Quest Guide- The Catacombs

Catacombs of Avalon - Episode One
Part 2: The Catacombs

THE FIRST LEVEL OF THE CATACOMBS

The door to the catacombs opens, and you walk down a ladder into the first room. You see a block of holding cells with no passage to continue your journey. Upon further investigation, you find a wooden lever towards the back of the room on one of the columns.

Click on the lever and you hear the sound of a stone wall moving. Look to your right and notice a doorway has opened. Walk through the passage into the next room.

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ITEMS 13 & 14: GET THE DIAMOND AND MYSTERIOUS GOLDEN CHALICE

As you enter the next room, you notice a ladder to the left. Stand close to the ladder and click on it to walk down. (If you are with others, be sure you walk down one at a time, waiting for each person to reach the bottom before the next person clicks to walk down. If more than one person tries to walk down at the same time, they will be ejected.)

Once you reach the bottom of the ladder, continue walking down to the end of the tunnel.

You make a left down a longer tunnel, and reach 3 open doorways. Turn right and continue down another tunnel curving to the right until you reach a room with a shiny golden chalice on display. Enter the room. If you click on the MYSTERIOUS GOLEN CHALICE, you will DIE:

Mysterious Golden Chalice: In your greed, you reach out for the chalice. Suddenly you hear a clicking sound... you have triggered a deadly trap. You cry out in agony, as the rusty thorns perforate your body.

Avalon HUD - Version 2.2: You died. Click one of the teleport buttons in the HUD to resurrect at the position of your choice and regain your ability to move.

Avalon HUD - Version 2.2: You may teleport to each other place also. Be aware though, that you will lose your protection on all alternatives.

If you have DIED, click the SKULL portal to resurrect and return to the cemetery entrance.

You must return to the catacombs and find a way to take the MYSTERIOUS GOLDEN CHALICE safely.

You return to the room with the gold chalice and decide to click on the various corpses laying to the sides of the room:

If you click the corpse to the left in the front of the room:

Buried Corpse: You really don't want to know what is wrapped inside this cloth.

If you click on the corpse to your right:

Buried Corpse: Yes, there is a rotten corpse inside.

If you click the corpse to the far right:

Buried Corpse: Probably a corpse.

If you click the other corpse to the far left:

Rotten Corpse: The rotting corpse is lying stiff on the unwrapped cloth. It's slumber in rigor mortis has been disturbed.

Rotten Corpse: I wouldn't touch it again, if I were you! Seriously!

If you click the corpse on the far left again, you will DIE.

Rotten Corpse: Suddenly the corpse starts to move.

Rotten Corpse: You have been warned!!! Now it's too late to escape.

Rotten Corpse: As you are stunned from the shock, the raised undead starts to rip the flesh from your body. Your horrible death is slow and painful.

Storyteller: A not so friendly specter killed you. At least that’s better than being haunted for a lifetime.

Avalon HUD - Version 2.2: You died. Click one of the teleport buttons in the HUD to resurrect at the position of your choice and regain your ability to move.

If you have DIED, click the SKULL portal to resurrect and return to the cemetery entrance.

You must return again and find a way to collect the golden chalice safely.

As you enter the Catacombs once more, you descend the ladder into the lower tunnels and turn to the left again. You reach the 3 doorways and this time enter the chamber to the left. There you see 2 coffins.

You click on the coffin on the right side:

Grave Desk: This stone plate won't move. Maybe you should look elsewhere for a mechanism to open it.

You click on the coffin on the left side:

Old Grave: The inscription on the grave is unreadable. You try to move the stone lid, but you fail.

You need to search for the mechanism to open the coffin on the right. Exit the chamber and turn to your left, descending down a tunnel that curves to the left. At the end of the tunnel you will find a coffin. Search the wall behind the coffin for a unique brick on the back wall towards the right side. Press it (click on it) and you will hear the sound of stone moving.

Switch: As you press the brick, you hear a sound of moving stone nearby.

Now be quick! Run up the ramp back from whence you came and turn right, then right again into a room with 2 coffins. The coffin on the right called “Grave Desk” will be open and you will see a skeleton inside. Quickly, click on the remains and get the DIAMOND.

Human Remains: Just human remains inside this tomb, resting in eternal peace... but wait, what is this?

Human Remains: As you search the remains, you find a large diamond. A valuable treasure indeed. But might have some other purpose.

Second Life: Human Remains gave you 'Diamond'

You exit the room from which you obtain the DIAMOND and go through the doorway straight across the hall. You proceed down the tunnel, curving to the right. You walk down the stairs and stop when you reach the next doorway.

You see the shiny golden chalice upon a pedestal at the far side of the room. To the right of the doorway, on the wall you will see a brick that is different than the other bricks, with a round shape on it.

Click on it this brick:

Socket: This brick is different... looks like a sort of mechanism. There is an empty socket.

You notice the socket is shaped similar to the DIAMOND you collected earlier. Find the DIAMOND in your inventory and “add” to wear it. Then, click on the socket on the wall.

Socket whispers: As you insert the diamond into the socket, you hear a clicking sound of a mechanism coming from the chamber nearby.

Now you may safely enter the room and take the GOLDEN CHALICE.

Mysterious Golden Chalice: Now, that the trap is disarmed, you take the golden chalice.

Mysterious Golden Chalice: Could THIS be the holy grail??? ... Probably not.

Second Life: Mysterious Golden Chalice gave you 'Mysterious Golden Chalice'

Now exit the room with the GOLDEN CHALICE and go back up the ramp and to your left, all the way down the hall to the end.

To your left is a dead end. To your right is a room with 2 coffins.

You click on the dead-end wall:

Strange Wall: You feel a stream of cold air coming through a gap between the bricks. There seems to be a secret passage behind this wall. Maybe there is a mechanism nearby to move it.

You enter the room to the right with the 2 coffins:

If you click the left coffin:

Ancient Grave: Something is moving beneath this stone plate... you hear scratching, like bones on stone...

Ancient Grave: Oh my god! It's coming out of the grave!!!

If you click the right coffin you will DIE:

Awakened Ghost: ''Aaah. Free at last... after hundreds of years.''
Awakened Ghost: ''You have freed me, mortal. Well done! Since I am a grateful entity, I will reward you.''
Awakened Ghost: ''Your reward is...''
Awakened Ghost: ''...YOUR DEATH. Muahahaha!''
Avalon HUD - Version 2.2: You died. Click one of the teleport buttons in the HUD to resurrect at the position of your choice and regain your ability to move.

If you have DIED, click the SKULL portal to resurrect and return to the cemetery entrance. Go back inside the Crypt and find a way to continue.

You go back to the last room where you died and upon further investigation you find that the wall to your left is an illusion. There is a passage in the center where you can actually walk through the wall. When you walk through the illusion wall, you find yourself in a short tunnel and you see a wooden lever at the end. Touch the lever.

Lever: As you pull the switch, you hear the sound of moving stone, not far away.

You hurry back through the illusion wall and out of the chamber to find that there is now a staircase that has been revealed where the dead-end wall once stood. You walk up the staircase and at the top of the stairs you see the skeleton remains of someone sitting in a chair.

Click on the skeleton:

The Forgotten King: This one died a long time ago. Apparently, he once held something in his right hand...

Wear the GOLDEN CHALICE and touch The Forgotten King. He takes the chalice and a door opens to your left.

The Forgotten King whispers: You place the golden chalice in the hand of the skeleton. Suddenly, a nearby wall moves aside and opens a hidden passage.

Go through the doorway and fall through the floor, staying as close to the wall as possible.

When you fall, there is a platform about halfway down. You need to land on this platform or you could be ejected for "moving too quickly". Once you land on the platform, there is an opening in the middle to jump from. Jump from this opening to reach your final destination below.

THE SECOND LEVEL OF THE CATACOMBS

Congratulations! You have made it to the second level!

PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU ARE USING THE DEMO HUD YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PROCEED FURTHER UNTIL YOU PURCHASE THE FULL HUD. The Lifetime HUD may be purchased at the cemetery entrance by clicking on the Rotating Golden Dragon HUD Giver above the podium. The purchase price is $500 Lindens.

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ITEMS 15 – 17: GET THE OLD KEY, OLD DIARY AND ANTIQUE LAMP

You find yourself standing upon a pile of rubble and broken bricks… you brush yourself off from the fall and walk through the doorway and continue on your journey.

You turn right into the next tunnel and reach an intersection with a pile of boulders to your left, a tunnel straight ahead and a tunnel to your right.

You advance to the tunnel that is straight ahead and go to the end where you find a locked gate. You click on the gate:

Rusty Gate: A rusty gate. The gate lock is missing. Your attempts to open the gate by force fail.

You turn back up the path and proceed to the left at the intersection. You come to a very dark room on your left. You walk through the doorway and down a very dark tunnel, then enter the room and can see a chest on the back wall inside the room.

If you enter this room now, you will DIE. When you go in, the room will become very dark. You will hear the distinct sound of a heart beating and large glowing eyes will appear all around you.

...: The darkness shrouded you. You feel a penetrating pain, as sharp teeth starts to rip the flesh from your body. Your death is cruel and painful.

Avalon HUD - Version 2.2: You died. Click one of the teleport buttons in the HUD to resurrect at the position of your choice and regain your ability to move.

If you have died, click the SKULL portal to resurrect and return to the cemetery entrance.

Now you must return to this location and continue to explore the tunnels. Return to the place where you found the room of darkness only this time continue straight past the dark room to the end of the corridor where you can turn either left or right.

If you turn right and walk downhill in a tunnel curving to the right, you will reach an intersection at the end where you can go left or right. If you turn to the right at this point you will find a dead end. If you go to the left tunnel it is very dark and you cannot see well. If you continue walking straight through the darkness, a Wraith will appear in front of you and you will DIE.

Wraith whispers: My preciousss, where is my preciousss??

Wraith whispers: It hasn't found my preciousss, my birthday present!

Wraith whispers: So we have to eat it. Mmmh, young and tasty...

Avalon HUD - Version 2.2: You died. Click one of the teleport buttons in the HUD to resurrect at the position of your choice and regain your ability to move.

If you have died, click the SKULL portal to resurrect and return to the cemetery entrance.

You make note that the Wraith is looking for his “precious”. Could this be, perhaps… a ring? (Think of “Lord of the Rings”.)

Now go back to the room of darkness and continue past the dark room to the end of the tunnel where you can go right or left. Turn left this time. Go down a short way and you come to an end. Turn left and a quick right to continue. You see a forked path in the tunnels to the left and right. Go to the left and you come to what appears to be a dead end. The wall has blood markings on it and you notice a bloody hand print on the right, lower side of the wall. You push on the brick with the hand print and it opens a passage.

Enter the chamber and turn to your left where you see a coffin. Click on the coffin lid and it opens. You see a skeleton holding a book and a key. You click on both to get the OLD KEY and the OLD DIARY.

Old Key: The skeleton is holding an old key in his hand. You take it.

Second Life: Old Key gave you 'Old Key'

Old Diary: The old diary is covered with dark strains... looks like dried blood. You take it.

Second Life: Old Diary gave you 'Old Diary'

Wear the OLD DIARY and click on it:

Old Diary: The old diary is covered with dark strains... looks like dried blood. You take it.

Old Diary: The old diary is written in ancient letters.

Old Diary: You open the book and start to read:

Old Diary: ''The darkness, it's everywhere! The shadows seem to live... something is coming... I have to hide the other key... inside the chamber with bones...''

Old Diary: ''I'll hide inside this coffin, maybe it won't find me here...''

Old Diary: The text ends here. The next sides are smeared with dried blood stains.

You make note that you must find a key in the “chamber of bones”.

You examine the chamber further and find another wall that is an illusion to the right of the coffin where you obtained the OLD DIARY. You walk through the wall into another tunnel and see a closed gate to your left. You decide to try opening the gate with your OLD KEY.

Wear the OLD KEY and click on the gate. You enter the room with 2 coffins and notice there is a small chest on the ground. You click on the chest and receive an ANTIQUE LAMP.

Antique Lamp: You take the antique lamp. It shines bright in deepest darkness.

Second Life: Antique Lamp gave you 'Antique Lamp'.

You wear the ANTIQUE LAMP and click on it:

Antique Lamp: This antique lamp shines very bright. The light provides you protection from the darkness.

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ITEM 18: GET THE BRONZE KEY

Protection from the darkness? Hmm…. You decide to return back to the room of darkness where you died and see if this lamp will protect you from the evil.

Click the wooden lever on the right side of the gate to exit the chamber and go back through the illusion wall, back tracking all the way to the room of darkness with the eyes.

You enter the room of darkness and hear the distinct sound of a heart beating…. The darkness comes and you touch the lamp:

Avalon HUD - Version 2.2 whispers: SND1

Antique Lamp: This antique lamp shines very bright. The light provides you protection from the darkness.

You wait and finally… the darkness is replaced with light and the evil eyes vanish. You see a chest before you and click on it. The chest opens and a BRONZE KEY is revealed. Touch the key to obtain the BRONZE KEY.

Bronze Key: You have obtained a bronze key.

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ITEMS 19 – 21: GET THE RUSTY KEY, THE ONE RING, LION RUNE, ANCIENT BOOK CLUE, LOOSE PAGE CLUE

You return to where you found the fork in the tunnel and go back to where you found the OLD DIARY and the OLD KEY in the coffin. You walk through the illusion wall, and this time you turn right down the tunnel and continue to explore.

You reach a set of double doors and notice a square socket on each side of the doors. You click on them:

Socket: An empty socket. Obviously, it is a part of the opening mechanism.

You note the shape of these sockets and that you must find something to fit them that will open the doors

Now you look to your left and see a dark tunnel. You may want to use a TORCH to continue down this tunnel. Wear your TORCH and proceed forward. You find yourself slowly traveling down a very dark tunnel that curves to the right. You reach a doorway covered in spiderwebs and walk through, entering a chamber full of skulls.

You recall the message in the OLD DIARY about a key hidden in the room with bones and begin to search. You first notice the pile of skulls and look through them carefully until you come upon a “broken crane”. You click on the broken crane and receive THE ONE RING:

A Broken Crane: Carefully you pick up the broken skull. There is something inside...

Second Life: A Broken Crane gave you 'The One Ring'

A Broken Crane: You have found a magical ring... It is THE ONE RING!!!

You continue to search further. You walk up the ramp to the end and look down into the room from above. You notice something sitting on the top of the door jam and zoom in closer and realize it is a key. Touch this and get the RUSTY KEY.

Rusty Key: You have found an old rusty key.

You look around further and notice a raised panel on a wooden beam to the left of the coffins in the room. You touch the raised panel and it opens a passage.

Object: You have found a hidden switch. A part of the wall slides aside and reveals a secret passage.

You walk down a short tunnel into another chamber where you see a book on a pedestal to your left, a coffin in the middle, and a parchment paper on the floor in the right corner.

You click on the ancient book to the left:

Ancient Book: ...After he had left his fellows, the brave knight continued his journey through the darkness as well as he might, and ever the way became lonelier, until at last he came to the edge of a deep dark chasm. (click)

You click again:

Ancient Book: There the knight stood, without food and desolate, doubting whether he should ever reach the other side. He prayed to god and king and so he gained new hope and strength. (click)

You click again:

Ancient Book: Standing on the edge of the chasm, he called aloud ''Courage and belief will protect me''. Suddenly, he heard angelic voices and a strange light filled the surrounding. (click)

You click again:

Ancient Book: Bravely, the knight stepped forth... (click)

And again:

Ancient Book: The following pages are burned and unreadable.

Next you click on the coffin, it opens and you see a skeleton inside with something in his hands. You click the object and receive the LION RUNE:

Lion Rune: There is a strange rune on the chest of the skeleton. You have found a lion rune.

Lastly, you click on the page that is on the floor in the right corner:

Loose Page: There is a loose page on the floor. You read the following lines:

Loose Page: ''...The Order of the Lion secured valuable objects with lethal mechanism or magic traps.

Loose Page: The spoken word 'veritas' was often used, to disable them.''

You exit the room of bones and return to the main corridor.

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ITEM 22: GET THE DRAGON RUNE

You recall the Wraith asking for his “precioussssss” and now you have obtained THE ONE RING. Didn’t Gollum in Lord of the Rings refer to the “ring” as his precious???? Hmmm…. You return to the Wraith to offer him THE ONE RING.

You wear THE ONE RING and walk down the dark tunnel where the Wraith is located and wait for him to appear. He speaks to you:

Wraith whispers: My preciousss, where is my preciousss??

You click on the ring to give it to him to obtain the DRAGON RUNE.

The One Ring: This is the one ring...
Wraith whispers: Ooooh, it has found my preciousss! Give it to me!!!
Wraith whispers: We'll give you a reward my preciousss.
Wraith whispers: And then, we'll eat it!!!
Second Life: Dragon Rune gave you 'Dragon Rune'
Dragon Rune: You have obtained a dragon rune.

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THE THIRD LEVEL OF THE CATACOMBS

Item 23: GET THE RUSTY SWORD

You return now to where you found the fork in the tunnel, and this time you decide to explore the right corridor. You get to the end of the right corridor and find a set of double doors. You open the doors to find a ladder taking you to the floor below. You walk down the ladder and continue forward down a set of stairs into some murky green water.

You continue forward and turn and reach an intersection where you can either go left or right. To the left you can see the door is blocked with wooden boards. You go to the right and continue down the tunnel that curves to the left and you come upon a locked gate. You click on the gate:

Rusty Gate: This rusty old gate is locked.

Wear your RUSTY KEY and click on the gate.

The gate opens and you may enter the next chamber. You see a chest across the room. Walk over to the chest and click on it. The chest opens to reveal a sword within. Click and obtain the RUSTY SWORD.

Rusty Sword: You have found a sword. It is old and covered with rust. You take it.
Second Life: Rusty Sword gave you 'Rusty Sword'

Further investigation in this room towards the left of the chest there is a brick with a hidden switch. Touch the switch and it opens another passage. You walk through the passage through the tunnels an come upon a very large chamber with a menacing, evil creature standing before you. You sense danger but step forward slowly just a little and click on the beast:

...: The evil glowing eyes of the demon are watching you. Be careful, this creature of darkness is not in mood for a conversation.

You recall the passage from the book in the cemetery about Demons:

Demons are evil Creatures of Darkness. They may appear in different forms. If you encounter a demon, expect to suffer a horrible and painful death b being possessed, burned, cursed, disemboweled or eaten alive... or everything together. Running away won't help, since demons are always faster than you.

This is fair warning … you sense immense danger and decide to turn back.

However, IF you are foolish enough to approach the Demon at this time with no guard against the evils within, you will DIE:

...: As you approach the demon, he makes a strange gesture with his right claw. You realize, it is too late to turn back now.

...: You cry out in agony, as your flesh is burned from your bones.

Avalon HUD - Version 2.2: You died. Click one of the teleport buttons in the HUD to resurrect at the position of your choice and regain your ability to move.

If you have DIED, click the SKULL to resurrect and return to the cemetery entrance.

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THE FOURTH LEVEL OF THE CATACOMBS

ITEMS 24 & 25: GET THE SPELL SCROLL AND SILVER CHALICE

Now that you have 2 runes the same shape as the sockets by the double doors, you return to the tunnel that is forked and go back to the left tunnel. Proceed by clicking the brick with the bloody hand print, go through the illusion wall by the coffin in the next chamber, and proceed to your right down the tunnel until you reach the double door with the sockets. Wear both runes then click on the sockets. They fit perfectly! You hear the door unlocking and they open. You walk through to the next passage to find a room with a carpet covered with letters of the alphabet.

If you proceed to walk across the carpet without thought, you fall into a pit full of spikes!!! You will DIE.

Deadly Trap: Your body was perforated by rusty thorns. Your death was slow and painful.

Avalon HUD - Version 2.2: You died. Click one of the teleport buttons in the HUD to resurrect at the position of your choice and regain your ability to move.

If you have died, click the SKULL portal to resurrect and return to the cemetery entrance.

Go back to the carpet of letters, and this time you notice a sign to the right of the door that reads:

“Only those, knowing our court, may pass. The tribunal for examination and punishment of heretics.”

Upon doing some research you find that the Inquisition was A Roman Catholic tribunal for investigating and prosecuting charges of heresy. You look closely at the carpet before you and begin your attempt to cross the room by walking over the letters that spell out “INQUISITION.”

You walk over the carpet on the corresponding letters and make it safely across. You find yourself descending even deeper into the catacombs as you walk down another flight of stairs. You reach a landing, turn to your right and descend yet another set of stairs to a landing covered in blood stains. You see a piece of paper on the floor and click on it.

Loose Page: There is a note lying on the floor. You try to read the lines, but the only words you decipher, are ''H. P. Lovecraft mentioned the author of the Necronomicon in his novels. His name was...''. The rest of the writing is faded and unreadable.

If you click on the wall where the loose page is sitting, an apparition appears and speaks to you:

Visage of Decay: ''Mortal fool! What is it, that you want? You want me to open this passage for you?''.

Visage of Decay: ''I might let you pass, if you answer my question correctly.''

Visage of Decay: ''Fail, and you die.''

Visage of Decay: ''Who wrote the book of dead, known as the Necronomicon?''

You must answer within 1 minute or else…. You will DIE.

Visage of Decay: ''Your time has expired, ...as well as life.''
Visage of Decay: ''And now... DIE!!!''
Avalon HUD - Version 2.2: You died. Click one of the teleport buttons in the HUD to resurrect at the position of your choice and regain your ability to move.

If you have DIED, click the SKULL to resurrect and return to the cemetery entrance.

Go back to the Visage of Decay once you have found the answer to his riddle. If you Google for Necronomicon, you will find a Wiki page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necronomicon

It tells you in the first paragraph:

"The Necronomicon is a fictional grimoire (textbook of magic) appearing in the stories by horror writer H. P. Lovecraft and his followers. It was first mentioned in Lovecraft's 1924 short story "The Hound",[1] written in 1922, though its purported author, the "Mad Arab" Abdul Alhazred, had been quoted a year earlier in Lovecraft's "The Nameless City"."

Go back to the Visage of Decay. Click on the wall and wait for him to ask you the riddle again. Then type: Abdul Alhazred into local chat.

Visage of Decay: ''Mortal fool! What is it, that you want? You want me to open this passage for you?''.

Visage of Decay: ''I might let you pass, if you answer my question correctly.''

Visage of Decay: ''Fail, and you die.''

Visage of Decay: ''Who wrote the book of dead, known as the Necronomicon?''

Alanna Bellerose: Abdul Alhazred

Visage of Decay: ''Your answer is right. You may pass, mortal. Farewell.''

The passage opens and you may enter the hidden chamber. You walk into the room and see a wooden chest at the far wall with an object in front of it. You click on the chest:

Wooden Chest: The chest is locked. There is a mechanism below. Probably, it will unlock the chest.

Wear your RUSTY SWORD and click the mechanism. The chest opens and you receive the SPELL SCROLL.

Slot: The rusty sword fits perfect into the slot below. You hear a clicking sound and the chest opens.

Spell Scroll: You have found a spell scroll.

Second Life: Spell Scroll gave you 'Spell Scroll'

Wear the SPELL SCROLL and click on it:

Spell Scroll: This scroll contains powerful spells against creatures of darkness.

Next, look to the left in this room and you see a wall covered in blood stains. Walk through the wall. It is an illusion. You enter another chamber and see a corpse curled up in the corner. It appears to be holding something…. You click on the corpse:

Decaying Corpse: This decaying body is sitting in the corner of this chamber. Obviously, he died in horrible pain. The smell is awful!!!

You click him again:

Decaying Corpse: As you examine the decaying corpse, you notice a chalice in his grip.

Click a third time:

Decaying Corpse: Carefully, you remove the chalice.

Decaying Corpse: As you remove the dirt from the chalice, you notice, that it is beautiful and shiny.

Second Life: Decaying Corpse gave you 'Silver Chalice'

Wear the SILVER CHALICE and click on it.

Silver Chalice: The chalice is empty.

(Perhaps you need to fill it with something?)

You exit these chambers and return to the landing in the main corridor.

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FILL THE SILVER CHALICE WITH WATER

As you return to the main landing, you see a set of double doors to your left. If you enter this next room and walk forward, you will encounter the Soul Devourer. If you click on it, and you DIE.

...: It's a heap of bones, corpses and slime, ... You realize, you are standing before a Soul Devourer.

...: You came too close and captured the attention of the Soul Devourer. Too late you realize your fatal mistake.

Avalon HUD - Version 2.2: You died. Click one of the teleport buttons in the HUD to resurrect at the position of your choice and regain your ability to move.

If you DIE, click the SKULL to resurrect and return to the cemetery entrance.

Make your way back to the room with the Soul Devourer. This time wear your SPELL SCROLL. Open the double doors and stand at the entrance of the room and click on your SPELL SCROLL.

... whispers: Aloud, you recite the forceful spell. The Soul Devourer collapses into a heap of slime and bones.

The Soul Devourer collapses and you may pass. You see a fountain at the far end of the room. Quickly go to the fountain and wear your SILVER CHALICE. Click on the fountain:

Fountain of Life: The water is cold and clear.

Fountain of Life: You fill the chalice with the water from the Fountain of Life.

Fountain of Life: Drink it at the place where steel and stone are one. Then you will be able, to part them again.

Your chalice is now filled with water. Exit this room and proceed further down the next set of stairs to continue.

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ITEMS 26 – 29: GET THE VIAL OF ANTIDOTE, BLACK MAGIC SPELL BOOK, CROWN OF THE LION, DRAGON CHALICE, SILVER KEY

Walk down the set of stairs to a landing, and continue further down another stairway. You reach the end of the tunnel and can go either left or right. You see an elven woman entwined in tree roots to your left and cannot pass, so you continue to the right down a short corridor. You reach another left or right choice… to the right the tunnel is blocked, so you proceed to the left.

As you walk to the left, there is a doorway covered in spiderwebs. If you walk through this doorway, a spider will emerge and bite you! You will DIE.

Spider: Something is crawling on your back.

Spider: It's a poisonous spider! It bites you. The poison kills you immediately.

Avalon HUD - Version 2.2: You died. Click one of the teleport buttons in the HUD to resurrect at the position of your choice and regain your ability to move.

If you have died, click the SKULL portal to resurrect and return to the cemetery entrance. Go to the Mortuary and collect another VIAL OF ANTIDOTE that is behind the coffin. (This is the same antidote you collected earlier in the quest.) Take a copy of the antidote and return to the passage with the spider web.

Wear the VIAL OF ANTIDOTE and walk through the door and you will see the message:

Spider: Something is crawling on your back.

Click on the VIAL OF ANTIDOTE.

Spider: You drink the antidote. The poison loses effect and does not harm you.

You may now delete the VIAL OF ANTIDOTE from your inventory. It has only a one-time use. If you need to return to this place you will have to collect another vial from the Mortuary.

Continue through the tunnels and you come to a steel door. Open the door and enter the next area.

You see a gate to your left. You click on the gate:

Iron Gate: The iron gate is locked.

Wear your BRONZE KEY and open the gate.

You stand before a large chasm. If you walk across the chasm without thought, you will DIE.

Dark Abyss: Fortunately, you fell unconscious, so you didn't feel, when your body shatters in pieces as it crashes on the floor.

You have DIED.

Avalon HUD - Version 2.2: You died. Click one of the teleport buttons in the HUD to resurrect at the position of your choice and regain your ability to move.

Click the SKULL portal to resurrect and return to the cemetery entrance, then go back to the room with the large chasm.

You recall reading about a chasm earlier in the Ancient Book…

Ancient Book: Standing on the edge of the chasm, he called aloud ''Courage and belief will protect me''. Suddenly, he heard angelic voices and a strange light filled the surrounding.

Ancient Book: Bravely, the knight stepped forth...

You type into local chat: Courage and belief will protect me

Alanna Bellerose: Courage and belief will protect me

You hear music and the chasm glows with a blue light. You walk safely across the center of the chasm and enter the next chamber.

You see a chest sitting in front of you, a skull, a chalice and a smaller chest to the left.

You click on the large chest and receive the BLACK MAGIC SPELLBOOK.

Second Life: Black Magic Spellbook gave you 'Black Magic Spellbook'

Black Magic Spellbook: You have found a spellbook about elemental magic.

Wear the BLACK MAGIC SPELLBOOK and click on it:

Black Magic Spellbook: The spellbook contains many powerful summoning spells.

Next you notice a skull to the left of the chest on the floor. If you click on the skull without thought, you will DIE….

King's Skull: In your greed, you have triggered a deadly trap. The rusty thorns perforate your body. Unfortunately, you didn't survive.

Avalon HUD - Version 2.2: You died. Click one of the teleport buttons in the HUD to resurrect at the position of your choice and regain your ability to move.

If you have died, click the SKULL portal to resurrect and return to the cemetery entrance.

You recall something you read earlier, from the loose page near the skull room:

Loose Page: ''...The Order of the Lion secured valuable objects with lethal mechanism or magic traps.

Loose Page: The spoken word 'veritas' was often used, to disable them.''

You return to the room across the large chasm where you just died and recite the word “veritas” into local chat while standing in front of the chest.

Alanna Bellerose: veritas

King's Skull whispers: You have disarmed the trap. Now you may take the crown and the chalice.

Click on the skull to receive the CROWN OF THE LION.

King's Skull: Carefully you remove the crown from the skull. You have obtained the Crown of the Lion.

Second Life: King's Skull gave you 'Crown of the Lion'

Click on the Chalice to obtain the DRAGON CHALICE.

Dragon Chalice: You take the Dragon Chalice.

Second Life: Dragon Chalice gave you 'Dragon Chalice'

Click on the small chest to obtain the SILVER KEY.

Silver Key: You have obtained a silver key.

Second Life: Silver Key gave you 'Silver Key'

As long as the chasm is still glowing with light you may walk back across it safely. If it is not glowing, you must recite the words again in order to pass safely.

You cross back over the chasm and exit through the gate back into the open area and see a wooden door across the room. You click on the door:

Heavy Wooden Door: This door is locked.

Wear your SILVER KEY and try again. The door opens to reveal a ladder descending down to another level of the catacombs.

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REGISTER YOUR AVATAR IN THE DRAGON LAIR WAITING AREA

Before you proceed further to the Lava Room, it is advantageous to register your avatar in the Dragon Lair waiting area so you can use the Skull Teleporter from the Graveyard entrance.
If you opened the door with your SILVER KEY, go back out into the previous corridor where you will see the statue of a medieval warrior carved into the wall. Click on the statue.

You will receive a riddle that you must solve. When you know the answer, type it into local chat. The riddle changes daily.

You click on the wall:

Voice in your Head whispers: ''Another day, another riddle. Know the answer and you may pass.''

Wait for the riddle and then type the answer in local chat:

1. Voice in your Head whispers: Thirty white horses on a red hill: first they champ, then they stamp, then they stand still.

Answer: TEETH

2. Voice in your Head whispers: It walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon and three legs in the evening. What is it?''.

Answer: MAN

3. Voice in your Head whispers: There is a house. One enters it blind and comes out seeing. What is it?

Answer: SCHOOL

4. Voice in your Head whispers: Four hang, four sprang, two point the way, two to ward off dogs, one dangles after, always rather dirty. What am I?

Answer: COW

5. Voice in your Head whispers: It is greater than God and more evil than the devil. The poor have it, the rich need it and if you eat it you will die. What is it?''.

Answer: NOTHING

6. 'Voice in your Head whispers: What always runs but never walks, often murmurs, never talks, has a bed but never sleeps, has a mouth but never eats?''.

Answer: RIVER

7. Voice in your Head whispers: At night they come without being fetched. By day they are lost without being stolen. What are they?''.

Answer: STARS

8. Voice in your Head whispers: The more you have of it, the less you see. What is it?''

Answer: DARKNESS

9. Voice in your Head whispers: I am always hungry, I must always be fed, The finger I touch, Will soon turn red''.

Answer: FIRE

10. Voice in your Head whispers: 'Until I am measured I am not known, Yet how you miss me when I have flown.''.

Answer: TIME

11. Voice in your Head whispers: Your feet, All day I will follow no matter how fast you run, Yet I nearly perish in the midday sun.''.

Answer: SHADOW

12. Voice in your Head whispers: My life can be measured in hours, I serve by being devoured. Thin, I am quick. Fat, I am slow. Wind is my foe.''.

Answer: CANDLE

13. Voice in your Head whispers: The one who makes it, sells it. The one who buys it, never uses it. The one that uses it never knows that he is using it. What is it?''.

Answer: COFFIN

14. Voice in your Head whispers: I never was, am always to be. No one ever saw me, nor ever will. And yet I am the confidence of all, to live and breathe on this terrestrial ball. What am I?

Answer: TOMORROW

15. Voice in your Head whispers: What’s black when you get it, red when you use it, and white when you’re all through with it?'

Answer: CHAARCOAL

16. Voice in your Head whispers: You heard me before, yet you hear me again, Then I die, ’till you call me again

Answer: ECHO

17. 'Voice in your Head whispers: What does man love more than life, Fear more than death or mortal strife, What the poor have, the rich require, and what contented men desire, What the miser spends and the spendthrift saves, And all men carry to their graves?

Answer: NOTHING

18. Voice in your Head whispers: Say my name and I disappear. What am I?''.

Answer: SILENCE

19. Voice in your Head whispers: Kings, lords and Christians raised them, since they stand for higher powers. Yet few of them would stand, if women ruled this world of ours.

Answer: TOWER

20. Voice in your Head whispers: It’s red, blue, purple and green, No one can reach it, not even the queen. What is it?

Answer: RAINBOW

21. Voice in your Head whispers: Feed me and I live, give me drink and I die. What am I?

Answer: FIRE

22. Voice in your Head whispers: This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees and flowers. Gnaws iron, bites steel, Grinds hard stones to meal, Slays king, ruins town And beats high mountain down.''.

Answer: TIME

23. Voice in your Head whispers: ''You see me quite often, But don’t really care. If you pass by me, You’ll often stop and stare. I can’t speak or see, But don’t think me uncouth, Because no matter what, I always tell the truth. What am I?''

Answer: MIRROR

When you answer the riddle correctly, the wall opens and you may pass through. Walk down the set of stairs, turning right at the end of the tunnel and down another set of stairs into a round room with a door to your left. Open the door to the left and walk through it. You will see the following message:

The Guardian of Avalon: Let me see... Did you really reach the lower levels? Stay put until your name is embossed to the stone tablet of the Ancients.

The Guardian of Avalon: Your name is written down now. You are now able to teleport down here from the graveyard entrance.

Congratulations! You are now registered in the database and may use the SKULL TELEPORT that is located at the entrance of the cemetery to teleport directly to the dragon lair.

You may use the teleport to travel to the Lava Room faster.

Now, return to the door that opens with your SILVER KEY and continue.

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THE FIFTH LEVEL OF THE CATACOMBS

GET ITEMS 30 – 34 & 79: SHIELD, PENTAGRAM RUNE, PENTAGRAM TIARA, PENTAGRAM NECKLACE, CROWN OF THE EAGLE & SHOULDER GOLEM

Descend the ladder and walk through the tunnels staying to your left, you come upon a hot, lava filled chamber. You notice there are stepping stones and realize the challenge you now face. You must jump across these stones, without skipping any, in the proper order, until you reach the other side. If you hit the lava at any time… you will DIE.

Lava: You have decided to take a bath in hot lava. Soon you realize your fatal mistake.

Before you begin this task there are some things you should know:

Firestorm settings:

1. Go to Preferences, Move and View, Movement Tab and click the following:

2. Arrow keys always move me

3. Pressing letter keys affects movement

4. Uncheck the following:

5. Use AZERTY keyboard layout

6. Go to Preferences, Move and View, Mouselook Tab and uncheck the following:

7. Show avatar in Mouselook

8. Enable your Advanced settings and go to Developer, Render Metadata, Avatar Hitboxes – you will see a box around your avatar

9. Go to Mouselook and look down… you will see the “box” and a small cross hair. The cross hair is where you are aiming. The box represents your avatar. You want to aim the cross hair and the box onto the center of your desired landing target when you are jumping.

10. In order to jump you may use the letter E key or page up key.

11. Hit the space bar to slow down your descent. While doing this you can turn your avatar to face the direction and aim towards your landing destination. When you release the space bar you will again move more quickly and will be able to advance forward.

12. Use the space bar intermittently in order to keep your avatar moving towards the desired location slowly.

13. You can use W, A, S, D or your arrow keys to move forward, left, back, right.

Next, I highly recommend that you practice your jumping skills in the Avalon Village area on the logs jumping challenge pictured here:

You will have to start over if you hit the water, but you won’t die so you just have to go back to the front of the challenge to start over again if you fall or miss a jump. Master your jumping skills here before you return to the lava room.

Now get ready to jump:

1. Go into Mouselook and place the cross hair in the middle of the log you want to jump to.

2. Hit your E letter key to jump, then your W letter key to move forward.

3. Slow down your forward movement by hitting the space bar and keeping it pressed down.

4. Now look down at the log, and intermittently release space bar, move forward, press space bar, aim, release space bar, move forward, press space bar, etc. to slowly aim your avatar over the log.

5. Try to look straight down through the bottom of your hitbox to see where your avatar is going to land.

6. Once your avatar hitbox and cross hair are both centered over the log do not press the W key. Release the space bar to fall straight down onto the log.

7. Aim the cross hair onto your next log, hit E to jump, W to move forward, and repeat the above steps.

8. If you fall into the water at any time you must go back to the beginning and start over.

Be sure to take the prize from the chest at the end when you have made it across safely!!

Treausure Chest: Congratulations. You have mastered the log maze!

Second Life: Quartz Golem gave you 'Shoulder Golem'

Now you are ready to return to the lava room. Go forth brave soul…

Return to the lava room and jump the rocks across the lava pit. When you reach the other side of the room, you will enter a chamber with hot lava on either side, be sure to remain on the path or you will surely die.

At the far end of the path you will find 3 shields hanging on a wall, a chest, and skull with a crown.

Take the shield of your choosing:

Steel Shield: You have chosen the Steel Shield.

Second Life: Steel Shield gave you 'Steel Shield'

Congratulations! You have obtained the shield you will need for your final encounter in the dragon lair!

Next click on the skull to receive the CROWN OF THE EAGLE.

King's Skull: Carefully you remove the crown from the skull. You have obtained the Crown of the Eagle.

Second Life: King's Skull gave you 'Crown of the Eagle'

Lastly, you must click on the chest. If you click on the lid of the chest, you will DIE.

Stone Chest: You have triggered a trap. As you carelessly open the lid, poisonous gas begins to stream out.

Stone Chest: The poisonous gas begins to take effect. You scream in agony, as the gas fills your lungs. Your death is slow and painful.

Stone Chest: Next time, try to find a mechanism to open this chest.

Avalon HUD - Version 2.2: You died. Click one of the teleport buttons in the HUD to resurrect at the position of your choice and regain your ability to move.

Avalon HUD - Version 2.2: You may teleport to each other place also. Be aware though, that you will lose your protection on all alternatives.

Avalon HUD - Version 2.2: Resetting the HUD will also unlock your movement, but the protection is wearing off, too.

If you have DIED, click the SKULL portal to resurrect and return to the cemetery entrance. Go back to the Lava Room and jump across the stones to the other side. Walk up to the chest but this time, look behind the chest for a wooden lever.

Click on the wooden lever to open the chest and receive the PENTAGRAM RUNE, PENTAGRAM TIARA and PENTAGRAM NECKLACE.

Lever: You have successfully disabled the trap. The chest opens.

Pentagram: You have found a strange magical rune and an amulet. Wear the amulet to pass the magic portal nearby.

Second Life: Pentagram gave you 'Pentagram Rune'

Second Life: Pentagram gave you 'Pentagram Tiara'

Second Life: Pentagram gave you 'Pentagram Necklace'

NOTE: If you are with a group you will have to wait 10 minutes before the next person can take a shield.

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ITEMS 35 & 36: GET THE EXCALIBUR SWORD & BELT

Now you must return to the catacombs to the place where there is a fork in the tunnel to the left and the right. Go to the right side where you found the green, murky water and travel through the tunnels again back to the Rusty Gate. Use your RUSTY KEY to open the gate, go inside and find the hidden switch on the brick to the left of the chest.

Go through the newly opened passage and stay to your right through the tunnels until you come to the large chamber with the Demon.

Wear your BLACK MAGIC SPELLBOOK and walk towards the Demon. You hear music begin to play, and you click on the BLACK MAGIC SPELLBOOK:

...: With strong voice, you recite a powerful spell from the book.

Black Magic Spellbook: The spellbook contains many powerful summoning spells.

...: The demon wails and dissolves in black smoke.

The Demon turns into a cloud of black smoke and it is now safe for you to run past into the next area.

You now see a shiny sword held tightly inside a stone. You try to take the sword… but nothing happens. You recall the message from the Fountain of Life when you filled your SILVER CHALICE:

Fountain of Life: Drink it at the place where steel and stone are one. Then you will be able, to part them again.

You wear your SILVER CHALICE that is filled with water and click on it to drink the water. Click on the sword to receive your EXCALIBUR SWORD and EXCALIBUR BELT.

Silver Chalice: You drink from the chalice. Suddenly you feel a strange power floating through your body.

Second Life: Excalibur gave you 'Excalibur'

Excalibur: You grasp the handle of the sword. With ease, you pull it out of the stone. You have obtained the Legendary ''Excalibur''.

Second Life: Excalibur gave you 'Excalibur (belt)'

You have done it!!! Congratulations, you are ready for the final encounter – get ready to battle the legendary beast in his lair. Go to the Dragon Encounter.