heRO Riddle Event 2008

[GM-Ayu]

I'll give a breakdown of how to approach these riddles for this first one, since this is the first one and some people may not be too familiar with my style yet (especially if you aren't on the night time riddle few days ago.) But after this, I'm not going to go into depth

"Precious item in honor to the brave 6666 martyrs in the middle ages"


The clue gives us an image of a holy item, which many of our guesses are headed in that direction. However, a riddle only has one answer and we must look for keywords that specify it down to pinpoint the one answer.

In this riddle, the specialized clause is the 6666 martyrs. This item is in honor to specifically this group of people. The 6666 martyrs are known as the Theban Legion. No other legions of the roman empire have this specific number of knights/crusaders.

With this in mind, we wipe out almost all items that are general to any holy man since they are not the best suitable answer to the riddle. Items like Holy Water, Gold, and Legion Plate Armor are eliminated here. Random items with some holy sounding name like Sabbath, Grand Cross, Holy Cross, Sacred Mission, Holy Avenger are also eliminated.

Those who made it to this far have done very well already to find out that the 6666 martyrs is the Theban Legion. There are still two possibilities.

Sorry but it is NOT the Longinus Spear. (One of you guessed the Holy Lance but didn't know how to connect it to RO. The name of the Holy Lance is the Longinus, which is a Lv 4 weapon in RO.)

The reason why it's not the Longinus is because Longinus maybe associated greatly with the Theban Legion, but the riddle said that it's an item "in honor TO" the Theban Legion. Longinus existed 300 years ago before the Theban Legion, and therefore cannot be something made in honor for the bravery of the Theban Legion.

The only possible answer left is Basilica, the skill from the High Priest class.

The Basilica of St. Peter in Aguanum is built in honor to the Theban Legion. For those who don't know, a basilica is a church that has been according special 'privileges' by the Roman Catholic pope with a certain specific design.

Basilica is the best option, and therefore the correct answer to this riddle.


Winners of this riddle are:
Daraeon Ravensong, Merciful Poseidon, Shia, Zerosk, Nagato Yuki, Craix, Everoth

Each of you wins 143k zeny along with 1 obb! Congratulations!