The Hidden City/Retired

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The Hidden City opened after discovering it while adventuring in The Hidden Temple as part of the Quest for the Holy MacGuffin.

The Quest

You were presented with a 5x5 map of unexplored ruins. Of these twenty-five sections, there were:

	Twenty squares of Ruins. Five of these contained an ancient protector spirit.
	If you lost to the spirit (or ran away), it would appear on the map. Once you defeated it, the map would revert to explored ruins, but that space will not contain any adventures if revisited.
	Four altars. Here, you would find four bowl-shaped indentations. Use the stone spheres dropped by protector spirits in the indentations. Each altar required a quest item sphere, dropped by ancient protector spirits, to be "inserted". If you placed the wrong object, you lost 3 adventures and received Hardly Poisoned at All. Placing a 1-ball on the Pikachutlotal altar would give you the effect Blessing of Pikachutlotal for 20 Adventures. Placing a 6-ball on the Bulbazinalli altar would give you the effect Blessing of Bulbazinalli for 20 Adventures. Placing a 5-ball on the Charcoatl altar would give you the effect Blessing of Charcoatl for 20 Adventures. Placing a 2-ball on the Squirtlcthulli altar would give you the effect Blessing of Squirtlcthulli for 20 Adventures. To determine which sphere goes to which altar, you would use them in combat. They would give a message that reveals which element they are. When the correct sphere was inserted into an altar, you received a triangular stone. After you have placed the correct sphere into an altar, you could no longer place anything else there; thus you could not receive the billiard ball buffs anymore.
	A Smallish Temple. To enter, you would need to collect the four triangular stones from the altars. Upon inserting all four triangular stones, you would fight a Protector Spectre.

Turns spent

Chance of Finishing in:
N	exactly N turns	N turns or less
17	0.6%	1.2%
18	1.2%	2.4%
19	2.1%	4.5%
20	3.7%	8.2%
21	6.2%	14.4%
22	10.0%	24.3%
23	15.7%	40.0%
24	24.0%	64.0%
25	36.0%	100%

Notes

• Once you explored an area of unexplored ruins, it would change to what you have discovered.
• Once you placed the correct stone on any altar you were not allowed to place anything further on that particular altar.
• If you showed up to the Hidden City when falling-down drunk, you received the message, "You're too drunk to screw around in a jungle, bungling or otherwise." This prevented you from inserting anything into the altars. You could, however, click on the adventure again link and you would get a drunken stupor as normal.
• Discovering an altar did not consume an adventure.

References

• The pool balls match the colors of the Pokemon that accept them -- yellow = 1-ball, blue = 2-ball, orange= 5-ball, green = 6-ball.
• Gotta Worship 'Em All! is a rewriting of the Pokémon catchphrase "Gotta Catch 'Em All!" Additionally, the elemental gods of the Hidden City are portmanteaus of Pokémon names Pikachu, Squirtle, Charmander and Bulbasaur and the names of Aztec gods Xolotl, Quetzalcoatl, Macuilmalinalli as well as the fictional deity wikipedia:Cthulhu.
• This area is a reference to the Diablo II's Act III area, which had a lost city of Kurast and a plethora of pygmies (often considered the most annoying monsters in the game).
• The theme of elemental magic runs strongly through many mythologies and facets of popular culture, and there is a long-standing convention of using proper keys to unlock specific areas in video games.
• The falling-down drunk message references a Jethro Tull song, "Bungle in the Jungle" and of course the drink of the same name.