Forlorn Temple

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**Forlorn Temple** is the third area of The Messenger, which is not fully explored during Ninja's first visit. It is the fallen stronghold of humans from many centuries ago.

The west side of Forlorn Temple is accessed from Autumn Hills, and the east side leads to Bamboo Creek. Falling down the broken bridge leads to the Catacombs.

## Appearance

Forlorn Temple is a large crumbling temple made of red bricks with green accents. There are green plants. The background sky is light blue with light blue clouds tinged with yellow. A yellow sun shines brightly with many rays of light in the lower-left corner of the screen, at the sky's horizon. The sunlight reflects upon the ocean.

Since the demons invaded this human temple, there are many demon monuments and skeletons of dead humans.

## Items

### 16-Bit

* After defeating the Demon King, Ninja obtains the Demon Crown.

### Power Seal #1

After a long horizontal room filled with moving platforms and a few Blue Kappa and Green Kappa, travel upward into a room with a circular time rift. Transform from 8-bit into 16-bit, return back to the previous long horizontal room, then drop down into the new lower-right opening that leads to the Power Seal room. Traverse through obstacles and ride rockets until Ninja reaches the Power Seal.

### Power Seal #2

In the upper-left corner of the temple is a room with a shop checkpoint, a very large tree with four lanterns, and a small throne. Cloudstep the lanterns upward and into the Power Seal room directly above the throne room. Traverse through obstacles and ride rockets until Ninja reaches the Power Seal.

## The Shopkeeper's Dialogue

### Any stories to share?

*For the main article, see The Shopkeeper's Stories.*

  Shopkeeper | For the first few weeks, everything was amazing. The prince would always complain! Just the guy she asked for. When the soup wasn't too hot, it's the cutlery that was too cold. When the music wasn't too loud, the paintings were uninspired. And when the clothes weren't itchy, the poems were predictable. Until one day, just like that, it dawned on the princess that she was in a toxic relationship. Not only was her husband a drag, she had voluntarily picked him for exactly that reason. It dawned on her just like that, how this whole love story was nothing more than two people whose dysfunctions matched like puzzle pieces. Incredibly humble by regal standards, she realized that she was the only constant in all her problems, delved into personal growth, then got a divorce. She lived happily ever after. The end.

### Level boss

  Shopkeeper | I hope you are. We lost too many Messengers to him already. Good luck.

## Trivia

* The well in the first room of Forlorn Temple is an easter egg that references The Shopkeeper's story in the Music Box.
* In the upper-left corner of Forlorn Temple is a king's crown, a king's robe, and small silver ring next to a tree. This is an easter egg that references The Shopkeeper's story in Howling Grotto.
* In two different rooms, there is a throne with cryptic runes etched into it that translate into "DEMON." One throne is in the upper-left room of the temple, left of a shop checkpoint, and the other throne is in a long horizontal room in the north section of the temple, next to a Green Kappa and a Bouncing Dogo.

## Gallery

### General

Forlorn Temple's tiny map icon.Music Box cutscene, which depicts the construction of Forlorn Temple.
### 8-Bit Rooms

Full overworld map of 8-bit Forlorn Temple.
### 16-Bit Rooms

Full overworld map of 16-bit Forlorn Temple.
## Interactive Locations Map

Ninja Village
Music Box
Autumn Hills
Rivière Turquoise
**Forlorn Temple**
Catacombs
Dark Cave
Tower of Time
Corrupted Future
Bamboo Creek
Howling Grotto
Elemental Skylands
Quillshroom Marsh
Sunken Shrine
Cloud Ruins
Glacial Peak
Searing Crags
Underworld