View source for Dark Astoria (Pre-Issue 22)

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{{Zone
|Zone Name=Dark Astoria
|Splash Image=Splash_DarkAstoria.jpg
|Zone Map=Map_EchoDarkAstoria.jpg
|Type of Zone=Hero Hazard Zone
|Level Range=21-29
|Trainer=''none''
|Task Force Contact=''none''
|Event=[[Adamastor]]
|Exploration Badges={{BadgeLink|Dark Mystic}}, {{BadgeLink|Seeker of the Unknown|text=Seeker of the <wbr>Unknown}}, {{BadgeLink|Cairn Warder}}, {{BadgeLink|Whisperer on Witchburn Hill|text=Whisperer on <wbr>Witchburn Hill}}, {{BadgeLink|Phantom Radio}}, {{BadgeLink|Too Dark Park}}, {{BadgeLink|Astoria's Last Stand}}, {{BadgeLink|The Sleeper Below}}
|Plaques=[[Authority Badge#Monument 4|Authority IV]], [[Historian Badge#Monument 3|Historian III]], [[Researcher Badge#Monument 4|Researcher IV]],&nbsp;[[Researcher Badge#Monument 5|V]]
|Day Jobs={{BadgeLink|Caregiver}}, {{BadgeLink|Mortician}}
|Enemies=[[Banished Pantheon]], [[Circle of Thorns]], [[Tsoo]]
|Connecting Zones=[[Talos Island]]
|Lines=''none''
|VidiotMap=Echo Dark Astoria
}}
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== Overview ==
'''Dark Astoria''' was originally known as Astoria.

Once an idyllic commercial center, much like [[Talos Island]] and [[Steel Canyon]], this area thrived as people bustled about their daily lives. Even the presence of the pastoral Moth Cemetery did not detract from the beauty of this area. The [[Rikti Invasion]] came and went, and the people in this peaceful neighborhood were relatively untouched by the devastation.

However, while the Heroes of Paragon were busy rebuilding the city, the trickster god of the [[Banished Pantheon]] stumbled upon something... beneath the sod and graves of Moth Cemetery lay an ancient god, far older than those of the Pantheon, and far more powerful. Wishing to use this power to release him and his fellow gods, he ordered all of his followers to invade the area and seize control of it.

The city authorities and Heroes, already reduced in number and staggering from the Rikti onslaught, had no choice but to relinquish the area to the Pantheon and wall it off. Within the walls, the army of Husks and Shaman ravaged the zone, tore the ground apart and sacrificed every man, woman and child in their efforts to wake the god [[Mot]]. But all their efforts were in vain. To this day, [[Lughebu]]'s soldiers search for a way to wake the sleeper, while the spirits of those who once lived there wander about, unable to sleep.

Prior to [[Issue 16]], a hero needed to be at least Security Level 21 to enter.
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== Zone Events ==

[[Adamastor]] sometimes spawns in the Moth Cemetery neighborhood.

== Neighborhoods ==
* Barca Plaza (Orange - Level 24-29) ([[Media:DarkAstoria_BarcaPlaza.ogg|Music]])
* Dido's View (Orange - Level 24-29) ([[Media:DarkAstoria_DidosView.ogg|Music]])
* Moth Cemetery (Red - Level 26-29) ([[Media:DarkAstoria_MothCemetery.ogg|Unused Music Loop]])
* Raimi Arcade (Yellow - Level 21-25) ([[Media:DarkAstoria_RaimiArcade.ogg|Music]])
* Romero Heights (Yellow - Level 21-26) ([[Media:DarkAstoria_RomeroHeights.ogg|Music]])
* St. Elegius (Green) ([[Media:DarkAstoria_StElegius.ogg|Unused Music]])
* Toffet Terrace (Orange - Level 24-27) ([[Media:DarkAstoria_ToffetTerrace.ogg|Music]])

Famous filmmakers [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_A._Romero George A. Romero] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Raimi Sam Raimi] and singer [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dido_(singer) Dido] are presumed to be the inspirations for some of these neighborhoods.

== Exploration Badges ==
{{BadgeBox|left=66|Dark Mystic}}
{{BadgeBox|left=66|Seeker of the Unknown}}
{{BadgeBox|left=66|Cairn Warder}}
{{BadgeBox|left=66|Whisperer on Witchburn Hill}}
{{BadgeBox|left=66|Phantom Radio}}
{{BadgeBox|left=66|Too Dark Park}}
{{BadgeBox|left=66|Astoria's Last Stand}}
{{BadgeBox|left=66|The Sleeper Below}}

== Historical Plaques ==

* One [[Authority Badge]] monument
* One [[Historian Badge]] monument
* Two [[Researcher Badge]] monuments

== Day Jobs ==

{{Day job locations
| Caregiver
| Mortician
}}

== Transfer Points ==

* There is a gate along the west wall of the zone that leads to [[Talos Island]]
* The [[Dark Astoria Beacon]] location is {{coords|3580|0|631.5}}, northeast of the Barca Plaza marker.

== Villain Groups ==

* {{Enemy Banished Pantheon}}
* {{Enemy Circle of Thorns}}
* {{Enemy Tsoo}}

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[[Category:Legacy Zones]]