Man Eating Ruins

The Man Eating Ruins is a location from Tales of Legendia. The area is located right next to Maurits' Hermitage and series of small islands. The background music for this area is called The Forest of No Return.

Description
The Man Eating Ruins is large structure that has similar architecture to that of the Waterways the party visited previously. The entrance area is nothing put pillars and trail ways that are home to many treasures and monsters. The next area is a large passing area that seems to be the home to the many booby traps the ruins are known for. The next area is similar to that of the entrance, but with many Chaos Zones. The second to last area is a large hall where a large bed and human shaped statues (in actuality petrified humans) a scattered all over the place. The final area is large in which automata are stored in and alongside them is the whisper crystal which holds the power to command them.

Main Quest
The Senel Coolidge and his party first goes to the Man Eating Ruins by the quest of Maurits Welnes after Walter Delques failed to to obtained the Whisper Crystal. When the party arrives to the ruins they have a brief discussion on what to be prepare for. When the party gets to the room where the bed and statues Norma Beatty decides to sleep on the bed. Senel begins to notice that bed is normal and pulls her out which angers the monster revealing itself as a Mimic Bed and a Diva, which the party fights and defeats. When the party arrives in the final room they find the Whisper Crystal and along with that a surprise, inside a casket is a young woman named Grune sleeping. After brief conversation with Grune that led nowhere the party gets the Whisper Crystal and leave. When leaving the ruins they are attack by one of Vaclav's soldiers, but a Sentinel comes and defeats it. The party wondering what the machine leaves and heads back for Maurits Hermitage.

Character Quest
The party only returns to the Man Eating Ruins during Norma Beatty's character quest. The party goes here at the request of Norma after she suspects it as the hold place for the Everlight. During the half way point of the area Norma tries to set of the booby traps in the area, but she seems to be setting them off on Moses Sandor which causes him to fall all over the area. In the final room where the Sentinels were placed before Norma causes another trap to go off, which sends the monsters Mindflayer and Bloody Bed to attack the party. After defeating the monsters the party knows that their search had no result and they head back to Werites Beacon.