ 314 ad 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31474 S #31476 Faculty Rooms~ The faculty of the asylum kept their rest cots and break tables in this room, not to mention a guard was always on station as further in this building lies the dorm rooms of all 'students' for the place. There is still a remnant of what the room must have been, some old steel frames - probably cots - line one wall, all rusted into uselessness. Like every other section of this asylum, the walls are soaked in blood as are the floors. ~ 314 ad 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31463 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31477 S #31477 Dormatory~ This is where the students - or mental loonies - were bunked at night. There are no longer any sorts of furniture items left in the room, only hunks of broken plaster and mortar. A doorway opens wide into a basement stairway. ~ 314 ad 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31476 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31479 D5 ~ ~ 0 0 31481 S #31478 Faculty Rooms~ The faculty of the asylum kept their rest cots and break tables in this room, not to mention a guard was always on station as further in this building lies the dorm rooms of all 'students' for the place. There is still a remnant of what the room must have been, some old steel frames - probably cots - line one wall, all rusted into uselessness. Like every other section of this asylum, the walls are soaked in blood as are the floors. ~ 314 ad 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31465 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31480 S #31479 Dormatory~ This is where the students - or mental loonies - were bunked at night. There are no longer any sorts of furniture items left in the room, only hunks of broken plaster and mortar. ~ 314 ad 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31480 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31477 S #31480 Dormatory~ This is where the students - or mental loonies - were bunked at night. There are no longer any sorts of furniture items left in the room, only hunks of broken plaster and mortar. ~ 314 ad 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31478 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31479 S #31481 Storage and Detainment Area~ This room has a wall of lockers, all broken and wide open with no contents in them whatsoever. On the south wall is a small wooden door, still securely fastened on its hinges. ~ 314 ad 0 D2 ~ door~ 1 0 31482 D4 ~ ~ 0 0 31477 S #31482 The Cooling Room~ This was the asylum staff's ultimate weapon against any of the students who became unruly or out of hand. The temperature in this little cubicle dips down well below freezing in the nights, being dirt floored and in the basement. Any students who had a problem with obedience ending up cooling their heels in the Cooling Room. ~ 314 ad 0 D0 ~ door~ 1 0 31481 S #31483 Old Cobbled Trail~ This was once a sedate cobbled walkway, the cobbles now missing or broken and soaked in blood. The trail turns south and curves out of sight to the east again toward a tall, squarish stone building. ~ 314 ac 0 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31484 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31466 S #31484 Old Cobbled Trail~ This was once a sedate cobbled walkway, the cobbles now missing or broken and soaked in blood. The trail heads north back toward the courtyard or turns east again, headed toward the entrance of a tall, stone building. ~ 314 a 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31483 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31485 S #31485 Old Cobbled Trail~ This was once a sedate cobbled walkway, the cobbles now missing or broken and soaked in blood. The building, which now lies just south of you, can be entered through a doorway just east from here. ~ 314 a 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31486 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31484 S #31486 Entrance to the Auditorium~ The interior of the building can be seen through the flickering lights within. Squatters can be seen inside the building, hunched over fires or sleeping in wretched balls on floor. The trail heads west away from here back toward the courtyard. ~ 314 a 0 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31487 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31485 S #31487 Auditorium Floor~ The place has an immense main floor, a large stage dominating the north end of the main floor. Grubby, wretched people huddle near small fires or lie curled upon the floor sleeping what little amounts that they might before the next Choosing. A set of stone stadium seats lead up to the roof on the south end of the place. ~ 314 ad 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31486 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31489 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31488 S #31488 Auditorium Floor~ The place has an immense main floor, a large stage dominating the north end of the main floor. Grubby, wretched people huddle near small fires or lie curled upon the floor sleeping what little amounts that they might before the next Choosing. A set of stone stadium seats lead up to the roof on the south end of the place. ~ 314 ad 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31487 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31490 S #31489 Auditorium Floor~ The place has an immense main floor, a large stage dominating the north end of the main floor. Grubby, wretched people huddle near small fires or lie curled upon the floor sleeping what little amounts that they might before the next Choosing. A set of stone stadium seats lead up to the roof on the south end of the place. ~ 314 ad 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31487 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31490 D4 ~ ~ 0 0 31492 S #31490 Auditorium Floor~ The place has an immense main floor, a large stage dominating the north end of the main floor. Grubby, wretched people huddle near small fires or lie curled upon the floor sleeping what little amounts that they might before the next Choosing. A set of stone stadium seats lead up to the roof on the south end of the place. ~ 314 ad 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31488 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31489 D4 ~ ~ 0 0 31491 S #31491 Auditorium Seating~ Rows and rows of stone seats line the sloping floor, east to west up to the south wall where the seats actually reach the ceiling. More squatters lie wedged between seats, snug in their hopes that they will not be the next Chosen. ~ 314 ad 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31492 D5 ~ ~ 0 0 31490 S #31492 Auditorium Seating~ Rows and rows of stone seats line the sloping floor, east to west up to the south wall where the seats actually reach the ceiling. More squatters lie wedged between seats, snug in their hopes that they will not be the next Chosen. ~ 314 ad 0 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31491 D5 ~ ~ 0 0 31489 S #31493 Cracked Path~ The path used to be a small street of cobbled stone, leading toward the asylum's main water source, the water tower. The tower rises high into the dark sky to the west. ~ 314 ac 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31462 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31494 S #31494 Cracked Path~ The path splits to south and also allows entrance into the water tower to the west. There is some sort of short, thin structure rising about twenty feet into the air to the south but from here it is too dark and too far to be seen clearly. ~ 314 a 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31493 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31497 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31495 S #31495 In the Base of the Water Tower~ This is an oddly wood tiled sphere which held water when the asylum was functional. It now has too many holes and leaks to hold any water all, but a spiral staircase still leads around the inside up to the top, probably installed so that repairs could be made when their were leaks. ~ 314 a 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31494 D4 ~ ~ 0 0 31496 S #31496 At the Top of the Water Tower~ There is no roof over the top of this thing, the asylum must have relied heavily on rain water to help replentish their supplies of water whenever nature was kind. This small platform runs around near the utmost top of tower, a wire mesh affair that feels none-too-sturdy. ~ 314 a 0 D5 ~ ~ 0 0 31495 S #31497 Cracked Path~ The path leads into a burnt out ruin of a building, one which was obviously not made of stone like the rest of this place. All that remains, or so it appears, of the place is the chimney which still stands tall with a fireplace at the base. ~ 314 a 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31494 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 31498 S #31498 Ruins of a Building~ The ground is covered in charred pieces of wood and debris. No growth at all grows here, as the burning stunted that growth for many years yet to come. A tall stone fireplace rises to the west. ~ 314 a 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 31497 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 31499 S #31499 Ruins of a Building~ The ground is covered in charred pieces of wood and debris. No growth at all grows here, as the burning stunted that growth for many years yet to come. A stone chimney with a fireplace at the base is all that is left of whatever sort of building might once have stood here long ago. ~ 314 a 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 31498 S $~