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Revision as of 00:37, 29 August 2010

Dark Astoria
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Hero Hazard Zone (21-29)

Trainers: none
TF Contacts: none
Events: Adamastor
Exploration Badges: Cairn Warder, Dark Mystic, Seeker of the Unknown
Plaques: Authority IV, Historian III, Researcher IVV
Day Jobs: Mortician, Caregiver
Enemies: Banished Pantheon, Circle of Thorns, Tsoo
Connecting Zones: Talos Island
Transits: none


Overview

Dark Astoria was originally known as Astoria. Prior to Issue 16, a hero needed to be at least Security Level 21 to enter.

Once an idyllic commercial center, much like Talos Island and Steel Canyon, this area thrived as people bustled about their daily lives. Even the presence of the pastoral Moth Cemetery did not detract from the beauty of this area. The Rikti Invasion came and went, and the people in this peaceful neighborhood were relatively untouched by the devastation.

However, while the Heroes of Paragon were busy rebuilding the city, the trickster god of the Banished Pantheon stumbled upon something... beneath the sod and graves of Moth Cemetery lay an ancient god, far older than those of the Pantheon, and far more powerful. Wishing to use this power to release him and his fellow gods, he ordered all of his followers to invade the area and seize control of it.

The city authorities and Heroes, already reduced in number and staggering from the Rikti onslaught, had no choice but to relinquish the area to the Pantheon and wall it off. Within the walls, the army of Husks and Shaman ravaged the zone, tore the ground apart and sacrificed every man, woman and child in their efforts to wake the god Mot. But all their efforts were in vain. To this day, Lughebu's soldiers search for a way to wake the sleeper, while the spirits of those who once lived there wander about, unable to sleep.

Zone Events

Adamastor sometimes spawns in the Moth Cemetery neighborhood.

Neighborhoods

  • Barca Plaza (Orange - Level 24-29) (Music)
  • Dido's View (Orange - Level 24-29) (Music)
  • Moth Cemetery (Red - Level 26-29) (Unused Music Loop)
  • Raimi Arcade (Yellow - Level 21-25) (Music)
  • Romero Heights (Yellow - Level 21-26) (Music)
  • St. Elegius (Green) (Unused Music)
  • Toffet Terrace (Orange - Level 24-27) (Music)

Famous filmmakers George Romero and Sam Raimi are presumed to be the inspirations for some of these neighborhoods.

Exploration Badges

File:Badge tourism hazard.png Dark Mystic

Some once claimed the reason the spirits walk the streets of Dark Astoria is the fact that there is a powerful Ley Line nexus in the middle of Moth Cemetery. They have since learned the truth.

File:Badge tourism hazard.png Seeker of the Unknown

This tomb was used to represent the thousands of heroes who gave their lives in the Rikti War. It now stands a mute vigil at the site of even greater atrocities.

Location: due west of the Moth Cemetery marker by about 166 yards there is a tall mountain. At the base of the mountain is a small tunnel leading into the catacombs.

File:Badge tourism hazard.png Cairn Warder

Mortals erect petty monuments and cairns in the foolish pursuit of stemming the forces of Death. Mot has since sundered such vanities.

Location: very near the NE corner, there's a rock formation which is cave-like in shape. The badge itself does not appear but is granted right at the foot of the formation's sloping ground.

Historical Plaques

Day Jobs

File:Badge DayJob Gravedigger.png Mortician

Your time spent studying death itself has earned you the Mortician Day Job. Logging out in a graveyard will earn you protection against Experience Debt, when you log back in, for a short time.

File:Badge DayJob CareGiver.png Caregiver

You have spent a great deal of time working in the hospitals of Paragon City during your free time earning the Caregiver Day Job. Logging out in a Hospital will earn you a Regeneration Bonus, when you log back in, for a short time.

Transfer Points

  • There is a gate along the west wall of the zone that leads to Talos Island
  • The Dark Astoria Beacon location is (3580, 0, 631.5), northeast of the Barca Plaza marker.

Villain Groups