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An Orcish Stronghold & Keep/Arena

vwrmic

Journeyman
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Hey everyone, well I thought it was about time I contributed something to this part of the forum. I have seen Petra has posted a few times my old Orc Arena, unfortunately she never posted the full stronghold, or the actual fort, so I thought I would post it in all its glory.

These are from around two years back on Europa, they are unfortunately now gone, however, upon returning recently I have started to rebuild the main fort (not the arena or the mine) similar to the one posted below but with more decoration and a slightly tweaked design. Something I will post once completed. (In the two years I have been gone, there has been a lot of deco added, something we lacked back then unfortunately).

Anyway, ill break it down:

Here is the Orc Arena:


Here is the Orc Mine with added Docks (Note the mine entrance goes into an underground layer, something I intended to fill the walls with rocks, which I never managed to get enough of):


Here is the Orc Fort (Main base of operations):


The Mine/Dock shot was before I managed to buy the plot next door for the arena, here is the finished shot of all three together, unfortunately I don't have one of the outside.:


Back when the guild was running strong, we used to have a regular visitor in the form of the "Sky Gud!" It was GM Tyveela, which I don't believe is on the team anymore which is a shame. In honor of his presence he had his own throne built. He also wore an Orc mask for added effect and whenever he appeared he wouldn't just appear/disappear he would come down from the sky and then rise back up after we paid him a tribute (in the form of gold and numerous shiny things).

Here's GM Tyveela on the throne:


Here he is again visiting us while we were exploring the Hedge Maze:


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Before I even considered building an Orc Stronghold I had a private residence. I have always liked Keeps but never the in-game Keep due to its limitations and the fact you can't make something truly unique without a customisable house. Unfortunately this is the first one I did, it had numerous improvements once I moved it near the Orc Fort, something I do not have pictures of.

Baron's Keep Outside:


Baron's Keep First Floor:


Baron's Keep Second Floor:


Baron's Keep Third Floor:


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Here is the Arena I built for the Vesper [-V-] guild on Europa, we used to use it for many events. The top was the main fighting part, the bottom was a bagball arena, and used for vodka/poison stool races.

Vesper Arena Outside:


Vesper Arena Inside:


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Hope you enjoyed the pictures everyone! I shall be posting back once my new Orc Fort is complete. :thumbup1:

Thanks to Petra for originally finding and posting one of my buildings back in the day, I only recently found them when searching Stratics for other Orc houses and it was her posts that motivated me to post all the above.
 

hawkeye_pike

Babbling Loonie
Stratics Veteran
Stratics Legend
Those buildings are fantastic! It makes me sad to see that the communities nowadays are not active enough anymore to maintain such buildings or fill them with life.
 

Bazer

Slightly Crazed
Alumni
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the orcish fort is just so awesome, would amost be tempted to sell my castles to do something like them
 
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