Schrade Forging Zone

The **Schrade Forging Zone** is a section of the fallen town of Schrade created by Chaoarren. The location is set in the fifth gen incarnation of Castle Schrade.

It is no safer from the gaze and wrath of Fatalis, who is the one who brought this place to ruin though it is not the true protector of this certain place. Cwenos, a creature with strong relations to the Black Dragon is the guard of this area, and once events have escalated, it is remade as Schrade's Dread.

## Base Camp and Zones

Schrade Forging Zone is a special area, so it only has a base camp and a single zone.

### Base Camp

Base Camp is located inside an keep from the north-east of the area held up by stone pillars supplied by the guild. There is a hole through the right side where the eternal eclipse of Schrade can be seen. Apart from that there's not much else interesting about it.

### Zone 1

The area is large and wide in total. There are rows of deserted and damaged buildings of various shapes and sizes that restrict movement by a fair bit. Fortunately hunters can climb most of them and sometimes find useful items on the roof. At the top of the map is a smithery section that takes up the majority of the map with pieces of old forging equipment lying around the main blacksmith building. The forge appears to be burning, the flames black and blue in colour and several monster body parts lay around, rotten and burnt. Inside one of the larger buildings is a two-point Dragonator, unfortunately that rubble has rendered unreachable by normal means. Rubble and ravines cut the area off from the rest of the town. Over in the distance in the mist is Castle Schrade, its ramparts section visible and a shadowy figure appears to be watching from it...

## Hazards

* **Collapsing Buildings**: If a building receives enough damage it will fall apart which pieces will actually damage hunters hit by them.
* **Deadly Liquid**: The liquid present during the Cwealis battle will cause Deadly Poison and may also inflict Blind and Confusion if hunters remain in it too long.

## Weaponry

As in Castle Schrade, there are numerous siege weapons ready for use in the Forging Zone.

### Weapons in Cwenos Quests

* **Ballistae**: Two Ballistae line the edges of the area that cannot be destroyed, with another two being found on buildings. There is ammo near to them and ones hidden inside buildings. Hunters must be aware that if the buildings that hold the Ballistae are destroyed by Cwenos, the weapons will be too. On the upside, these two buildings will have two stacks of Ballista ammo for the remaining ones.
* **Cannons**: Four cannons are present in the area. One located on a rampart next to the place Cwenos is at the end of its intro cutscene. The second and third are on a small keep like structure, with the two pointing in opposite directions. The fourth is revealed out of a building that has collapsed half-way and must be uncovered by a Cwenos attack. The two cannons on the keep will be destroyed if the building is broken down, while the two others cannot be destroyed.
* **Dragonator**: A two-point Dragonator is buried within the remains of a collapsed building at the edge of the east end of the area. Hunters will need to provoke Cwenos into having its attacks destroy the rubble in three sections in order to unearth and utilise the weapon. It can be used immediately when revealed and takes ten minutes to recharge.

## Monsters

* Cwenos
* Blackfated Cwenos
* Conquest War Fatalis

## Trivia

* The area was created after Chaoarren decided to have a unique location created for Cwenos, rather then place it in BannedLagiacrus's Field of the Fallen.
* The forge in the area was where Cwenos was created by Fatalis mixing Pseudo Wyvern parts, a majority of which being of Tigrex, the essence of Black Flame and blood and a powerful, unbeknownst to the Fatalis contained the spiritual remnants of the ancient Archdragon known as Cweanethalis.
* It is easy to assume the shadow in the courtyard of Castle Schrade is Fatalis. Although true, it is no ordinary Fatalis, it is a Conquest War version.

## In Other Styles of Games

### Fighting Games

In the style of traditional Fighting Games, the area has been transformed into a 2D environment, with several of the buildings and hazards across the stage that can be used by the player/monster or Cwenos.

### Stories

As the area is essentially just an arena for the Cwenos fight, the Forging Zone doesn't have much to it in a Stories style game. It mostly serves as a background to the actual battle with Cwenos.