Brimstone Cave

Accessing Brimstone Cave

Requirements:

• Must be dead (alive = 0)
• Access from Shades page

Navigation: Shades → Places → "Brimstone Cave"

Entry Text:

• "You wander around the Graveyard and come upon a Brimstone Cave."
• "Bored out of your mind you decided to enter this place and look around."

The 9 Activities

(1) Finger Wrestle:

• "You fold the fingers of both hands together and prepare for the battle of the wrestling thumbs!"
• "You WIN!!!! Pity there's no prize. Shortly afterward, this little game of yours becomes boring."
• Play thumb war with yourself. You always win. No prize.

(2) Grab Shovel:

• "You found an old shovel near a small pit that someone else dug."
• "Seeing how hard the soil is here, you give up any effort to continue digging this hole."
• Attempt to dig. Soil too hard. Give up.

(3) Flip a Coin:

• "You take a coin from your pocket and begin to flip it in the air - calling out HEADS or TAILS, you tire easy from this little game of yours!"
• Play coin flip game. Get bored quickly.

(4) Hum a Tune:

• "This place reminds you of one of your favorite tune's, you start humming it."
• Hum a song. That's it.

(5) Pick up Rocks:

• "Seeing many colored rocks on the ground, you decide to pick some up and look at them."
• Examine rocks. They're rocks.

(6) Read Etchings (4 random messages):

• "beware of Gorlock" (25%)
• "for a good time call: 555-3525" (25%)
• "LotGD Rocks!" (25%)
• "I would rather be alive than be here" (25%)
• Random wall graffiti

(7) Read Another Etching:

• "As you near another wall, you can make out what appears to be a head looking over a wall, next to the words 'Kilroy wuz here'."
• Classic WWII graffiti reference

(8) Sit Down:

• "You see a large stone that is shaped like a chair and decide to sit down."
• "As you sit, it seems to be quite comfortable. You drift to sleep and fall out of your chair."
• Sit on stone. Fall asleep. Fall out of chair.

(9) Walk Around:

• "You are bored and decide to walk in circles, now you are dizzy."
• Walk in circles. Get dizzy.

Mechanical Effects

None.

• No gold rewards
• No experience gain
• No soulpoints change
• No favor increase
• No stat modifications
• No items found

Purpose: Pure entertainment and roleplay. Something to do while dead besides graveyard fights.

Why This Exists

Death in the game is boring:

• Grind favor through repetitive graveyard fights
• Wait for resurrection
• Can't interact with living world
• Limited content for dead players

Brimstone Cave provides:

• Flavor text distraction
• Humor (Kilroy, thumb wrestling, etc.)
• Something to click besides "Fight" button
• Acknowledgment that being dead sucks

It won't make death fun, but it's better than staring at empty graveyard page.

Easter Eggs & References

"Kilroy was here":

• Famous WWII graffiti
• Drawing of bald man peering over wall
• Appeared everywhere American troops went
• Symbol of "someone was here before you"

"LotGD Rocks!":

• Reference to Legend of the Green Dragon
• Original game that HogwartsLive is based on
• Meta joke about the game engine

"Gorlock":

• Possibly reference to specific monster or player
• Or just generic scary warning

Strategy

When to Visit:

• First death: Explore all 9 activities for completeness
• Subsequent deaths: Maybe read etchings once or twice
• Long-term dead: Revisit when extremely bored

Don't Expect:

• Hidden rewards (there are none)
• Secret shortcuts to resurrection (nope)
• Mechanical benefits (purely cosmetic)

Recommended:

• Do all 9 activities once
• Appreciate the humor
• Then go back to grinding favor

Comparison to Other Graveyard Content

• Graveyard Fights: Grind favor for resurrection (productive)
• Grave of Dragons: Search for treasure, risk The First (risky/rewarding)
• Brimstone Cave: Read funny messages, thumb wrestle yourself (entertainment only)

Brimstone Cave is the "bathroom reading" of graveyard content - low commitment, mild amusement, no pressure.