02-26-2018, 07:35 PM
You head North. This tunnel branches out a lot more than the others, and a sign warns you to stay only on mapped trails. Branches head off in all directions, even straight up or straight down. Sometimes there are manhole covers over vertical pits - sometimes not. Nathan has to use his light sources constantly. (Starmie is happy to help light the way.)
First you come to the entrance of an oddly shaped tunnel, leading west. You can hear the sound of water in that direction. What's so odd about the tunnel is that the upper half is a typical Furret tunnel, about two Furrets wide, like a double barrel shotgun. But the lower half has been widened by man into a broad wedge shape, intersecting the natural tunnel design above. This wedge shape is about chest high and an armspan broad. According to a nearby plaque, this widening was done by Captain Bridge to allow mine carts in and out. The tracks have been torn up by wild Pokemon, though, and the carts are no longer operational.
Another plaque describes the exploits of Captain Bridge, who quelled a minor violent Royalist rebellion in 1475 (over 150 years after Sarimanok fell). He was the first military man to explore Mt. Sentry after Sarimanok. He intended to use it or tactical warfare, but found the maze of shifting tunnels too unpredictable and complex. Instead, he ended up using it to fill the League treasury from his gem mine.
"This way to the Gem Mines! 500 meters."
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The Fallen Arches once marked the outer limits of the palace's vast subterranean vaults. Mostly, this palace expanded underground by digging up ancient tunnels and expanding them to meet royal needs.
The Arches, all twenty four of them, were once nice masonry, but now they look a lot like Route 04 - just organized rubble. A plaque explains that all the keystones went missing in the 1600's, leading to the collapse. The rubble is all in different colors and nicely preserved stonecutting - a layer of resin lies over the rocks to preserve their historical placement.
The final arch never fell - instead of a keystone, it has a thick metal Cleanse 'Tag' filling the gap. Pokemon like Ralts can feel an aura of power in that doorway. Haunter actually refuses to pass through it!
Beyond, you can see what must surely be the Candelabra. In a big stone chamber you can see what appear to be cave paintings. In the center of the room is a formation of solid yellowish stone, looking a bit like a fossilized termite mound (sometimes seen at the entrance to Durant burrows). At least the base does. The rest preserves that termite mound texture, but whorls out into six distinct branches at random angles. The shape reminds you of a Malamar, tentacles writhing, though of course they have now gone still. Or perhaps a saguaro cactus.
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It's about three man-heights tall, and it's a stone's throw from the final Arch.
You see no other civilized paths on your way here.
These two locations are within shouting distance of each other, if you shout loudly enough.
First you come to the entrance of an oddly shaped tunnel, leading west. You can hear the sound of water in that direction. What's so odd about the tunnel is that the upper half is a typical Furret tunnel, about two Furrets wide, like a double barrel shotgun. But the lower half has been widened by man into a broad wedge shape, intersecting the natural tunnel design above. This wedge shape is about chest high and an armspan broad. According to a nearby plaque, this widening was done by Captain Bridge to allow mine carts in and out. The tracks have been torn up by wild Pokemon, though, and the carts are no longer operational.
Another plaque describes the exploits of Captain Bridge, who quelled a minor violent Royalist rebellion in 1475 (over 150 years after Sarimanok fell). He was the first military man to explore Mt. Sentry after Sarimanok. He intended to use it or tactical warfare, but found the maze of shifting tunnels too unpredictable and complex. Instead, he ended up using it to fill the League treasury from his gem mine.
"This way to the Gem Mines! 500 meters."
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The Fallen Arches once marked the outer limits of the palace's vast subterranean vaults. Mostly, this palace expanded underground by digging up ancient tunnels and expanding them to meet royal needs.
The Arches, all twenty four of them, were once nice masonry, but now they look a lot like Route 04 - just organized rubble. A plaque explains that all the keystones went missing in the 1600's, leading to the collapse. The rubble is all in different colors and nicely preserved stonecutting - a layer of resin lies over the rocks to preserve their historical placement.
The final arch never fell - instead of a keystone, it has a thick metal Cleanse 'Tag' filling the gap. Pokemon like Ralts can feel an aura of power in that doorway. Haunter actually refuses to pass through it!
Beyond, you can see what must surely be the Candelabra. In a big stone chamber you can see what appear to be cave paintings. In the center of the room is a formation of solid yellowish stone, looking a bit like a fossilized termite mound (sometimes seen at the entrance to Durant burrows). At least the base does. The rest preserves that termite mound texture, but whorls out into six distinct branches at random angles. The shape reminds you of a Malamar, tentacles writhing, though of course they have now gone still. Or perhaps a saguaro cactus.
It's about three man-heights tall, and it's a stone's throw from the final Arch.
You see no other civilized paths on your way here.
These two locations are within shouting distance of each other, if you shout loudly enough.
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