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+#17500
+The Cardinal Wizards Zone Description Room~
+   Builder   : 
+Zone         : 175 Cardinal Wizards
+Began        : 2000
+Player Level : 18-22
+Rooms        : 27
+Mobs         : 13
+Objects      : 14
+Shops        : 1
+Triggers     : 16
+Theme        : A wizards castle with riddles.
+Notes        : This is not an easy zone. The riddles are very tough and I doubt
+               many people will be able to complete them. So the prize should
+               be worthwhile. I'm sure the word will get out as soon as someone
+               guesses them though.
+Links        : 01s, 25w
+~
+175 dj 0
+D5
+~
+~
+0 0 17501
+S
+#17501
+A Gravel Path~
+   The path beneath you is made of loose gravel, and travels both north and
+east.  To the north a large complex is visible, with a tower peaking into the
+sky to the northwest.  To the south lies a granite castle.    
+~
+175 0 0
+D0
+~
+~
+0 0 17502
+D3
+~
+~
+0 0 17526
+S
+#17502
+A Dead End~
+   The path halts suddenly here at the base of what at first glance looks like
+a cliff.  But upon closer examination, the cliff is revealed to be part of a
+wall that extends to the east and west as far as the eye can see.    
+~
+175 0 0
+D0
+   Looking closer at the sheer wall before you, it becomes obvious that there
+is a finely constructed door here, designed to merge seamlessly into the
+northern wall.    
+~
+door hidden~
+2 17500 17503
+D2
+~
+~
+0 0 17501
+S
+#17503
+The Wizard's Mansion~
+   You are in a richly decorated room, with thick carpet under your feet and
+tapestries hanging from the walls.  To the west lies a staircase, and to the
+east you can hear the gurgling of water.  On the north wall hangs a curious
+quicksilver mirror.    
+~
+175 d 0
+D0
+The mirror is a grey stone frame the size of a door set against the wall. Within it, a vertical pool of quicksilver ripples gently, held in place by some magical means.
+~
+~
+0 0 17515
+D1
+~
+~
+0 0 17504
+D2
+From this side, the door is clearly visible,
+but the way the edge of the door merges with
+the frame suggests that from the other side
+the door is well hidden.
+
+~
+door hidden~
+2 17500 17502
+D3
+To the west lies the base of a staircase.
+~
+~
+0 0 17516
+E
+mirror~
+   The mirror is a grey stone frame the size of a door set against the wall.  
+Within it, a vertical pool of quicksilver ripples gently, held in place by some
+magical means.    
+~
+S
+#17504
+An Indoor River~
+   The carpet here comes to an abrupt halt as some hidden mechanism pumps
+water into the hallway and sends it flowing to the east, where it quickly
+becomes rapid and hostile.  On the north wall is a large tapestry, which
+appears suspiciously door-like.    
+~
+175 d 0
+D0
+The brilliant tapestry is a rich and colorful depiction of a violent clash of four armies, each led by it's own Wizardly commander. It is so realistic, it could almost be moving.
+
+It is also suspiciously door-shaped.
+
+~
+tapestry~
+1 0 17505
+D1
+An inexplicable river begins to the east, and continues down the hallway and out of sight.
+~
+~
+0 0 17506
+D3
+~
+~
+0 0 17503
+S
+#17505
+A Tight Space~
+   You are in a tight space behind a tapestry.  It is cramped, cold, dark, and
+smells of moist, moldy stone.  The only thing of intrest is an inscription on
+the wall.    
+~
+175 adi 0
+D2
+From behind, the tapestry is merly thick cloth.
+
+~
+tapestry~
+1 0 17504
+S
+#17506
+The River Quickens~
+   The absurd indoor river quickens now, and you realise that you cannot hope
+to make your way back upstream.  The brick walls around you become coarse and
+poorly cut as you move downstream.    
+~
+175 dg 6
+D1
+To the east, the indoor river turns towards the north.
+~
+grate grating~
+0 0 17507
+S
+#17507
+A Bend in the River~
+   Here the river bends, and continues onwards to the north.  The walls
+continue to deteriorate closer towards that of a cavern, and you can see what
+looks like daylight ahead to the north.    
+~
+175 d 0
+D0
+The river continues on to the north, and you see daylight ahead.
+~
+undefined~
+0 0 17508
+S
+#17508
+The River Continues~
+   The river continues onwards to the north from here, and you can definitely
+see what looks like the exit of a cave's mouth up ahead.  The walls have
+degenerated into uncut stone.    
+~
+175 d 6
+D0
+To the north lies the exit from the hallway (tunnel?) you are in, and the river turns to the east.
+~
+~
+0 0 17509
+S
+#17509
+A Bend to the East~
+   You leave the cave entrance only to find yourself outside in the wilderness.
+However, the banks of the river are too steep to climb, and you are forced
+along a tight bend to the east.    
+~
+175 0 6
+D1
+To the east, the river pours into a lake.
+~
+~
+0 0 17510
+S
+#17510
+Out on the Lake~
+   The river pours into a lake here, and the water stills.  To the north lies a
+shimmering white light, and far to the east you can see a door-sized mirror
+hovering vertically above the water.    
+~
+175 0 6
+D0
+To the north the flickering white light grows stronger. It seems to be congregating about a point.
+~
+~
+0 0 17511
+D1
+~
+~
+0 0 17512
+D3
+The river flows into the lake to the west.
+~
+~
+0 0 17514
+S
+#17511
+Trilless's Sanctuary.~
+   You are surrounded by a shimmering white light in all directions but down.
+Beneath you, water laps gently through the void of brightness, and to the south
+you hear the sounds of a lake.  To the west, you can hear the muffled bickering
+of two guards.    
+~
+175 0 6
+D2
+~
+~
+0 0 17510
+D3
+To the west, Trilless' Sanctuary glows as brightly as in every other direction. Yet from the west also comes the muffled sounds of voices.
+~
+sanctuary door~
+2 17510 17513
+S
+#17512
+The Mirror on the Lake~
+   To the south rises a large ivory doorframe, carved with ethereal runes and
+symbols.  Within the frame ripples quicksilver, and your warped reflection
+stares back at you.  The mirror could be easily walked through.    
+~
+175 0 6
+D2
+The mirror completely restricts your sight to what may possibly lie beyond.
+~
+~
+0 0 17515
+D3
+~
+~
+0 0 17510
+S
+#17513
+The Guardian Room~
+   But for the four exits, this room is completly and utterly bare.  In each of
+the four cardinal directions lies a door, and only the northern is even
+remotely earthly in appearance.  The west wall has a carved obsidian doorframe
+attached, pure blackness inside.  The east is the inverse of the first, a
+carved ivory frame with glowing white light.  The south has a grey stone frame,
+and liquid quicksilver ripples gently on the surface.    
+~
+175 d 0
+D1
+To the east, a doorframe surrounds a flat, flickering window of white light.
+~
+sanctuary~
+2 17510 17511
+D2
+Nothing.
+The mirror completely restricts your sight to what may possibly lie beyond.
+~
+~
+0 0 17503
+D3
+A carved obsidian doorframe surrounds a rectangle of pure darkness.
+
+~
+darkness~
+1 0 17522
+S
+#17514
+The Flowing River~
+   The river soon turns out to become to powerful an opponent to battle, and it
+unceremoniously forces you back to the east.    
+~
+175 0 6
+D1
+The lake opens before you to the east.
+~
+~
+0 0 17510
+S
+#17515
+Inside the Mirror~
+   Nothing but rippling liquid reflection makes up the existence of the world.
+Beneath your feet, up above, and to either side all you can see is your own
+reflection, warped into odd contorted shapes.    
+~
+175 d 0
+D2
+To the south, the mirror thins and the faint impression of a room can be seen behind the reflection.
+~
+~
+0 0 17503
+S
+#17516
+The Base of the Stairs~
+   The room around you is rich, luxuriant, and very, very black.  A stairwell
+leads upwards into the level above, and a small sign is attached to the rail.
+To the east you can see the entrance to the wizards mansion.    
+~
+175 0 0
+D1
+The entrance to the Wizard's Mansion lies to the east.
+~
+~
+0 0 17503
+D4
+The stairwell winds upwards above you into a foyer.
+~
+~
+0 0 17517
+E
+read sign~
+   My Tower of Evil lies above.  All tresspassers will be killed on sight.  
+Turn back now, or face my wrath.  
+
+- Carcophan
+~
+S
+#17517
+The Foyer of the Tower~
+   You are in a foyer.  The floor, walls, and ceiling are black, with the
+occasional blood red splash of a rug or a tapestry.  There is a desk to the west
+that you could easily fit behind.  The stairwell continues up before coming to
+an abrubt halt at the ceiling.  
+~
+175 d 0
+D3
+~
+~
+0 0 17518
+D4
+There is a small porthole covering the ascent of the stairwell. On it is written the following words:
+
+"I am the end of every life,
+and the beggining of every end.
+What am I?"
+
+~
+porthole~
+0 0 17519
+D5
+~
+~
+0 0 17516
+E
+ceiling porthole stairwell~
+   There is a small porthole covering the ascent of the stairwell. 
+There is an inscription written on the porthole:
+
+"I am the end of every life,
+and the beggining of every end.
+What am I?"
+~
+S
+T 17502
+#17518
+Behind the Desk~
+   The desk is cluttered with papers and records, but nothing is of exceptional
+notice here.    
+~
+175 d 0
+D1
+~
+~
+0 0 17517
+S
+T 17505
+#17519
+Outside~
+   The porthole at your feet is surrounded as far as the eye can see by a vast
+desert in the grips of eternal night.  The stars and moon provide enough light
+to see by.  Before you lies a rock carved with what looks like crude poetry.  
+You see no reason to explore the desert.  It's absolutely empty as far as the
+eye can see, and probably further.    
+~
+175 d 0
+D0
+~
+~
+0 0 17519
+D1
+~
+~
+0 0 17519
+D2
+~
+~
+0 0 17519
+D3
+~
+~
+0 0 17519
+D5
+The inscription on the porthole reads:
+
+"This way is now barred to you,
+You, my friend, cannot come through."
+
+~
+porthole~
+0 0 17517
+E
+rock stone poetry~
+   "_____ smother light,
+Black bleak land,
+Done with bright,
+Do in dark,
+Smother tight,
+Dark and hide,
+Foolsie sight,
+Stay inside,
+Fear the _____,
+Call the Dark!
+Call the Black!
+Bringsie forth,
+I call it back!"
+ 
+- Trickster
+~
+E
+look porthole~
+   The inscription on the porthole reads:
+
+"This way is now barred to you,
+You, my friend, cannot come through."
+~
+S
+T 17506
+T 17503
+T 17507
+#17520
+The Forge.~
+   This room looks to be an oversized forge.  An anvil larger then you are
+stands in the center of the room, and several huge smithy weapons adorn the
+walls.  The chimeny to the forge looks safe to climb, but a large grate blocks
+your path upwards.    
+~
+175 0 0
+D4
+The grate is huge, thick and immovable. There is writing here:
+
+"If this riddle you wish to solve,
+Five keys you need to find,
+Look for them all in your forge's anvil,
+And you will find they be of like kind."
+
+~
+grate~
+0 0 17521
+E
+anvil~
+   Upon close inspection you find the following is engraved into the metal:
+
+"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwkyz."
+~
+E
+grate door plaque poetry~
+   The grate is huge, thick and immovable.  There is writing here:
+
+"If this riddle you wish to solve,
+Five keys you need to find,
+Look for them all in your forge's anvil,
+And you will find they be of like kind."
+~
+S
+T 17508
+#17521
+The Windy Chimney~
+   By some trick of placement, a gale blows up the chimney from below.  The
+rushing air howls and wails, pulling and pushing at anything not fixed to the
+wall.  Above you is another grate, with a plaque fixed in the center.    
+~
+175 0 0
+D5
+The grate can only open inwards, and if it did so it would crush you. Probably better not to mess with it.
+
+~
+grate~
+0 0 17520
+E
+plaque grate riddle poem~
+   Lipless cries,
+Mouthless mutters,
+Toothless shrieks,
+Wingless flutters.
+~
+S
+T 17509
+T 17510
+#17522
+Deeper Within the Darkness~
+   You are surrounded on all sides by deep, black, malign darkness.  You can
+see nothing whatsoever beyond the outer limit of your light's glow.  But to the
+south you can hear an echo, as if there is more space in that direction than in
+the others.    
+~
+175 ad 0
+D1
+To the east the darkness grows more solid. An echo can be heard far off in this direction.
+
+~
+darkness~
+1 17513 17513
+D2
+~
+~
+0 0 17523
+D3
+~
+darkness~
+1 0 17524
+S
+T 17512
+#17523
+Within the Darkness~
+   You are surrounded on all sides by deep, black, malign darkness.  You can
+see nothing whatsoever beyond the outer limit of your light's glow.  But to the
+north you can hear an echo, as if there is more space in that direction than in
+the others.    
+~
+175 ad 0
+D0
+~
+~
+0 0 17522
+S
+#17524
+Carcophan's Study~
+   You are standing inside what looks to be a large tent in the middle of a
+desert.  A small fire burns giving off light, and comfortable pillows lie
+scattered across the ground.  There is a desk in one corner, with papers and
+pens scattered across it.    
+~
+175 0 0
+D1
+~
+darkness~
+1 0 17522
+S
+#17525
+Before a Cliff Face~
+   The gravel path continues east and west along the cliff face that towers
+above you, too steep to climb.  It stretches to the east and west just north of
+the path.    
+~
+175 0 0
+D1
+~
+~
+0 0 17526
+S
+#17526
+Before a Cliff Face~
+   The gravel path looks out of place at the base of this cliff with an open
+field to the south.  A turn in the path can be seen to the east while the city
+of Elcardo is visible to the west.    
+~
+175 0 0
+D1
+~
+~
+0 0 17501
+D3
+~
+~
+0 0 17525
+S
+$~