Ritual site

The ritual site is a location in Point Lookout in 2277 where swampfolk conduct rituals related to Ug-Qualtoth."Alhazred" and "G'yeth" auditory hallucinations are experienced by the player within the ritual site, identical to those heard at the Dunwich Building. Jaime Palabras' journal holotapes tie these terms to Ug-Qualtoth.Constance Blackhall used the Krivbeknih to lead the Swampfolk in worship before the war.Obadiah Blackhall: ""(Obadiah Blackhall's dialogue) Fallout: The Roleplaying Game: "Richard Dunwich’s Washington, D.C.-based company made rock-tunneling drills. These mammoth engines of industry made possible the mining and resource extraction necessary for companies like Poseidon to thrive, for societies like pre-War America to be built, and for weapons like those used in the Great War to be produced. Although a favorite of its industrial clients, Dunwich had a more sinister reputation among its workforce. They had an abysmal record of safety, keeping employees on through a combination of high paychecks and “morale-building” events that sought to sweep their accident rate out of the public spotlight. This neglect frequently claimed lives of employees and family members.A persistent, but likely ridiculous rumor, holds these deaths were not as accidental as Dunwich claimed. Richard Dunwich, and his brother Constance Blackhall, were known for an obsession with the occult. A marble quarry where they tested their drills was known to cover the site of an ancient temple to dark gods, whose adherents routinely practiced human sacrifice. Some say the poor safety protocols at Dunwich facilities, and especially at the quarry, were a modern form of sacrifice intended to bring eldritch attention and supernatural powers to corporate leadership. None can say for certain, as Dunwich Borers, LLC and nearly all their records were destroyed in the Great War."
==Background==
The entrance to the ritual site is a cellar door situated next to the ruins of a pre-war home almost entirely obliterated by the elements. This door leads to a subterranean complex used by the Swampfolk for ritual and sacrifice. Many punga fruit have been gathered here as well.
The cavern has disturbed several burial grounds. Coffins have poured into the tunnels, and protrude from the walls. Many strange totems have been constructed throughout, incorporating human remains and other natural materials. The bio-gas deposits also indicate the disturbance of Civil War-era burials.
The sprawling cave features strange fine architecture. People are tortured to death upon the central altar.
== Layout ==
The entry to the cavern is blocked by wooden planks until the quest The Dark Heart of Blackhall has been started.
Following a straight path through the cavern will lead to a small pit, where one can find a small bubbling gas pit surrounded by skeletons, a safe which contains moonshine, and a Stealth Boy. The flammable bubbles of bio-gas may be a combat hazard.
The deepest chamber contains an elaborate sacrificial altar, where their holy book the Krivbeknih rests in a pool of blood. The ritual knife is found on the platform, among a pile of fresh human remains, dolls, punga fruits, and stimpaks. Taking the Krivbeknih or the ritual knife will cause several angry swampfolk to descend into the cave.
==Notable loot==
* Ritual knife - In the northwest chamber stuck in a body that has been sacrificed.
* The Krivbeknih - In the northwest chamber right near the ritual knife.
* Stealth Boy - In the open safe in the southern part of the east section.
* Nuka-Cola Quantum - In an open coffin in a nook in the northern part of the east section.
* A very small damaged garden gnome and very small wild punga fruit can be found in a small tunnel, with a skeleton.
==Related quests==
* The Dark Heart of Blackhall
==Notes==
* While exploring, one can hear the same eerie whispers heard in the virulent underchambers of the Dunwich Building.
* Swampfolk have staged the dead and some items in strange displays.
* The interior cell itself is called "Burned-out basement."
==Appearances==
The ritual site appears only in the Fallout 3 add-on Point Lookout.
==Bugs==
 The ritual knife, stealth boy and/or various other items may clip through the floor or the object they are sitting on. Reloading the autosave when entering the ritual site may correct this.
==Gallery==
Ritual Site altar.jpg|Ritual chamber with the Krivbeknih
Exposed coffins.jpg|Exposed coffins
Voodoo TeaTime.jpg|Skeletal remains, a small damaged gnome and doll are posed to host a party
Fo3PL ritual knife.jpg|Ritual knife
Ritual site krivbeknih panorama.jpg
PL Stag Totem.png|One of many totems fashioned from nearby roots
PL Ritual Site Entry.jpg
PL Ritual site sacrifice totem.jpg
Fo3PL NC Quantum ritual site.jpg|Nuka-Cola Quantum
Fo3PL Stealth Boy RSB.jpg|Stealth Boy
==References==
Fallout: The Roleplaying Game
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