The Crypt of Ethelfrith

The Crypt of Ethelfrith, located at the center of Bumble, was the resting place of Ethelfrith and the home of the great Hammer of Ethelfrith.

Among the ruined town of Bumble it was the only one standing strong, and of fine make. It was noted to be an odd crypt, for it has a great spire atop it.

Ethelfrith presumably employed the help of a magic user with the construction of his crypt to ensure a continuous unperturbed slumber of his remains, with the door being sealed with arcane components.

Only a simple inscription carved upon the door served as the single hint to truly enter his crypt.

After his death, his Chosen's passion of his work would lead them to hire a great warlock with the intent to ensure their continued servitude even through death. Binding their souls and what remains of their body to Ethelfrith's great hammer, and through unknown means (presumably ritual suicide), had their bodies buried underneath the crypt. Waiting indefinitely for the day a new master would arrive and wield the hammer.

For a great long time the true interior of the crypt was left untouched by outsiders.

No one throughout time, and the town, have ever managed to get in, and even if one ever did its magical properties posed a second defense. Breaking down the door, beyond its entrance, would only reveal a wall made of obsidian-like materials, leaving the intruders facing nothing more but a dead end.

The OXventurers visited the crypt in Stop Hammer Time and again in Bone to Pick and Tower Rangers.


 * That would be to break the door and remake it in place, to which it would open freely on its hinges, presenting the sarcophagus of Ethelfrith.

Trivia:

 * In annoyance, it was referred to as a "Dumb Crypt of Idiots" by Corazón.
 * Dob was the first one to ever truly open Ethelfrith's Crypt.
 * Subsequently, He, and the rest of the Guild, were the first few in many decades to have truly entered the Crypt.