Keymonus 930 posts Posted July 21 (edited) The Labyrinth, El Oleonda, May 624 Spoiler Ghostly voices Down below A suspicious jungle stroll The mouth of the Emperor "Well, this is clearly not the right way!" Mumbled Tristan Rimbaud. A stream of water, narrow but extremely fast, had suddenly appeared in the middle of the ancient road. The river seemed to cut the whole city, as an ink line on a map: it crossed roads and even some of the ancient buildings, from North to South, as if it had appeared out of a spell. "Let's rest for ten minutes, men! Then we'll have to find a way to cross!" For some reason, Tristan knew that trying to turn around was not an option... it seemed that someone had stretched a map of El Oleonda a little too much, creating a laceration. On the other side, Tristan could see the rest of the city. Houses, palaces, temples... the ruins continued, but everything seemed to be shifted of almost one meter to Tristan's right. What force could move half of a city, ripping the ground as old paper? With a brief prayer to Poseidon, Tristan hoped never to find it out. Nobody knew who had built the Labyrinth, nor all the ruins scattered across the New Haven region. The catastrophic events that happened centuries before on El Oleonda, however, had probably signed the end of that advanced civilization. Tristan couldn't help but think of a legend he was once told by a Tamaco scout: a legend about a tribe so powerful to make the Gods themselves envious, and that was destroyed in a single night of wraith and storm. The ancient constructors of the ruined city and their fate surely represented a fascinating mystery. At the moment, however, Tristan was far more concerned about the current inhabitants of the Labyrinth… the reason why all every soldier was on edge, with the musket firmly in hand. A ferocious tribe, called Daca by the other people of El Oleonda, had taken over the place. Nobody knew how they called themselves, as every attempt to communicate had resulted in a fight. For some reason, those savages seemed to fear the sea, and to ferociously hate the foreigners living on the coast: the scouts had reported about whole Lotii units massacred among those ruins… the Carnite had chosen a dangerous place for their stroll. With the cliff in front of them, Tristan and his men were in a dangerous position. They had to cross that stream of water, and they had to do it quickly, if they wanted to anticipate the Carnite to their mysterious destination Suddenly, a voice broke the usual sounds of the jungle. It came from the other side of the river, no more than fifty meters far. Tristan couldn’t understand the words, but the man was clearly speaking in the language of Carno… alone, apparently. Then, among the confused words, he heard something, loud and clear: “Die Chiffre”. The road they had taken was not that wrong, after all. ————————— A different view: Overall view: The editing took me far longer than expected… I hope you’ll enjoy the final result! Edited July 22 by Keymonus Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Braunsfeld 6871 posts Posted July 23 Fine ruins - but what have you done to your Indiana Jones set? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Khorne 3944 posts Posted July 26 Another fine installment! Where are those printed tiles from, an Indiana Jones set like @Captain Braunsfeld mentioned? I guess we're nearing the end of the story, now that all parties involved are at the ruins? Did the Carnites find the Crystal Skulls and got zapped? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NOD 1739 posts Posted July 29 Exciting continuation of the story, with great close-up photos! I like the walls in the background and the river in the canyon. I'm already looking forward to a sequel. What is “Die Chiffre”? Can you use this to find El Dorado, the gold city kingdom? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Keymonus 930 posts Posted July 31 (edited) Thank you guys! No Indiana Jones set was dismembered for this build… but yes, most of the tiles come from the Golden Idol Temple set: a store was selling the complete sticker sheets and some of the printed parts. As I plan to “find” more ruins of the same civilisation on different islands (where the materials and the building styles might be different), I decided I needed a recognisable “signature”, apart from the nougat brick walls! On 7/29/2024 at 5:59 PM, NOD said: Exciting continuation of the story, with great close-up photos! I like the walls in the background and the river in the canyon. I'm already looking forward to a sequel. What is “Die Chiffre”? Can you use this to find El Dorado, the gold city kingdom? Thanks! This build almost “grew by itself” as I was preparing the next part, and I’m glad you like the way the canyon turned out! You are not exactly right, but you are not that far from the truth! Edited July 31 by Keymonus Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
