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{{Zone
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|Zone Name=Ouroboros
|Zone Name=Ouroboros
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|Splash Image=Splash_Ouroboros_H.jpg
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|Zone Map=Map_Ouroboros.jpg
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|Type of Zone=Co-op Social Zone
|Level Range=14-50
|Level Range=15-50
|Trainer=''none''
|Trainer=''none''
|Task Force Contact=[[Mender Lazarus]],<br />[[Twilight's Son]],<br />[[Mender Tesseract]],<br />[[Mender Silos]]
|Task Force Contact=''none''
|Event=''none''
|Event=''none''
|Exploration Badges={{BadgeLink|Chrononaut}}
|Exploration Badges={{BadgeLink|Chrononaut}}
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|Day Jobs={{BadgeLink|Chronologist}}
|Day Jobs={{BadgeLink|Chronologist}}
|Enemies=''none''
|Enemies=''none''
|Connecting Zones=[[Atlas Park]], [[Founders' Falls]], [[Independence Port]], [[Peregrine Island]], [[Talos Island]]
|Connecting Zones=[[Atlas Park]], [[Founders' Falls]], [[Independence Port]], [[Peregrine Island]], [[Talos Island]], [[Cap au Diable]], [[Sharkhead Isle]], [[Nerva Archipelago]], [[St. Martial]], [[Grandville]], [[Echo: Atlas Park]], [[Echo: Dark Astoria]], [[Echo: Faultline]], [[Echo: Galaxy City]], [[Echo: Rikti Crash Site]], [[Cimerora]]
 
[[Cap au Diable]], [[Sharkhead Isle]], [[Nerva Archipelago]], [[St. Martial]], [[Grandville]]
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[[File:OuroborosBase1.jpg|350px]]
[[File:OuroborosBase1.jpg|350px]]


The headquarters of the mysterious [[Menders of Ouroboros]]. Heroes and villains can both visit this zone. There are missions and Task Forces here, as well as the [[Flashback]] system. The available TFs and flashback missions/arcs vary with a player's alignment and level.
The headquarters of the mysterious [[Menders of Ouroboros]], is a place where heroes and villains will both find [[Story Arcs]] and the [[Flashback]] system. The Flashback System which is accessed via an [[Aspect of the Pillar]] allows you to play, or replay, any Story Arc accessible to you. The contacts and arcs available within the [[Flashback]] System will vary depending on a player's alignment and level. Vigilantes will have access to hero arcs, while rogues will have access to villain arcs.
 
An Ouroboros is the symbol of the dragon eating its own tail, which has existed for centuries throughout Norse, Greek, African, Hindu, and many other systems of mythology. It is also a central image throughout the novel "The Worm Ouroboros" by E.R. Eddison.


== Contacts ==
== Contacts ==
=== Regular Contacts ===
=== Regular Contacts ===
* [[The Pilgrim]]
* [[The Pilgrim]] (level 25-50)
* [[Mender Lazarus]]
* [[Mender Lazarus]] (level 30-39)
* [[Mender Silos]]
* [[Mender Silos]] (level 46-50)
* [[Mender Ramiel]]
* [[Mender Ramiel]] (level 50)
* [[Pillar of Ice and Flame]]
* [[Pillar of Ice and Flame]]


=== Hero Contacts ===
=== Hero/Vigilante Contact ===
* [[Twilight's Son]]
* [[Twilight's Son]] (level 25-34)


=== Villain Contacts ===
=== Villain/Rogue Contact ===
* [[Mender Tesseract]]
* [[Mender Tesseract]] (level 25-34)


=== Notable NPCs ===
=== Notable NPCs ===
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== Exploration Badges ==
== Exploration Badges ==
{{BadgeBox|left=66|Chrononaut}}
 
{{Badges in zone}}


== Day Jobs ==
== Day Jobs ==
{{BadgeBox|Chronologist}}
 
{{Day job locations
| zone = Chronologist
}}


== Stores ==
== Stores ==
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* Villains can exit to [[Cap au Diable]], [[Sharkhead Isle]], [[Nerva Archipelago]], [[St. Martial]], [[Grandville]].
* Villains can exit to [[Cap au Diable]], [[Sharkhead Isle]], [[Nerva Archipelago]], [[St. Martial]], [[Grandville]].
* The Ouroboros Echo Teleporter at the west end of the compound allows access to [[Echo: Rikti Crash Site]] and [[Echo: Dark Astoria]]; for heroes, it also offers access to [[Echo: Atlas Park]], [[Echo: Galaxy City]], and [[Echo: Faultline]].
* The Ouroboros Echo Teleporter at the west end of the compound allows access to [[Echo: Rikti Crash Site]] and [[Echo: Dark Astoria]]; for heroes, it also offers access to [[Echo: Atlas Park]], [[Echo: Galaxy City]], and [[Echo: Faultline]].
* All players can access [[Cimerora]] from the exit portal, provided they have unlocked the ability to do so. Unlocking access requires either the [[History in the Making Badge]] or the [[Temporal Strife Badge]].


== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
* An Ouroboros is the symbol of the dragon eating its own tail, which has existed for centuries throughout Norse, Greek, African, Hindu, and many other systems of mythology. It is also a central image throughout the novel "The Worm Ouroboros" by E.R. Eddison.
* [[Flower Knight]] and an Ouroboros NPC can be found talking to each other in this zone. One such interchange includes the zone's pronunciation: "It's pronounced or-oh-boar-os."
* [[Flower Knight]] and an Ouroboros NPC can be found talking to each other in this zone. One such interchange includes the zone's pronunciation: "It's pronounced or-oh-boar-os."
* You can sometimes see the moon around the sky. However, apart from that, everything looks to be a part of the [[Shadow Shard]]. It would also be physically impossible for the [[Moon Zone|Moon]] to continue to orbit the Earth if the Earth was shattered. What exactly this means about Ouroboros is unknown at this time.
* [[Mender Lazarus]] tells players that time travel is limited to 5730 years forward or backward, calling it the Carbon Law. This is probably a reference to the half-life of [[wikipedia:Carbon-14]], which is also 5730 years (±40).
** Theory: Since the Ouroboros zone has features of both the [[Shadow Shard]] and [[Primal Earth]], it is possible the "[[Coming Storm]]" is a successful [[Soldiers of Rularuu|Rularuu]] invasion. Perhaps part of Rularuu's escape from the Shadow Shard involves "bleeding" the two worlds together. Though this doesn't necessarily explain the [[Shivans]], which are supposedly heralds of the invasion. This could mean that the Shivan meteors are from the Shadow Shard, but a point that Portal Corp hasn't gotten to yet (thus is not yet known).
** Theory: If the above theory is true, it is possible that Earth's oceans rose to a point where the entire planet's surface was covered with water, with the Rularuu invasion having the effect of creating the asteroids around Ouroboros. Thus, the moon would still be affected by the Earth's gravitational pull, and the elements that appear to belong to the Shadow Shard would still be explained.
** Correction:  Contrary to the comments above, with the exception of the "floating rock islands", nothing about the Ouroboros zone is similar to the Shadow Shard.  It does not have the bizarre sky of the Shadow Shard (Ouroboros even has some cloud cover) and it has a large body of water lying under it (not to mention the only "water" in the Shadow Shard is red (cf. [[Cascade Archipelago]]).


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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[[Category:Hero City Zones]]
[[Category:Cooperative Zones]]
[[Category:Villain City Zones]]
[[Category:Social Zones]]
[[Category:Hero Zones]]
[[Category:Villain Zones]]

Latest revision as of 01:51, 26 August 2024

This article is about the zone. For the organization, see Menders of Ouroboros.

Ouroboros
Splash
Map
Co-op Social Zone (15-50)
Trainers:
none
Trial / TF Contacts:
none
Events:
none
Exploration Badges:
Chrononaut
Plaque Badges:
none
Day Jobs:
Chronologist
Enemies:
none
Transits:
none

Overview

OuroborosBase1.jpg

The headquarters of the mysterious Menders of Ouroboros, is a place where heroes and villains will both find Story Arcs and the Flashback system. The Flashback System which is accessed via an Aspect of the Pillar allows you to play, or replay, any Story Arc accessible to you. The contacts and arcs available within the Flashback System will vary depending on a player's alignment and level. Vigilantes will have access to hero arcs, while rogues will have access to villain arcs.

Contacts

Regular Contacts

Hero/Vigilante Contact

Villain/Rogue Contact

Notable NPCs

Neighborhoods

There are no neighborhoods explicitly marked on the Ouroboros map. However, the following music will play in the background while in the zone.

Exploration Badges

Badge
Chrononaut (543.5, 867.6, -768.3)[Copy]

Welcome to Ouroboros. You have a feeling as if there is a lot of work that needs to be done.

Day Jobs

Badge

You have spent a great deal of time working with the agents of Ouroboros earning you the Chronologist Day Job. Logging out in Ouroboros will earn you a bonus enhancement recipe, when you log back in, each time you complete a mission for a short time.

The entire zone is a Chronologist day job location.

Stores

Transfer Points

Trivia

  • An Ouroboros is the symbol of the dragon eating its own tail, which has existed for centuries throughout Norse, Greek, African, Hindu, and many other systems of mythology. It is also a central image throughout the novel "The Worm Ouroboros" by E.R. Eddison.
  • Flower Knight and an Ouroboros NPC can be found talking to each other in this zone. One such interchange includes the zone's pronunciation: "It's pronounced or-oh-boar-os."
  • Mender Lazarus tells players that time travel is limited to 5730 years forward or backward, calling it the Carbon Law. This is probably a reference to the half-life of wikipedia:Carbon-14, which is also 5730 years (±40).

Notes

  • This zone was added to the game for Heroes and Villains in Issue 11.
  • There used to be two separate Ouroboros zones, one for Heroes and one for Villains. They were merged into one co-operative zone in Issue 25.

See Also

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