#1400 Along the pathway~ You are walking along a partially paved pathway. The road is fairly smooth with the exception of a stone or two in the road. You can feel a cool breeze that seems to be pushing you ahead. To your left and right, you see nothing but a dense forest. You can journey forward, or go back. ~ 14 32768 2 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 1401 O ~ ~ ~ ~ 0 0 -1 S #1401 Along the pathway~ You are walking along a half paved pathway. You see the basic shape of a castle up ahead. The wind changes direction as it blows in your face. On the left and right, you see a dense forest. It looks like that this pathway was just cut right into a big forest. ~ 14 32768 2 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 1402 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 1400 S #1402 Along the pathway~ You are walking along a path. The walkway is more paved and you can see a clearer view of the castle up ahead. You see that the castle is damaged from warfare. Your mind wonders what is going on and what happened. Curiousity and instinct tell you to wander further, but your sense of reason tells you to go back. ~ 14 32768 2 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 1403 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 1401 S #1403 Castle Gates~ You are standing in front of a barren castle. You can see breaks in the castle walls from where a possible ballista or boulder was hurled. The torches that are around the upper castle are not lit. On the ground you see what looks like cat fur. As you look at the castle gate, a sinking feeling enters your stomach. ~ 14 32768 2 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 1404 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 1402 S #1404 Castle Entrance~ You walk into the destroyed castle. The banners on the walls are torn, as if a mob of felines ran their sharp claws through them. You can smell the stench of rotting flesh which is making your stomach churn. You see cat hairs all over the floor, and kittens eating human corpses with blood all over their mouths. To your left and right, you see stairwells leading to the top of the castle. To the north is the castle's great hall. To the south is the exit out of the castle. ~ 14 32768 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 1405 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 1409 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 1403 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 1408 S #1405 The Great Hall~ You are walking down the castle's hall. To the sides you see shattered stained glass windows. The bits and pieces of glass litter the floor. Also you see cat hairs spread out throughout the hall. Your mind starts to wonder what happened here. ~ 14 32776 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 1406 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 1404 S #1406 Great Hall~ You are walking down the castle's great hall. There is glass all over the place from the broken windows to your left and right. More human corpses litter the place and are covered with cat hairs. The stench of the corpses are making you nauseous! To the north you see a throne room. To the south you see the way out of this unsightly place! ~ 14 32776 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 1407 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 1405 S #1407 Throne Room~ You enter the castle's Throne Room. Here is where the King of the castle would sit. The throne in front of you seats a human corpse. Something inside you senses that this was the former king of this castle, and you don't want to stick around to see what happens next. You begin to see kittens crawling around the throne devouring the corpse. ~ 14 32776 0 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 1406 S #1408 West stairwell~ Right in front of you is a stone flight of steps that takes you to the upper reaches of the castle. To the east is the castle's main entrance. To the north, west, south are the dull stone walls of the castle. You notice cat hairs covering the floor. ~ 14 32776 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 1404 D4 ~ ~ 0 0 1410 S #1409 East Stairwell~ Right in front of you is a stone stairwell that takes you to the upper reaches of the castle. To the west is the castle's main entrance. To the east, north, and south are the dull stone walls of the castle. You notice cat hairs all over the floor. ~ 14 32776 0 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 1404 D4 ~ ~ 0 0 1411 S #1410 West Stairwell Upper Level~ There is a stone stairwell that leads you to the lower reaches of the castle. As you look around you see a lead to the balcony to the east. To the west, north and south you see nothing but dull grey stone walls. You see more cat fur on the ground. ~ 14 32776 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 1412 D5 ~ ~ 0 0 1408 S #1411 East Stairwell Upper Level~ There is a stone stairwell leading to the lower reaches of the castle. To the west is a balcony. To the north, south and east are dull grey stone walls. You see more cat fur on the ground. You can sense the hostility here as blood is splattered all over the walls. There is a note on the wall. ~ 14 32776 0 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 1412 D5 ~ ~ 0 0 1409 E Note Paper~ The note reads, "Here Kitty Kitty Kitty... ROAR! " and is written in what appears to be human blood. ~ S #1412 Upper Balcony~ The upper balcony is just a platform that is uncovered from any stone walls or any other obstructions. It is simply a place where guards can stand to watch for invaders. ~ 14 32768 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 1414 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 1411 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 1413 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 1410 S #1413 Beyond the Balcony~ You think you're superman?!? You are falling 25 feet onto the pavement right below the balcony! If luck smiles upon you, you won't land on your neck and kill yourself! As you are falling, you see the ground coming closer and closer at you. ~ 14 32772 0 S T 1400 #1414 Training Room~ This is a training room for the castle's guards. The place is a total mess. On the walls you see blood and weapon racks with no weapons in them! On the ground next to the walls, you see dead guards with weapons stuck in them! Red, grey, black, white, yellow cat hairs are everywhere! ~ 14 32776 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 1415 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 1417 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 1412 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 1416 S #1415 Training Room~ You are in the training room. The place is a total disaster. Everywhere you look, there is blood and gore everywhere. It's splattered on the walls. It's dripping on the floor. In fact, your foot is wet from a dead guard's blood. You are standing in the center of this large training room. The air is littered with cat hairs and it makes you want to sneeze. ~ 14 32776 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 1420 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 1419 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 1414 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 1418 S #1416 Training Room~ You are in the southwest corner of the training room. This area isn't as bloody as the rest of the room. No corpses lay here, no blood is on the ground or the walls here. However, there are cat hairs just littering the floor. No matter where you go in this room, you cannot escape the stench of human corpses. ~ 14 32776 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 1418 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 1414 S #1417 Training Room~ You are in the southeastern area of the training room. There is more blood and gore all over the floor, the walls, and piled up along the perimeter of the room. The cat hairs you see just make you wonder how big these cats are! There is a note on the wall. ~ 14 32776 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 1419 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 1414 E Note Paper Wall~ The note reads: Iron Claw Pride was here. We did this to show that no idiot human could shout here kittykittykitty and get away with it! Terral is our leader, and he is the best hunter of all Parthan. ~ S #1418 Training Room~ You are in the training room of the castle. The central western area of the room is moderately filled with the filth of war. You can tell from the looks of these corpses that whatever attacked them were extremely angry! The faces of the corpses are scratched to bits! You can barely tell what they looked like when they were alive. There is blood splattered on the wall, and it is also dripping on the floor. ~ 14 32776 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 1422 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 1415 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 1416 S #1419 Training Room~ You are in the central eastern area of the training room. The wall rests a lit torch, and above it is a message. The corpses here are stacked somewhat neatly for easier passage through the room. The blood is flowing on the floor from all the carnage that happened in this room. ~ 14 32768 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 1421 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 1417 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 1415 E wall message torch~ Above the torch on the wall, "PARTHANS RULE" is written.. in human blood! ~ S #1420 Training Room~ You are in the castle's training room. There is a weapon rack here with no weapons in it. On the north wall you see a wooden door. Blood and gore are everywhere in this area of the room. The weapons that were on this rack have been unsheathed and inserted into the bodies of the corpses. Some weapons also litter the floor, but they are all broken. ~ 14 32776 0 D0 ~ door~ 1 0 1423 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 1421 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 1415 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 1422 S #1421 Training Room~ You are in the Training Room of the castle. The northeastern area of the room is littered with human body parts, blood, and corpses. The stench from the corpses still lingers in the air. Blood is smeared all over the walls. The thought of this heinous act makes your stomach turn. ~ 14 32776 0 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 1419 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 1420 S #1422 Training Room~ You are in the Training Room of the Castle. The northwestern area of the room reeks from the stench of human corpses rotting. The blood all over the walls and floor just make you want to vomit. Cat hairs litter the floor and are airborne. You experience some getting caught in your throat as you breathe. ~ 14 32776 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 1420 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 1418 S #1423 Castle Walkway~ You are in the Castle Walkway. You see towers to your left and right. You also see a stone set of stairs leading you down to the lower reaches of the castle. The air is fresher than what is inside the training room. However, you see more cat hairs on the ground and tracks of it lead east and west. ~ 14 32776 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 1426 D2 ~ door~ 1 0 1420 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 1424 D5 ~ ~ 0 0 1428 S #1424 Western Tower~ You are at the western tower of the castle. You can go up to the top of the tower, or you can go east back to the castle walkway. The floor is covered with cat hair, and the trail of cat hair leads up the stone stairwell around the tower. Your lungs rejoice as they receive the fresh air blowing in from the north. ~ 14 32776 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 1423 D4 ~ ~ 0 0 1425 S #1425 Inside the Western Tower~ You are inside the western tower of the castle. The view is great up here, but the dead guard lying here isn't as great of a sight. It seems that the Parthans like to finish a job well, even by killing the tower guards. ~ 14 32776 0 D5 ~ ~ 0 0 1424 S #1426 Eastern Tower~ You are at the eastern tower of the castle. The trail of cat hairs leads up the spiral staircase into the tower. Your instinct tells you to act like a cat and cure your curiousity. The fresh air that you breathe reminds you of what you may experience inside the tower. ~ 14 32776 0 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 1423 D4 ~ ~ 0 0 1427 S #1427 Inside the Eastern Tower~ You are inside the eastern tower of the castle. Ironically, there is no blood or gore in this tower. Instead, there is just a little black and white kitten sitting on the guard chair, looking at you. The view is great up here, like the view from the western tower. You can see the forest that surrounds the castle and how dense it is. ~ 14 32776 0 D5 ~ ~ 0 0 1426 E cat kitten kitty kittycat~ The kitten looks at you and utters the words '..meow..' ~ S #1428 The Dungeon~ This is the dungeon of the castle. The walls are wet and damp. You also notice algae growing all over the walls. You also see a jail cell where many human corpses are locked in. The air is humid from the wetness on the walls. The room is lit from torches mounted on the northern, eastern, and western walls. ~ 14 32776 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 1429 D4 ~ ~ 0 0 1423 S #1429 Stairwell~ This is the dungeon's stairwell. It is made of stone and leads down into a dark place. Your curiousity tells you to go, but your instinct tells you not to. You can go back and run away or go down the stairs to encounter an experience that you've never felt before! ~ 14 32780 0 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 1428 D5 ~ ~ 0 0 1430 S #1430 Castle Crypt -- Level 1~ You are in a dark room. Everything around you is pitch black, in exception to the objects around you that the brightness of your light hits. To your left and right are walls of bone. Skulls, limbs, rib cages, and many others are embedded into the walls of this massive area. In front of you is pitch blackness. Perhaps you should continue? Perhaps you should go back up and leave? ~ 14 32777 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 1431 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 1440 D4 ~ ~ 0 0 1429 S #1431 Castle Crypt -- Level 1~ You are in the crypt of the castle. This place is where all the disposed dead end up. You can smell the stench of rotting flesh. It's stronger than what you smelled before. The walls on your left and right are still just bones. In front of you is pitch blackness. ~ 14 32777 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 1432 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 1430 S #1432 Castle Crypt -- Level 1~ You are in the castle crypt. This is the place where all the disposed dead end up. The stench of rotting flesh is stronger than what it was when you were in the castle. The walls on the left and right are made of bone, and in front of you is pitch blackness. ~ 14 32777 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 1433 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 1431 S #1433 Castle Crypt -- Level 1~ You are at a cross roads in the castle's crypt. To the north is a wall of bone, while to the west, east, and south is pitch blackness. The stench of rotten flesh lingers in the air. The idea of such a place existing is making your skin crawl. ~ 14 32777 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 1435 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 1432 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 1434 S #1434 Castle Crypt -- Level 1~ You are at a stairwell in the castle's crypt. The stairwell is made of stone, as it leads to who knows what lies below! You can go down this spiral stairwell or you can turn tail and go back home. The stench of rotting flesh is stronger here than it was when you entered the crypt. ~ 14 9 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 1433 S #1435 Castle Crypt -- Level 1~ You are in the castle's crypt. The walls to the left and right are made of bone and in front of you lies pitch blackness. The bones on the wall are changing from the normal white color to a more reddish color. The reddish color on the bones gets deeper and deeper as you proceed eastward. The stench of rotting flesh lingers in the air. ~ 14 9 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 1437 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 1436 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 1433 S #1436 Castle Crypt -- Level 1~ You are in the castle's crypt. The area you are in is dark in exception to where you stand that your light illuminates. You smell death all around you. It feels damp and humid all around you. The walls to your left and right feel close to you as claustrophobia starts to kick in. You are at a dead end. Perhaps a very dead end. ~ 14 9 0 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 1435 S #1437 Castle Crypt -- Level 1~ You are in the dark crypt underneath the castle. There is evidence of mass death all around the area. Your teeth start to chatter as you hear the sounds of ripped flesh all around you. The sound of movement makes you wonder what lies around the corner. The walls around the place are made of bone, and the bones are starting to have a deeper red color as you proceed through the crypt. ~ 14 9 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 1438 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 1435 S #1438 Castle Crypt -- Level 1~ You are in the dark cavern-like crypt underneath the castle. The room is dark in exception to where your light illuminates. The walls seem to come closer and closer as you journey onward. The sight of the bone structured walls and the stench of rotting flesh and death are making you nauseous. ~ 14 9 0 D1 You shine your light eastward and see nothing in front of you.. not even ground to walk on! ~ ~ 0 0 1439 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 1437 E e east~ Nothing. ~ S #1439 The Death Pit~ You just fell many many miles to what seems to be your death. Fortunately for you, you only land on your neck and lose control of all your limbs. But the zombies around you are about to fix that. They are eating you alive! You can feel their teeth sink into your flesh. Soon you'll be dead.. And you'll become one of THEM... The undead.. ~ 14 7 0 S #1440 Castle Crypt~ You are in the dark crypt of the castle. The walls are made of bones that reek of death. You wonder what could have made such a hideous sight. Ahead of you is pure darkness. Behind you is pure darkness. You can hear the rattling of bones and the moans of disturbed souls in the distance. You feel a chill run down your back as you think of what you could encounter in this kind of place. There are stairs leading down to another level of the crypt. ~ 14 32777 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 1430 D5 ~ ~ 0 0 1441 S #1441 Castle Crypt Level 2~ You're another level deeper into the castle's crypt. The area around you is very dark. The area is very open, as you don't see any walls around you. The moans of zombies echo through the room and send a direct shock through your spine. The stench of rotting flesh fills your nostrils and makes you want to vomit. ~ 14 32777 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 1442 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 1444 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 -1 D4 ~ ~ 0 0 1440 S #1442 Castle Crypt Level 2~ You're in a large dark room in the second level of the crypt. You see no walls around you, and it's pitch black around you. The moaning of zombies, the clicking and clattering of skeletons, and the smell of rotting flesh is enough to make you scared. ~ 14 9 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 1443 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 1441 S #1443 Castle Crypt Level 2~ You're in a large dark room in the second level of the crypt. You see no walls around you, and it's pitch black around you. The moaning of zombies, the clicking and clattering of skeletons, and the smell of rotting flesh is enough to make you scared. ~ 14 9 0 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 1444 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 1442 S #1444 Castle Crypt Level 2~ You're in a large dark room in the second level of the crypt. You see no walls around you, and it's pitch black around you. The moaning of zombies, the clicking and clattering of skeletons, and the smell of rotting flesh is enough to make you scared. ~ 14 9 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 1443 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 -1 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 1441 S #1445 Castle Crypt Level 2~ You're in a large dark room in the second level of the crypt. You see no walls around you, and it's pitch black around you. The moaning of zombies, the clicking and clattering of skeletons, and the smell of rotting flesh is enough to make you scared. ~ 14 9 0 S $~