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There is more about dungeon Hythloth. Many characters, especially from Buccaneer's Den, link it to '''Captain Johne'''. The gossip about him are reported here, starting from the most wrong. Indeed, only | There is more about dungeon Hythloth. Many characters, especially from Buccaneer's Den, link it to '''Captain Johne'''. The gossip about him are reported here, starting from the most wrong. Indeed, only Leodon and Zoltan have reliable information about this character. | ||
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News about the Underworld
As Mariah suggested, travel to the Dry Lands (near the Shrine of Sacrifice, east of Minoc) and ask Sin'Vraal about the Book of Prophecies and about sacrifice.
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"The Book of Prophecies says that the False Prophet will come to destroy the gargoyle race. Only the sacrifice of the False Prophet will save us."
"Sacrifice means many things in my language. You should seek out a gargoyle scholar to learn more. Travel the other side of the world, and you should be able to find one. You can go down through Hythloth to get to the realm of gargoyles." |
There is more about dungeon Hythloth. Many characters, especially from Buccaneer's Den, link it to Captain Johne. The gossip about him are reported here, starting from the most wrong. Indeed, only Leodon and Zoltan have reliable information about this character.
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The tea-drinker interrupts. "No, no, you've got it all wrong! I can tell you the truth about Captain John!"
"Captain John, that fool... He was captured by gargoyles. I hear they dragged him down into Hythloth, and nobody's seen hide nor hair of him since." |
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Leonna raises an eyebrow. "Is that so? I could tell a different tale..."
"Captain John is a madman! He went down in Hythloth seeking a way to the other side of the world. Said he was going to kill as many gargoyles as he could before they got him." |
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"That's not true!" says Captain Fox. "I can tell you what really happened."
"Captain John, that lunatic? I hear he went underground seeking the gargoyles, but he fled from the first one he encountered. Nobody knows where he is now." |
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"Well, that's not what I heard." says Leodon.
"Captain John? That scallawag? He went down to the other side of the world to join up with the gargoyles, the dirty traitor..." |
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"Captain John? I talked to him when he gave us the silver tablet for Mariah. He's madder than a gremlin! Claims as he's been living with the gargoyles. He talks as if there's nothing evil about them. He said the tablet had something to do with translating." |
One last note about one inhabitant of the underworld, Beh Lem, is referred by the wandering bard Mandrake:
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News? "My travels were interrupted recently in a most fearsome manner. I was captured by the gargoyles, and taken down to the other side of the world, where they held me prisoner. But such was my good fortune that one of them helped me to escape. He spoke but little of our tongue, but I believe he said his name was 'Beh Lem'." |
Dungeon Hythloth
"Hythloth" is a shortened form of "high sloth". According to the Ultima philosophy, Sloth is the opposite of Spirituality. As the virtue of Spirituality comes from the union of the three principles of Truth, Love and Courage, the sin of Sloth comes from the union of the three anti-principles of Falsehood, Hatred and Cowardice.