Deceit




 * Dungeon type: Dungeon
 * Opposes the Virtue: Honesty.
 * Word of Power: FALLAX

Description
Dungeon Deceit, located on the small Janus Island, near Dagger Isle and north of Verity Isle. Dungeon Deceit is a horrible location. Not only is is home to many nasty monsters like Harpies and Dragons who dislike intruders into their domain, but also a maze full of deadly traps and false leads. Many haven't returned from Deceit, their remains cluttering the corridors of the underground complex. A warning of the dangers that await in its depths. However, for a s horrible as Deceit is, it is also a good place to find good treasure.

Only experienced adventurers should dare to enter dungeon Deceit, or they will fare the same fate as all the others who had went in, and never returned for its depths in their thirst for treasure.

History
The Anti-Honesty Dungeon of Deceit was first entered in Ultima IV. The Blue Stone was found in it, and the mystic spheres in it gave one experience boost and it connected to one of the altar rooms. It is unknown, why and for what purpose the dungeon was originally built. After the end of the Quest of the Avatar, the Great Council sealed the dungeon, to lock in the horrors in it.

New monsters settled in the dungeon in Ultima V, when Deceit again was visited. The Avatar yelled the Word of Power "FALLAX", learned from Malifora, to open the entrance. It connected to the Underworld, where the Shard of Hatred was found. In Ultima VI, nothing special was going on with the dungeon.

The Avatar entered Deceit in Ultima VII, because the Tetrahedron Generator of the Guardian, which was the the reason for the disrupted Ether, was housed there. Also, the Avatar met the Cyclops Iskander and his pursiuters in Deceit.

Deceit was changed in Ultima IX-seen as non-canon.

Trivia

 * In Ultima VI, Deceit is strangely enough a cave, while in Ultima VII, it isn't on Janus Island.

Deceit in Ascension
Deceit was still on Janus Island in Ascension, however, more than half of the dungeon was totally different from everything known (actually a cave).