# The Forgotten Crypt - Ancient burial site
location_id: crossville_crypt
name: The Forgotten Crypt
location_type: ruins
region_id: crossville

description: |
  Hidden beneath a collapsed stone circle deep in Thornwood Forest lies an
  ancient crypt. The entrance, half-buried by centuries of accumulated earth
  and roots, leads down into darkness. Faded carvings on the weathered stones
  depict figures in robes performing unknown rituals around what appears to be
  a great black sun.

lore: |
  Long before Crossville was founded, before even the elves came to these lands,
  another civilization built monuments to their strange gods. The Forgotten Crypt
  is one of their burial sites - a place where priest-kings were interred with
  their servants and treasures. Local legends warn that the dead here do not
  rest peacefully, and that disturbing their tombs invites a terrible curse.

ambient_description: |
  The air in the crypt is stale and cold, carrying the musty scent of ancient
  decay. What little light enters through the broken ceiling reveals dust motes
  floating in perfectly still air. Stone sarcophagi line the walls, their lids
  carved with the faces of the long-dead. Some lids have been displaced,
  revealing empty darkness within. The silence is absolute - even footsteps
  seem muffled, as if the crypt itself absorbs sound.

available_quests:
  - quest_undead_menace
  - quest_ancient_relic
  - quest_necromancer_lair

npc_ids: []

discoverable_locations: []

is_starting_location: false

tags:
  - ruins
  - dangerous
  - undead
  - treasure
  - mystery
  - boss