The Mountain

> *"This is the first ring of Hell, where Lucifuge reigns."*
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> - Anatoli Glarson
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The Mountain is the first major area explored in LISA: The Doleful, following the Village. The Mountain itself is never actually explored yet it always lurks in the background, instead the player explores the surrounding environment and those who warn Rovert to not explore any further.

Here, the player is given an introduction to recurring themes, items and enemies such as the many pills, Tom Hanos and Professor N.

## Story

Entering the area it does not take long for Rovert to spot the general tone of the inhabitants of The Mountain, as one pushes another off of the edge of a cliffside, killing him. Most NPCs here do not have too much to say for themselves bar a select few, such as The Little Gizmo, Master Quivering Dullard, Tom Hanos and The Sunpillers.

After exploring a small distance from the entrance, Rovert stumbles upon an exchange of Blood Pills between Tom Hanos and Burgermeister, before the deal is able to go down fully, Tom spots Rovert and suggests that the two make the exchange elsewhere before putting on a Joy Boy mask. The two then quickly leave the area and are not seen in The Mountain again.

A few steps further and Rovert is stopped by Geoff begging for Rovert to let him out of the shack, as he has no arms he cannot do it himself. Rovert finds the key between a pair of cushions and Geoff joins their party.

Moving onward, Rovert will run into two Sunpillers, Sol Clements and Helios Roberts, attempting to persuade Nova to join the group. They are interrupted by Rovert and killed. Nova then expresses his frustrations with Rovert as he had actually wanted to join the Sun Squad so desperately. Nova's rage then manifests itself as he then promptly turns into the sun and flies into the sky, he will then be visible in the background for the rest of the area.

It isn't long following this that Rovert and Geoff are jumped by Professor N and taken to his prison where they are held captive, transitioning into Professor N's Dungeon.

## Notable Characters

* Tom Hanos
* The Little Gizmo
* Sol Clements
* Helios Roberts
* Nova
* Evil Rock
* Professor N

## Gallery

The mountain, clear as day.Rando skulls in front of The Mountain.Helios and Sol tormenting Nova.Professor N stood proudly on top of The Mountain, Nova in the sky as well.Tom Hanos offering the Blood Pill.Rovert examining a suspicious vent smell.
## Trivia

* Although there is a scene where Rovert unlocks the door to the shack that Geoff is locked in, the player does not actually need to do this in order for Geoff to join the player's party. If Rovert goes ahead without unlocking the door then Geoff will still be in Rovert's party on the next screen. Whether or not this is intentional is unknown.
* Additionally, should Rovert choose to interact with the locked shack again once Geoff has already joined the party, a bug occurs where the cutscene plays out as normal but Geoff is two tiles below where he should be. The bottom half of the door will then disappear and you will not be able to watch the cutscene again should you try to.
* Despite Anatoli Glarson stating "This is the first ring of Hell, where Lucifuge reigns" Lucifuge isn't present in this area. Lucifuge can only be found in the developer room and in Yado's Hideout.