Forbidden Archives

After the brief second age of magic, the Great Well was constructed. Directly over the hollowed void from the barely seeping moonlight.

### Enemies

Enlightened One
 Chimera
 Necronomicon
 Milk Snail

### Connected Areas

Hollow Basin
 Laetus Chasm

### Music

*Book Betrayal* - ThorHighHeels

*Dead Department* - ThorHighHeels

The Forbidden Archives is a main area connected to the Hollow Basin.

## Guide

When entering the Forbidden Archives you are met with 3 paths

Go straight forward and activate the save crystal to unlock the warp point.

### Open the other path

Once you have activated the crystal leave and go to the right, the path to the left is locked off for now.

Keep on going forwards until you cross the bridge and reach a path to the left and right, to continue towards your goal go to the right. Or you can take the detour to the left and grab yourself a handy Ocean Elixir.

Continue forward until you come across an elevator and a dead end to the right. Before going down the elevator hug the wall to the right until you find a Secret Wall.

Open it up and look at the corpse there until all noises stop, head out of the secret area and you'll find another corpse holding the Corpse Transformation ring.

Head down the elevator. Here you'll reach an open area with 3 paths, head to the small room on the left to get a Health Vial and Light Urn. After collecting those items head down the middle path, the room on the right has nothing.

The middle path will lead you to a staircase that brings you back up to the starting area, only on the other side of the gate. Pull the lever and open your path back to the save crystal.

### To Daedalus

You've now opened the other path and can continue through the Archives, head down the now open path and just around the bookcase to your immediate left is a corridor with an elevator. Head into the corridor and call the elevator down.

Use the elevator to reach the third floor, here you want to immediately go right to get two new rings Blood Drain and Light Reveal
After getting the two rings head down the other route into the dead department.

While the archives up to this point were safe, enemies will be aggressive now.

Head down the long hallway at the beginning, to your right is a door only open able with Vampiric Symbol A which will take you to the Laetus Chasm, while the path to the left will continue your journey through the department.

Head forward down the path to the left and you'll reach the Chimera's room. This is pretty tough fight but it can reward you with Quick Stride.

Once the Chimera is defeated make your continue to make your way through the department, you will soon find yourself in a room with 2 Necronomicons and an Enlightened One. Deal with these enemies and then hug the wall to the left of the right bookcase to find a Secret Door with the Wolfram Greatsword behind it.

Continue forward and you'll come across an elevator down, before using it head down to the end of the hallway and go left to get an Earth Elixir and to the right there will be a Mana Vial.

Now that you've got the Earth Elixir go down the elevator and go right and go until the first turn and then leave the department. Go forwards until you reach the giant library area and right behind the bookcases is Daedalus.

### Back to the Save Crystal Now

Now that you've found Daedalus head it's time to head back to the save crystal head forward through the open library area until you find the tree with a loop in it near the end.

Stand at the right edge of the bookcase right in front of the tree and position your cursor in the middle of the tree. Wait there until the game says "UwU" on your screen. This give you the Axe of Harming.

Now turn to the left of the trees and head back into the department, you're almost home free. Head right and continue forwards until you reach the room with the Mirage, ignoring any rooms on the sides since there's nothing in them anyways.
Once the room with the eye is found first hug the wall to the right of the books with a skull on top to find a Secret Door with a Crystal Shard behind it.

Break the mirage and head back out into the main area, go up the elevator to the left or the stairs on the right both will put you on a straight path back to the save crystal.

### Sequence Breaks

When you first enter the Forbidden Archives you can actually skip most of it due to it's open nature.

Through the use of Wind Dash or another form of launching forwards you can jump around the locked gate to the right and open the gate.

Another sequence break can be found on the left side. You can jump on the trees below skipping the entirety of the archives immediately reaching Daedalus.

## Secrets

### Corpse Transformation

    To find the Corpse Transformation spell, as well as the Basilisk Achievement, the player must find the Secret Door near the first elevator. Upon entering, the player must stare at the Mummy corpse until all music stops. The player then may exit the room to find the spell on the floor.

### Axe of Harming

To find the Axe of Harming, the player must go to the bottom floor and find the tree with the loop in it. The player must stand near the corner of the nearest bookshelf and stare through the loop for a solid 15 seconds or so, and then a message will appear at the bottom left of the screen saying "UWU", giving the player the weapon.

### The Message.

To see this message, the player must stand in the middle of the alcove pictured to the left and stare at the top-left corner of the room for around 10 seconds. Upon doing this, a message which reads "Looking for secrets?" will quickly appear at the bottom left of the player's screen.

## Lore

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History of the Ages, Volume 20, excerpt 2

Prince Crilall, the son of Great Queen Jusztina Fanu and renowned knight Orphelia, took over as a regent when his mothers' entered into a thousand year sleep. It's unknown which mother transformed in order to sire him, if at all. And while his mothers' both became vampires later in life, he has born one. He quickly became feared within Lyria for his ruthlessnes and power.

History of the Ages, Volume 20, excerpt 3.

Later, when the Golden Lance began to take rule, and Lyria was mostly destroyed, Prince Crilall vanished the entire Fanu Castle. The Castle was eventually discovered during crusades and become a focal point for conflict. However, since its vanshing, it's servants had been turned, and the Prince had amassed an army of creatures, who succeeded in defending it.

History of the Ages, Volume 17, excerpt 5.

A breaking point in the dark war. King Griffith became the first human to acquire magic by drinking the cranial fluid of a felled Jotunn. This knowledge soon became common and many created entire armies of spellswords. The creatures are driven back, and this begins the first age of magic.

History of the Ages, Volume 17, excerpt 6.

Of all the kingdoms, Lyria embranced magic the most. If the tales can be trusted, a Lyrian caused the crying moon. Whether on purpose or not is unknown, but the flowing moonlight cascaded directly on Lyria, enveloping it in silver liquid, drowning it down into the Earth.

History of the Ages, Volume 17, excerpt 7.

The first age of magic ended while the moonlight continued to fall, carving its way into the Earth. And after a series of corrupt rulers and mages, mankind grew to distrust magic. They began sending them ‘back to Lyria’ by throwing them into the cascading silver liquid.

History of the Ages, Volume 17, excerpt 8.

After the brief second age of magic, the Great Well was constructed. Directly over the hollowed void from the barely seeping moonlight. Three of the great kingdoms formed a trust banishing most magic. They together founded a new feudal rule, the Golden Lance over the ruins of Lyria.

History of the Ages, Volume 17, excerpt 9.

The Golden Lance ruled for several generations until it was found that they harbored and practiced forbidden magics. The outrage resulted in a long civil war eventually seeing an end to their rule and sparking the Crusades.
## NPCs

Daedalus is found here, surrounded by black books on the bottom floor.