Before the Pit
The Wood Below
Where the boy lands, at night, among glowing mushrooms and fireflies. A wooden sword, four rooms in a row and an old boar, and a mask in the leaves at the end. It is the opening, played once.
MASKED / Realms
The sixteen realms
The Pit has four depths and four realms at each. A descent goes through one realm at every depth, and the Pit dreams a new shape each time: the realms keep their look, their rule and their warden, and the rooms are laid out fresh.
12 of them are still in the dark. Another surfaces every week, the last on 1 February.
Depth 1
Coins ×1. One of these four lies on the first floor of every descent.
Depth 1
Upper Realm
Stone rooms lit by torches. A maze of rooms on a grid.
- Its rule
- No rule of its own, only spike plates and swinging blades.
- Warden
- One Eye. It chases, leaps, slams and bites. At half health it flies off and sends four Skullies after you.
- Trap
- Spikes and blades
- Trial
- The gauntlet
“I saw it... the way out... I saw it.”
One Eye, falling
Depth 1
Drowned Halls
Mossy paving under green water, and rain that does not stop. A ring of rooms round a basin, with the warden's island in the middle.
- Its rule
- The shallows slow whoever wades through them.
- Warden
- The Sunken Bell. It leaps, and every landing rings a storm round it. Half gone, it tolls for toads.
- Trap
- A sunken bell that pulses
- Trial
- The Tolling: outlast it
“The hour... is over.”
The Sunken Bell, falling
Depth 1
Sunscour
Sand between sandstone walls, and dust in the light. A small grid of rooms among the dunes.
- Its rule
- Quicksand slows, and the cacti prick.
- Warden
- The Dune Mother. She leaps, burrows and bursts up under a marked circle, and her scarabs come first.
- Trap
- A dart idol
- Trial
- Four Lamps: kindle them all
“Back into the sand... my little ones.”
The Dune Mother, falling
Depth 1
Archive
Boards between tall shelves, and candlelight. Aisles that branch and end blind.
- Its rule
- A lectern mends a heart, once.
- Warden
- The Index. It cannot be touched while its three orbs live, and it storms.
- Trap
- A whirl of pages
- Trial
- The Long Read: hold the ground
“Nothing left... to list.”
The Index, falling
Depth 2
Coins ×1.25. One of these four lies on the second floor of every descent.
Depth 2
A realm not yet surfaced
Still in the dark. Its name, its look, its rule and its warden surface on .
Depth 2
A realm not yet surfaced
Still in the dark. Its name, its look, its rule and its warden surface on .
Depth 2
A realm not yet surfaced
Still in the dark. Its name, its look, its rule and its warden surface on .
Depth 2
A realm not yet surfaced
Still in the dark. Its name, its look, its rule and its warden surface on .
Depth 3
Coins ×1.5. One of these four lies on the third floor of every descent.
Depth 3
A realm not yet surfaced
Still in the dark. Its name, its look, its rule and its warden surface on .
Depth 3
A realm not yet surfaced
Still in the dark. Its name, its look, its rule and its warden surface on .
Depth 3
A realm not yet surfaced
Still in the dark. Its name, its look, its rule and its warden surface on .
Depth 3
A realm not yet surfaced
Still in the dark. Its name, its look, its rule and its warden surface on .
Depth 4
Coins ×2. Its four wardens are the last of a descent; past them, the way out.
Depth 4
A realm not yet surfaced
Still in the dark. Its name, its look, its rule and its warden surface on .
Depth 4
A realm not yet surfaced
Still in the dark. Its name, its look, its rule and its warden surface on .
Depth 4
A realm not yet surfaced
Still in the dark. Its name, its look, its rule and its warden surface on .
Depth 4
A realm not yet surfaced
Still in the dark. Its name, its look, its rule and its warden surface on .
Between runs
The Keep
A castle on a floating island over a violet deep, where you wake after every fall. The Watcher's fire, the book, the wardrobe and the armory, and a raised terrace at the back with a great door that does not open. Not yet.
Below the fourth depth
The road does not have to end at the last warden. Past it, the Pit goes on down, darker and harder, for as long as you dare to follow it.
The Pit is waiting.
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