Vertical Prison

The Vertical Prison is a location in Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate. It is the ninth area Simon explores.
==Overview==
===Simon's journey===
A large vertical passage suffering from a bit of flooding, its hanging cells worn and uninhabitable. A quick flip of a switch will make the tower's plight worse, as its lower portion will become flooded. In order to reach the top, Simon will have to slowly swim/climb his way upward and activate more switches, which will continue flooding the passage and supplying vertical access.
A scant few Skeleton Warriors will put up resistance, but they can be otherwise drowned if SImon flood their territory before swimming through it to find the next switch/prize. Simon's flooding of the prison, as we see in other cut-scene, leads to the cracking of its foundation on the right side, causing a sinkhole that empties the prison of its liquid content while completely filling a ditch outside the castle walls.
===Trevor's journey===
This previously unnavigated portion of the cave-like Vertical Prison is flooded, its underwater interior a maze of corridors. A quick ride over a magnetic rail will net a locked gate. Trevor will have dive down into the pool, swim through the corridors, and find the correct path to a switch that opens a drain, through which he can reach solid ground. Since he can't hold his breath indefinitely, he'll have to stop to grab some air via the pressurized, bubble-spewing vents; mermen tadpoles will attempt to stall his progress in addition to damaging him.
Trevor's trek through the Prison entails a puzzle: he'll have to use two types of magic to correctly illuminate symbols that act as a locksafe for the area's exit point. To do this requires that he grapple, ledge-hop, and ride across rails--to climb the walls and hanging cells that lead up to the remains of his fallen comrades, whose four Fallen Knight Scrolls reveal the symbols' color pattern; steam- and fire-spewing obstacles will of course impede him. Too, he'll happen upon a fifth comrade who was carrying a Dark Magic Medallion; he was, that is, until Trevor took it as his own. When all such knowledge has been accrued, he'll drop down, endure a forced battle with mermen hunters and giant bats, input the correct code, and leave this wretched place.
==Enemy Data==
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==Gallery==
===Concept art===
Adolfo-navarro-vertical-prison-mirror-of-fate.jpg
===Maps===
Map Vertical Prison Simon.jpg|Act I
Map Vertical Prison Trevor.jpg|Act III
MoF Vertical Prison Simon.PNG|Act I in-game
MoF Vertical Prison Trevor.PNG|Act III in-game
==External links==
*Adolfo Navarro's ArtStation Portfolio
Category:Dungeons
Category:Flooding Areas
Category:Mirror of Fate Locations