Carceris

Carceris Picture Level 25 Family carceris family creatures Body Type Biped Undead Yes (corporeal) Areas Found Castle Anwyn BCS <Not Known> HP <Not Known> Armor [?]

Attack Attributes Physical Attacks Use the Creature ability template here {{{physical}}}. Bolt Attacks Use the Creature ability template here {{{bolt}}}. Warding Attacks Use the Creature ability template here {{{warding}}}. Maneuver Attacks Use the Creature ability template here {{{maneuver}}}. Offensive Spells & Abilities Use the Creature ability template here {{{ability}}}.

Defense Attributes Melee <N/A> DS Ranged <N/A> DS Bolt <N/A> DS Bard Base +86 TD Ranger Base <N/A> TD Sorcerer Base +96 TD Wizard Base <N/A> TD Cleric Base <N/A> TD Empath Base <N/A> TD Paladin Base <N/A> TD Major Elemental <N/A> TD Minor Elemental +101 TD Major Spiritual <N/A> TD Minor Spiritual <N/A> TD Major Mental <N/A> TD Minor Mental <N/A> TD CvA +19 CvA

Treasure Attributes Coins Yes Gems Yes Magic Items ? Boxes ? Skin None Other ?

The carceris makes a peculiar rustling sound as she moves, reminiscent of dried up parchment. Ragged robes lift and swirl about her like animated tendrils, and bare bones protrude from similar tatters of skin hanging from her hands and hollow cheeks. The specter bares yellowed teeth, the roots discolored a deep brown where they are anchored in the visible jawbones. As she circles, constantly whispering a litany of magic, gooey pools of darkness which were once the horror's eyes weep rivulets of stain down the remnants of her face.

Hunting strategies

• Sorcerer Tactics:
  • Use Corrupt Essence (703) to keep them from casting. TD pushdown is very useful especially when combined with Voln approach below.
  • Stun easily and easy criticals with Mana Disrupt (702)
  • Energy Maelstrom (710) can be utilized well in focused form to induce roundtime from knockdowns, death crits and stuns. "Fire and forget" nature of storm rounds also allows for Corrupt Essence (703) to be more easily maintained for defense.
• Voln Addendum:
  • Symbol of Diminishment can be useful to for TD drop if utilizing Mana Disrupt (702) strategy.
  • Symbol of Supremacy as when fighting all undead.

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Behind The Scenes

Carceris translates as "prisoner" in Latin. The name might also refer to the mythical fortress of Caer Sidi from the Middle Welsh poems in the Book of Taliesin, which addresses "Annwn", the Celtic Otherworld which was on an island of magical mists and filled with demons. The stories of Annwn are precursors of Arthurian legend involving Excalibur and the Holy Grail. The poem of Caer Sidi refers to Annwn by several names and the "gate of the cold place", where Castle Anwyn is unnaturally cold in most of its rooms.

Caer Sidi is referenced elsewhere by Taliesin: "Perfect is my chair in Caer Sidi: Plague and age hurt not him who's in it." This may be alluded to by the hidden throne of bones, with the severed head on the pike referring to Bran the Blessed (Vran meaning crow or raven and possibly related to the keeper of the Grail), whose head was severed and continued to speak in a land where time did not pass, following a war with King Math involving a magical cauldron kept bubbling by nine pythonesses that brought the dead to life.

Castle Anwyn was where Terate grew up as a prince, was driven mad with a Vvrael related scroll, and was one of the places where a Stone of Virtue was discovered. It has many examples of writhing serpent imagery within it, and is located on an island in foggy Lough Ne'halin, which translates roughly as "lake without salt." In the year after the Vvrael saga ended there was a situation where the scroll was found, and the queen unleashed demons on adventurers. They were intervened upon by Onar, who had been the patron deity.

References

• Carceris on Play.net bestiary

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