Breaking into Bevin

I just found some old snaps of Bevin from around 2003.

I remember at the time that we couldn't officialy explore the area yet the sneaky Bahro had allowed access to a balcony. I remember sneaking a rope into Relto and using it to climb down and explore before the DRC were letting us in officially.

See what you think of these pics:

Barriers blocking access to the balcony area and auditorium.

The ayhoheek table is missing. Did the DRC remove it to study it before they brought it back?


The private chambers are initially unlocked.


The classroom shows where to get a working KI.


The light switches don't work.


As mentioned previously, the private chambers are unlocked and show the blue egg/seed.
Later, the private chambers in Bevin would show a ludicrously painted egg.
Had it originally been unlocked around Easter?



There is no welcome board here yet.

Gahreesen & the KI

Now that I have time once again to visit here, I noticed today that I haven't been to retrieve my KI so I decided to journey to Gahreesen.

Gahreesen is a favourite Age for me. I'm always awestruck by the size, complexity and beauty of the engineering there.

The low rumble in the linking chamber is a welcoming sound indeed. It is strange to hear after so long, and with the distant bird-song above too. Marvellous!

The KI machine is not far...

Strange, the KI has somehow restricted itself to two functions: an Imager and Great Zero coordinate tracking. The KI-mail and In-Cavern Network functions appear to have been disabled. Have the DRC been in to check the machine? Or have they done something to the Great Zero? Perhaps the KI dispenser has developed a fault or maybe the DRC have made this restriction to stop explorers communicating with one another? Who knows...

I can check that out later. Anyway, with the communication component disabled, it shouldn't be possible to track the KI's that are in use. That's a good thing as we explorers are really not meant to be here...

I linked to a balcony in Ae'gura from a Bahro stone in Gahreesen.

It is quiet.

Usually, other explorers can be seen going about their business but now, the place is empty. I didn't even see the blue, radar-like sweep of the Great Zero. This leads me to think that the DRC have shut it down while the cavern is closed.

Wary of being in a public area, I linked back to Relto to continue my explorations of Gahreesen.