Hope is like a piece of string when you’re drowning. It just isn’t enough to get you out by itself.
Perrin Aybara, The Eye of the World
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Gate 4(-PFH-)"The Obsidian Tunnels of the Labyrinth"
#-------% Navigating the Maze %-------#
South of your position starts this gate and throws you
into a 3 !exit area with a Dragon pertaining to its room
type.
Sapphire(Frost) Heals, Silence
Ivory(Earth) Heals, Silence
Topaz(Flame) Heals (NO FS)
Emerald(Earth) Heals, Silence
Amythest(Storm) Heals, Silence
Pearl(Storm) Heals, Silence
Ruby(Flame) Heals (NO FS)
Diamond(Frost) Heals
Jade(Frost) Heals
****edit 08/2020 ALL dragons seem to silence on entering after you flee (%?)
****Each dragon essentially traps you in their "Lairs"
and must be killed to escape. Doing so opens up the
maze more and more each time a different dragon is
killed. When all 9 dragons are killed a door will unlock
in the Empty Black Cavern room in the middle of the
maze, leading downwards.
#-------% Getting across the Fiery Lake %-------#
Descending into the shore of a fiery lake you can see
a massive black wall of obsidian and a peninsula in the
distance. Your next move should be to examine the
room descriptions along the lake for a "wall of black
stone is broken by a small niche" and enter it. Inside of
this place is the Watcher.
****He is stationary but has two alternate methods of
attack. Vengeance Shroud - activates for a few tics
before resetting and Desecrate - usually will follow
up with this attack on failed flees, but rarely on room
entry.
Enter the crack that forms in the room from his death.
Then get a sprig from a tree (type get sprig all). head
back outside to the peninsula and put the sprig in the
altar.
#-------% The Four Sartans %-------#
Among the corridors of this area are the Sartans who
power the seal on the door to the south. Killing will
remove it and allow access to the end of the gate.
****Each Sartan is equipped with a rotating aura
listed below:
Blue Aura ------Half Sanctuary
Purple Aura --- Increased Damage
Green Aura----Absorption
Red Aura ------ Fire Shield
Black Aura----- Vengeance Shroud
Aura's will rotate randomly at any interval, but
sometimes also on tics.
You can engage each Sartan at your leisure as they
are sentinel. Once the last one falls, the door south
will be open. Enter the gate here to complete this gate.