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== Transfer Points ==
== Transfer Points ==
* The only way to get to Ouroboros is the [[Ouroboros Portal]] temporary power
* The only ways to get to Ouroboros are the [[Ouroboros Portal]] temporary power and the [[Mission Transporter]] [[Super Booster|booster power]], provided that someone on the team has a [[Door Mission]] in the zone.
* Well, almost the only way.  If your team has a door mission in Ouroboros (via one of the crystals) and you cannot use [[Ouroboros Portal]] due to low level, the [[Mission Transporter]] temporary power will still get you to the crystal.
* Heroes can leave through the exit portal to [[Atlas Park]], [[Founders' Falls]], [[Independence Port]], [[Peregrine Island]], or [[Talos Island]].  
* Heroes can leave through the exit portal to [[Atlas Park]], [[Founders' Falls]], [[Independence Port]], [[Peregrine Island]], or [[Talos Island]].  
* The portal can also be used to enter some outdoor instance missions such as "Board Train". Using the portal to exit Ouroboros a player will get the normal selection of zones to travel to and one that places them inside that mission.  
* The portal can also be used to enter some outdoor instance missions such as "Board Train". Using the portal to exit Ouroboros a player will get the normal selection of zones to travel to and one that places them inside that mission.  

Revision as of 18:00, 23 June 2010

Ouroboros
Splash
Map
Hero/Villain City Zone (25-50)
No updated MoreMaps4U map available

Overview

OuroborosBase1.jpg

The headquarters of the mysterious Menders of Ouroboros. Heroes and villains can both visit this zone, but they appear in different instances, with differences in contacts and missions. There are missions and Task Forces here, as well as the Flashback system.

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

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

The following exploration badge can be found in Ouroboros:

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.

Stores

Transfer Points

Trivia

  • Random NPCs 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 to continue to orbit the Earth if the Earth was shattered. What exactly this means about Ouroboros is unknown at this time.
  • Theory: Since the Ouroboros zone has features of both the Shadow Shard and Primal Earth, it is possible the "Coming Storm" is a successful 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.