heRO Riddle Event 2008

[GM-Ayu]

"A snake fairy who fell in love with an immortal, and as a result punished to be bounded to this location"


Tough because the riddle itself is not glaringly obvious, but on top of that, you need test wiseness as well.


This riddle is based on the story of Madame White Snake, a famous play for Chinese Opera. Madame White Snake/Bacosjin, depending on versions and so on, was imprisoned/held captive in two different locations though. It is either the lily pond or the pagoda.

If we look at the pagoda, we can't relate to RO. There is no Pagoda-like building anywhere. Some of you chose Louyang as the answer, but I don't think that's very relevant except for having the same nationality... which is not saying much. Louyang has no pagoda of any kind as well.

So we are looking at the lily pond, but there are many ways to relate lily pond to RO, such as Water Lily Crown, Wicked Lily and Flower Lily.

I will first eliminate the references to Wicked Lily, Evil Nymph and Arcadia. I'm not sure how does "wicked" deemed more fitting compare to all the other choices. Also, Evil Nymph and the entire Gonryun are based on Taiwan myths/practices, so you got the wrong region in mind.

Riddle specifies to say "this location" so we are looking for a place. As much as some of us tries to tie these two items to the lily pond, it's more fitting of an answer to get the location itself.

There is a map in RO that is a lily pond (though not overly obvious, but if you look the lilies are there in the background in the water). The white snake fairy herself is there, along with her maid the green snake fairy (green maiden/chung e). The additional presence of Green Maiden gives it further details that relate to the original lily pond, allowing it to triumph over all the other lily-based items in terms of accuracy to the riddle. The answer is now obvious.

Best answer for this riddle is: Suei Long Gon (Louyang Dungeon 3)

*note: I did not accept Louyang Dungeon 3, because riddle thread specified that I want the exact name to all my riddles. If a map has a name, use the name instead of generic field number.


JackofShadows, Crashy, Daraeon Ravensong and Vanira each win 250k zeny and 2 old blue box each! Great job to solve this riddle to pick out the right answer among all the distractions!


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