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Edited 2019-09-15 02:32 (UTC)

The entrance hall has seen better days. The stairs are intact, mostly — though some steps are out of place. It mostly suffers from neglect, with remnants of the bandit camps littered about the area. There are tattered tents and the remains of campfires, but no bandits in sight.

Edited 2019-09-15 02:37 (UTC)

At least half of the tables are broken or splintered in some fashion. Currently, there's nothing hospitable about this area in the slightest. A bandit probably used one of the remaining tables as a bed, even.

Edited 2019-09-15 02:38 (UTC)

What stables? They're currently in ruins. The horses are free-roaming in the area, grazing on whatever they can find. There's an overhang that serves as shelter for them, but that's it.

At the very least, troughs have now been set up with the horses, complete with fresh water courtesy of the rain.

Edited (update #1) 2019-10-04 17:40 (UTC)

Good luck eating in here.

Any food that was left over has long since spoiled. The bandits that descended upon Garreg Mach for awhile didn't seem to actually use the dining hall for its intended use. A knife can be found firmly embedded into one of the tables pinning a card to it, with a couple of dice sitting nearby. Chairs are overturned, while some are even falling apart. As for the cookware and cutlery, while some of it may be salvageable, much of it has been strewn about.

Edited 2019-10-16 16:10 (UTC)

Now, however, a good amount of work has been put into the dining hall. The holes in the ceiling have been plugged by a couple hard-working individuals and the area has been cleaned thoroughly. Functional cookware and cutlery has been gathered, supplemented by supplies that have been found in abandoned merchant crates, while the broken chairs have been discarded. Fresh water is available in several old wine barrels that have been scrubbed clean.

It's not there yet, but it's beginning to look like the dining hall the students of Garreg Mach were used to back in the day.

The first floor dorms have certainly seen better days. Many of the rooms have shattered glass across the floor, with the dressers overturned and bedding completely ruined. A few are completely empty, save for a few cobwebs and nearly five years of dust built up.

The second floor was a nightmare of its own. Small woodland creatures had moved in after the students fled from the monastery, adding to the mess left behind by all the mayhem that had ensued back then. However, a couple intrepid arrivals have managed to chase off the small colonies of hares and other creatures. The floor still needs cleaning, but the infestation isn't quite so bad now.

Both floors have been stripped of their linens for cleaning, so the stench of animal feces isn't lingering in the hallways now.

Edited (update #1) 2019-09-27 17:01 (UTC)

The training grounds are actually in decent shape. Most things are as they had been before — the perks of being out of the direct line of fire. Some equipment may be missing but otherwise, it's business as usual.

i mean

you guys played the game, right.

The area around the saint statues has been mostly cleared of rubble at the very least. The rest of the cathedral is still littered with rubble, and the holes in the ceiling are hardly inviting either.

Barren and dusty, the Knight's Hall faired better than some of the other locations in Garreg Mach. The fireplace will need a good bit of cleaning before it can be considered fit for use, though.

Upon arrival, an industrious soul took it upon themselves to partially clean up the area. As of now, it's about as clean as it can be without a thorough scrubbing. Fresh linens have been collected here, as well as a few quilt works-in-progress.

Edited (update #2) 2019-10-04 17:41 (UTC)

Rubble lines the area and the tables that remain intact are filthy, to say the least. The grass hasn't been tended to in years and is currently overgrown, with weeds sprinkled throughout.

Some of the windows are shattered and it doesn't seem like anyone's used it in ages. Despite this, some of the plants have continued to grow and some have thrived while others are an eyesore at this point.

The debris has been cleared, so at least there's no longer any concern regarding stepping on broken glass. A few of the holes have been blocked by wood at the very least as well. Some work has clearly been put into the greenhouse; the plants that were once an eyesore have been taken care of and the area is functional in general.

One can find a small supply of seeds within the greenhouse as well, though the harvest is currently unable to be cultivated beyond standard means.

Edited (update #2) 2019-10-16 16:13 (UTC)

Despite everything, the fish have managed to thrive. If you can get ahold of a fishing rod and some bait, perhaps you could fish up a nice meal.

Edited 2019-09-15 02:39 (UTC)

What once was a relatively bustling center of commerce for the monastery is now barren, with only the remains of a couple carts left standing. The rubble has piled up around here in particular, what with the marketplace having been right near the front gate. Are there even any merchants in this area to barter with, though? Curious.

This is the closest location to the gate, so!!

In the first week, someone ventured past the rubble/remnants of the gate and kept at it until able to mark with some certainty the boundaries. A very simple "mark" - rope tied between two trees, a wooden sign affixed: "REVERT"

Books have fallen from the shelves and left scattered across the floor. Any organization is completely out the window at this point; there's more books on the floor than there are on the shelves. One of the ladders alongside the shelves remains intact while another has been split down the side, laying haphazardly on top of a stack of books. The tables, at least, are still standing.

Barren, left abandoned by the Knights of Seiros. It seems almost pristine compared to some other parts of the monastery, save for a light layer of dust. Could someone have been in here recently?

Edited 2019-09-15 03:02 (UTC)

Edited 2019-09-15 02:40 (UTC)

Bandits have clearly camped out up here at one point. A discarded shoe can be found sitting in the middle of the hallway. Anything that might have belonged to the Archbishop is long gone, leaving only empty spaces behind.

Edited 2019-09-20 04:02 (UTC)

The Gazebo is completely intact. No matter what seems to have happened to the monastery as a whole, the gazebo — the entrance to the Holy Tomb — appears to be totally fine, with no visible damage whatsoever.

The classroom appears to be in shambles, much like the Alliance probably is.

Edited 2019-09-15 03:35 (UTC)

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Something heinous was probably written on the chalkboard at one point.

There's a drawing of a boar on the chalkboard.

It appears someone has stolen literally everything else in the classroom, though.

Once the center for planning in wartime, the room is decrepit, having seen better days. No meetings can be held up in here until things are set right.

The sauna is admittedly not in great shape, even when compared to the rest of the monastery. While the facilities are technically functional, they'll require much work to be restored to how they were in their heyday. The door to the facility itself has been blown off its hinges, though the inner sauna itself seems to be intact.

It has been scrubbed down at least! It's useable.

Edited (update #1) 2019-10-04 17:37 (UTC)

The boundary around the monastery allows for entry into the forests nearby. Furthermore, there are actually signs of life in these areas, though only from woodland creatures. Food resources can be foraged from the woods as well provided one knows what is and isn't edible.

Around the back of the monastery, there is an old dirt path leading off through the mountains. The path winds about, allowing for some exploration, though the "edge" is somewhere midway through the mountains themselves. If one were to step beyond them, they'd find themselves teleported back to the monastery proper.

Edited 2019-10-16 16:09 (UTC)

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setting / locations.

ENTRANCE HALL

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RECEPTION HALL

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STABLES

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DINING HALL

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DORMITORY - 1F + 2F

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TRAINING GROUNDS

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CATHEDRAL

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KNIGHT'S HALL

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COURTYARD

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GREENHOUSE

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FISHING POND

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MARKETPLACE

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LIBRARY

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AUDIENCE CHAMBER

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THIRD FLOOR

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AMIIBO GAZEBO

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OFFICER'S ACADEMY

GOLDEN DEER CLASSROOM

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BLACK EAGLES CLASSROOM

BLUE LIONS CLASSROOM

CARDINAL'S ROOM

SAUNA

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OUTSKIRTS OF THE MONASTERY

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