Themed Hideout Competition Submission Thread!

50 Shades of Vaal

Theme: Vaal Palace

Lore: An exile by the name of Murricah came to Wraeclast shunned by his former peers forever cast away. This is where his inner skills were brought out to change the foretold future of Wraeclast. Somewhere along the way after all the rich's and comfort he could ever desire he started following Vaal. He now lives in his palace going to unknown places through a device destroying evil, but he is doing a little evil of his own in his chamber...

Common area, where you can rest or use crafting bench's / stash / guild stash also with a mysterious way point.




Hall of Legends the greatest warriors there has ever been and who better to give you the lore then Elreon?



Hall of Legends continued, but we also have a map device here and the golden statue holding the bowl is dedicated to all the sacrifice's.



Now for the shades



As you can see lots of objects dedicated to Vaal this is the torture / sacrifice chamber.



We have a lot going on in this picture, The Vaal sacrifice table as you can see Murricah still have not cleaned up from the last sacrifice. The exile attached to Brutis; Cradle if you scroll in you can see the chain wrapped around his foot. There is a fire dedicated to Vaal also warming the water. The Throne and Murricah's right hand Vorici.



This last picture has an exile praying on a sacrificial shrine before he is to be sacrifice'd.

Hidden Bandit Base (Warbands)
Created by _WhySoSerious_Spare


The Portal, surrounded by sacred spirits


The Entrance to the main Area, welcoming bandits coming back home


Chilling/Socialising Place, bandits chill out here with other bandits.


Sacred Portal Area, the master bandit's(thats me) portal area. hidden in the woods


Entrance to downstairs


Storages to store supplies for bandits.


Places for bandits, they cook, rest, and spend most of their time here


Tora Inspecting incoming boats just in case people try to invade the hidden bandit base


Thanks!

Hideout Theme: Emporium Supplies Shoppe. (Warbands League)

Thoughts: A clean theme focusing heavy on symmetry yet creating beauty through asymmetric distribution of objects.

Thank you for your consideration! (Click images for high resolution screenshots).

:)

Well of Cross-Roads Waypoint:




Bridge over the river Kwai:




Vorici's stream and waterfall:




Revirie Device:




The Sharpening Wheel of Time:

Reclamation: A theme and narrative

Without any idea of theme my design goal for creating this hideout was to re-skin Haku's hideout so that it wouldn't feel like his hideout at all. In order to do this I came up with the idea to create an ancient manor house that has been reclaimed by time, and to reclaim it for myself as a hideout, a place to sleep, eat, stash and craft gear. So I guess the theme for my hideout is reclamation.



The waypoint brings you into a small encampment with all the necessities for living; a fire and a good book.



To the north-east I built a structure specifically for crafting, lashing together bits of shipwreck collected from the beaches below. I had to cut away a lot of jungle to build this.



I've installed a boardwalk to the north-west. It's possible there was once a beautiful garden here, but time has weathered it beyond recognition and only the hardiest of structures have withstood nature's relentless will to reach the sun.



The boardwalk leads to the bottom of some ancient stairs, which take you up a narrow ravine into the mountains, before opening into a small clearing. The old well here is the only source of fresh water in the area and very likely the reason the manor house was built here countless years ago.



Descending towards the sea, the main structure of the house is found built onto a rocky peninsula, where mysterious blue lights over the ocean have been known to draw in unwary sailors, the wreckage of their ships and boats occasionally washing up along the rocky beaches.



The inscriptions on a great statue in the centre of the manor are barely legible, but Zana knew what it was on sight. Placing maps in the great bowl allows the opening of portals somewhat like the device in the Eternal Laboratory. For some reason it feels luckier though.



Overgrown and ruined, you can almost make out the vast size the ancient house once was, imagine ceilings so high that their arching ribs would fade into shadows. Great trees provide the only canopy now.


If you would like to visit my hideout is in Standard and my IGN is Dreams_Of_A_Feather. Please bring wine.

Hideout name: Shrine of the Three Dead Lords
Hideout Theme: Death
Hideout tile set: Unearthed Hideout
League: Warbands

Short introduction

My idea was a simple one, create a hideout that is focused on anything related to death. I tried my best to add as little life as possible, and where I added it it has purpose. I had a few ideas on how to achieve this, but with the limited decorations that relate to death, I had a feeling that things could get repetitive fast, so I decided to add a sub theme to each portion of the hideout. The main theme is death; the sub themes are: 1. Bones, and thaumaturgy. 2. Torment, and devouring spiders. 3. Decay. Lets start showing them in order. I will also add a bit of backstory, just a personal preference.

1. Chamber of Bones

Upon entering the ancient cemetery (unearthed hideout), Catarina, and her favorite exile, were greeted by a gigantic hooded skeleton, introducing himself as the Bone Lord. He told them that if they desire power over the dead, they should build him a shrine. Always eager to acquire power, they complied. They started immediately, and after many days they finally completed the shrine. Here's what they accomplished.

The main altar, surrounded by the tombs of ancient powerful thaumaturges. Vegan, and Tora were allowed to reside in the room, only with the promise that they will offer 20 skulls, per day, to the bone Lord.



The room is filled with bones, the main source of the power that is granted by the Bone Lord. For this exact reason, the room is used for crafting; the masters' tools are imbued with great power from the bones surrounding them. Also, the Bone Lord is an avid collector of Skulls (old hobby, I guess >.>)





This mysterious pillar suddenly appeared, after the room was done. It's purpose is only known to the Bone Lord. If touched, it will strike you with a powerful lightning bolt. Some mysteries are better left unknown.



2.The Forest of Torment

After fulfilling the wishes of the Bone Lord, a clearing was made in a part of the room. Upon entering the new section, Catarina, and the exile were met by a spirit. The spirit was barely visible, but you could make out its spider legs. The spirit introduced herself as the Mistress of Torment. She warned the two, that she will only allow residence in this part of the ancient cemetery, to those that feed her appetite for tormented souls. She also hinted that the easiest way to do that is to feed her legion of spectral spiders; their preferd food: human flesh. So our two Death worshipers started planing, and eventually came up with the following.

Dead trees, a lot of skulls, and spider web.



This place was elected as the "Vault". Located amongst skulls ,and spider web, and with Leo, and Zana as its guardians. Not that any living being would be able to get to it, without special permission.



More dead trees, more spider web, and the cage serves as storage. It stores fresh humans, that will later be fed to the spiders.





This is the Altar of the Mistress of Torment. Zana's map device proved to be an effective magnet for the souls of those devoured by the spectral spiders; the glowing specs in the air are all tormented souls.The Mistress gets her souls, and Zana's device gets "fuel". The altar is constantly surrounded by webbed agonizing humans, it helps keep the Torment alive and kicking.




3.Shrine of Decay

After finishing with the second section, a third section opened. Upon entering, our two death worshipers made their way to the middle of the "room". Upon setting foot on the central platform, a greenish mist started to rise, and from that mist a tornado formed, a green stinking tornado, that spun around decaying corpses, and all manner of rotten body parts. A voice was heard; in a demanding voice it spoke: "build an altar, corrupted, and decayed, surround this altar with rot, guts, and gore, corpses, or any other form of vile death. Do this, and you shall know dominion over death forever." Who can say no to that? They immediately started. After long weeks, they finally succeeded.

The graves were already there, the corpses came after. What is there to say about this? It's quite simple: corpses, upon corpses, upon corpses; all surrounded by the miasma of Decay.













And here lies the Altar of Decay. Catarina takes great care that the corpses keep piling up, and that the stench of rotten flesh is as abundant as ever.



And so ends our tour of the House of Death. Our pair of death worshipers acquired that which they sought after for so long; Dominion over death, under the close counsel of Death.

Conclusion

Hope you guys enjoyed. Even if I don't win, I'm happy to share my vision of a corrupt hideout. Sadly I'm not hardcore enough at playing the game. If I had more favor with the masters, I'd have made it more awesome; alas I made due with what I had available.

Welcome to my hideout, enjoy :)

THEME: The Castle

Elreon Hideout
Standard League

In my hideout I tried to create a synergy between the items of all the masters.
Map device's room and the main room have the same style.
In the third room there are items that needed to have its own environment.

Near the Waypoint there is a room to rest with friends during breaks.



Immediately below there is Tora's archive where we can find all the known animals.



Getting back up there's the Temple of the Warriors, where there is Leo.



In the room to the north we find Zana, guardian of the map device.



The "Map Device" is composed of two statues dancing, as a symbol of friendship.



In the third and final room something dark is hidden, it's a statue as a symbol of wisdom that guards the passage.



Near the entrance there is Elreon, which offers us a chance to escape through a wagon to avoid the darkness.



If you have enough courage to enter the darkness you will find Vorci, that puts you in front of a choice ... Which way to choose?



Up you will find The Grove where you can relax and stay safe among the nature.



Down there is The Citadel, dominated by the effort and hard work



Finally behind vorici, there is the most obscure room of all the hideout, only a few people who visited The Castle have entered in this room ... and they never came back!
The CEMETRY



General images to better understand the hideout.



I hope you enjoyed it :)


AH I almost forgot... be honest, which of you has a fisherman fishing in the "Blessing Font"? :D

My submission for the contest is my standard league hideout. My character is Sarito_

This is a Romantic Dinner in Wraeclast. An ancient library is transformed into an exclusive restaurant, with only one table and two chairs for a romantic and unforgetable dinner.

When you arrive and get out of your cab, you will be received like a king and his queen.



You can have a romantic chat while walking through the gardens under the moonlight.





Leo will acomodate you and talk about the menu.



Vorici will take your order. The round table let you join chairs together and have a more intimate meal.



Tora is the main chef. You can enjoy her secret recipes, known all over Wraeclast.



Catarina and Elreon are the famous and most loyal customers. You can find the ruins of the former library, where you can look for ancient knowledge of the history of this land.





Thank you for your visit. We hope you come back soon.

Larger images in this gallery: http://imgur.com/a/Xnw45

Hideout Theme: The Tavern of Exile
League: Standard

Hello Everyone,
I have finished what I feel is my best hideout yet.
My previous collaboration can be seen here:

Thank you.

If you would like a better look in game, PM CMKcrazay.
Some of the images did not fit well in the window so please use the slider at the bottom of the post or see the images via links provided.

Catarina Come exile, let us converse. I see you have been lost in my woods. I suppose you would like to find a safe place to rest your head.
Simply follow the path ahead, you will find a lovely Tavern.




Shadow Well, by the looks of this garden I would say I have finally found civilization, and the tavern that creepy witch spoke of.




Vagan Let me bend your ear a moment Exile! I am Vagan, and this here is the finest Tavern in Wraeclast, come right in and have a brew.




Leo Ey there, what can I getcha?
Shadow Anything warm, right nasty weather we are having tonight.
Leo Well, our beers always warm, here you are!




Elreon Come on over here ye sneaky bugger, meet the rest of tonight's catch.
Shadow Tonight's catch?!
Elreon Don't be alarmed my boy, I meant nothing by it. You surely didn't think you were the only one seeking refuge from the storm?




Shadow I don't suppose you lot have any dry clothes lying around?
Elreon Of course we do my boy! Right this way!
Elreon Vorici?
Vorici Yes... What is it?
Elreon Where did you leave that fine Crimson Raiment?
Vorici Should be out back with the rest of the stock.
Elreon Well, come right this way my boy, just around those barrels.... We really do need to tidy up.
Thump




Shadow Uhg... My head.... What have you gotten me strapped into?!?!!!!
Elreon Haha.. Boy, after that wallop I did expect you to come through, real shame too. Hate to have you go through the pain the machine can cause... Judging by the screams it must be awefull... The map device won't power itself though... So long.




Vagan Why do I always have to be the one to carry them out...




Thank you so much for reading along. I am not the best writer, but am happy with the results. Good luck in the competition!

CMKcrazay

Standard League

Deaddy DayCare Brochure Page 1

Here at Deaddy Daycare, we strive to provide only the freshest, organic, locally harvested
preservatives. Fortified by nutritionism abuse to increase the shelf life of your beloved minions.

Hours before each dawn, as mandated by company ritual, witches delight in the Employee Recycling
Ritual by taking turns seasoning the giblets with physical and verbal abuses.

The mute, Maggotship, spends his days serving in the cafeteria (no hairnets allowed) and harvesting the congealled jelly from the giblet cauldron pump for his line of skin care products.

The following advertisement is provided and paid for by Maggotship Skin Care Products:
"Free samples available of our new spf (summoner protection factor) congealled creams for minions. Limit one spf70 Summoner Block per enrolled minion. Ask for your free sample in Registration."




Deaddy DayCare Brochure Page 2

A new Mummy enrolls her two zombies in the Deaddy DayCare Registration.

For your comfort, the air in Registration is filtered. Local gold sculpting processes produce noxious and heavy metal gases.

(Note to new employees: This is where you take your fresh air breaks.)

Once you depart Registration, no one is responsible for the safety of you, your minions or your inventory.

Yes, we do Deathday Parties! (Pricing varies.)
Yes, we do Family Photos! (Pricing varies by site location.)
Yes, we do once a month Flesh Offerings! (Harass Elreon for details.)

Directions to the Eternal Lavatory, "Exit here, turn right, follow hallway, turn left and proceed past the Snack Area, beyond the Serrated Moshpit. There isn't any wet floor signs around the blood drain area, so watch your step."




Deaddy DayCare Brochure Page 3

Every morning starts with a chaotic fast breaking in the Deaddy DayCare Cafeteria. The frenzy is orchestrated by the Matua Tupuna Chef featured here on this brochure page.

DJ Dr. Vorici often warns his friends, "The poached seagull gives me the phase runs!"

Catarina cackles to visitors she doesn't know, "The desecrated eggs add chaos damage to my farts!"

Quality Gem Magazine reports, "Deaddy DayCare offers an all Vagan friendly buffet that provides all of a minions recommended daily intake of preservatives and abuses."

Legendary PotA Vagan says, "I can digest that!" about the Deaddy DayCare menu.

Our Desperate Milk taps, brought in weekly from Lionseye, are a sure FTW to provide any HGH intolerant minions. Side effects may include mysterious disconnections due to minion relief breaks to the Eternal Lavatory (Featured later in this brochure).

This fun page is for minions ages fresh to five years of preservation (5yop) to do with their Mummys and Summoners. This activity will quickly familiarize you and your minions with the facility in a fun and time wasting manner.

Find the Pictures with your Minion(s):
Note: Some are labeled to be counted as a daily recommended amount from Vaal's food pyramid.

1. Vegetable: Dr. Vorici's Bush Salad Bar
2. Meat: Fresh Giblet Cauldron
3. Taxidermy: Flayed Skunk on a Stick
4. Liquid: Milk Tap
5. Matua Tupuna Chef
6. Vegetable: Forest Flower
7. Taxidermy: Desecrated Eggs
8. Meat: Poached Seagull
9. Your Maggotship
10. Thirsty Zombie
11. Circlet Witch
12. Sinner Witch
13. Cannibal Cauldron Dancer
14. Cafeteria Table




Deaddy DayCare Brochure Page 4

Minions and Summoners enjoy a bit of bloodletting painball in the Deaddy DayCare "Serrated Moshpit".

Master Gold Sculptor, Mr. Haku, gives hazardous demonstrations on the joys of pulling the handle on the Deaddy DayCare minion grinder.

This fun page is for minions ages fresh to five years of preservation (5yop) to do with their Mummys and Summoners. This activity will quickly familiarize you and your minions with the facility in a fun and time wasting manner.

Find the following with your Minion(s):
1. a smashed barrel
2. a Painball
3. a blood drain
4. the Ribbon Zone
5. some noxious fumes
6. a serrated moshpit blade
7. a torch bearer
8. the snack bar (Where the rotten fruit is!)
9. a karui spirit
10. some ground minion
11. a dying HC washout




Deaddy DayCare Brochure Page 5

A spectral Blackguard Mage and her husband start a dispute at the snack bar. "Elreon's Hand Sanitization Station burns my already peeling hands! Just give me a piece of rotten fruit or I'm going to arc you while my husband shield bashes you, Witch!"





Deaddy DayCare Brochure Page 6

Other Highlights of a typical day at Deaddy DayCare:

Eternal Lavatory Engineer and Operator, Catarina, passes out biodegradeable scroll fragments for the minions chanting, "Tp please! Tp please!" (The only thing zombies have ever learned to repeat from their Summoners.)

Some zombies play 'Bite that Witch', while a Mummy catches her breath from chasing fresh ribbons in the Deaddy DayCare Ribbon Zone.

A witch, protected by employee provided Maggotship Skin Care Products spf90, feigns fear of a vicious zombie assault. "Too much clutter!"

A skeleton finds aching relief in the decaying powers of the Eternal Lavatory's simmering blood pool.

A Dread Lurgy corpse, that everyone refuses to touch, floats slipskin style in the congealled area of the scalding blood pool.




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This Deaddy DayCare brochure fun page is for minions of all decaying ages to do with their Mummys and Summoners. This activity will familiarize you and your minions with expected behavior while a guest at Deaddy DayCare.

Circle the following silent thoughts as seen in this brunch picture:

1. "Crack kills."
2. "I wonder if I should tell her she has maggots in her hair."
3. "I'm bit!"
4. "That cannibal's breath stinks."
5. "Are you going to eat that?"
6. "Where am I going to sit?"
7. "This is some rotten bush!"
8. "I can't believe I wasn't invited to Malachai's Decantur Spiritus Party."




Deaddy DayCare Brochure Page 8

Deaddy DayCare Founder, Co-Founder, Boss and Blood Magic Gem exploiter, Leo, starts nap time by soothing the sleepy minions with boastory read from his 'Diary of Banditry and Epic Pwno Star Arena Battles.'

Leo, "I told you my Shadow Puppets were deadly!" .

The infamous, DJ Dr. Vorici, provides ambience with his scratch board to make sure those minions rest in peace. Popular songs include, "Whipped Cream", "The Sounds of Bush Salad", "Lioneye's Dumpsters", "Life on the Coast", "The Warden's Witch", and many others available upon request.

Master Gold Sculptor, Mr. Haku, demonstrates the finer points of sculpting the female figure from an urn full of simmering liquid gold.

Mr. Haku, "The telos of the ancient coins and treasures has always been to carry their personal histories into one form for animation."

A Mummy treads lightly around the sleeping zombies.

Warbands league

Elreon's Exquisite Elaboration






I like the skeleton of enlightened hideouts with nice pillars and book shelves to incorporate into the design. My hideouts normally consist of some subtle lighting effects and rubble placement, that's about it.

Torches, candelabrum and cauldrons make the base for my lightning while I use firefly swarms atop the cauldrons and fireplace to create subtle shadows reminiscent of bat swarms..

Large crypt rubble sections cover the huge gaps in elreon's hideout

I have a pen for my three firefox pets whom are fed seagulls and fish from whatever seaside maps I run.

Some crafting benches and guild stash are embedded into walls.