Elysium

Elysium is an alphac-era city at approximately 2724–2877, 63–98, 162–511, one of the largest and most comprehensively developed player cities in Ravenkraft history.

Overview[edit]

Elysium was a coastal city with a complete civic, commercial, and recreational infrastructure. Founded and managed primarily by HydraliskChild and CrazyVanilaCake, with Eudy (Eudaemonea) serving as town manager, Elysium functioned as a genuine city-state with its own school, bank, electric company, library, and post office.

Location Info
World	Alphac
Coords	~2750, 66, 287 (city center)
Region	r.5.0
Type	City
Founders	HydraliskChild, CrazyVanilaCake
Town Manager	Eudy (Eudaemonea)
Nether Portal	Nether ~348, 92, 36

Civic Infrastructure[edit]

Building	Coords	Notes
Welcome Center	2773, 66, 303	Two locations; main entry
Elysium Public School	2755, 72, 176	—
Elysium Public Library	2766, 66, 314	Book club available; best seller: Creeper Killed My Cat!; all books must be returned in good condition
Elysium Bank	2759, 66, 283	—
Electric Co.	2759, 67, 307	—
Post Office & News Room	2829, 75, 202	Town news and announcements board
Train Depot	2786, 66, 288	Lines to Ravenport, Taconia, Ethyria, South Beach
Elysium Tour Company	2787, 67, 295	Tour guide will arrive soon. Please wait here patiently.

Commercial District[edit]

Blacksmith's Shoppe at 2804, 76, 182
Seaside Inn at 2724, 64, 186 — with Seaside Grill; guest check-in and check-out
Seaside Brewery at 2759, 67, 293 — $0.50 Beers Every Tuesday! No Drinking And Driving!
Augrum at 2822, 77, 189 — named business or currency exchange
Multiple named resident houses along the town board row (Codpiece89, Rosaely, Trebgod, dfsf5263, HerpDerp's hut)

Parks and Nature[edit]

Elysium Park at 2851, 63, 350 — a landscaped public park
Ocelot Sanctuary at 2901, 64, 345 — No Building Allowed; protected wildlife area
Miniature Mushroom Island Biome at 2911, 64, 268 — natural feature

Transport =[edit]

Elysium had an extensive underground tunnel system branching to:

Ravenport (line at 2817, 65, 265)
Taconia (line at 2817, 65, 281)
Ethyria / South Beach & Mike's Island (line at 2780, 66, 267)
Rosaely's Mine, Grinders, and Farm
Main World Connector at 2783, 56, 320

A dedicated Elysium Tour Company ran guided minecart tours of the city.

Grinder Complex[edit]

A full mob farm complex managed by Eudy, located beneath and adjacent to the city:

Skelly Grinder (Arrows, Bones, Bows, Enchanted Bows)
Zombie Grinder
Spider Grinder
Wizardofire's Blaze Grinder (nearing completion at time of archive)

Do not AFK for more than 30 minutes please. Let Eudy know when chests need to be emptied.

Gilligan's Island Row[edit]

A section of named huts on the city waterfront referenced characters from the TV series Gilligan's Island:

Skipper & Gilligan's Hut at 2817, 65, 236
Ginger & Mary Ann's Hut at 2817, 65, 284
The Professor's Hut at 2669, 64, 229

Known Residents[edit]

HydraliskChild, CrazyVanilaCake, Eudy (Eudaemonea), Rosaely, Trebgod, Codpiece89, DanteusMaltos, dfsf5263, aiCollector, mswt5avsfan, Justin1243, Bayman128, Howard_5, ebrights20, AlbinoAwesome, Flapjack8796, Bighuck4, king_rondo90, Dethryn, Wizardofire

Town News (at time of archive)[edit]

From the Town News & Announcements board at the time of archiving:

Rosaely's shop now open in Ravenport
Hydralisk has a new potion store in Ravenport
DanteusMaltos built a new beach home by Codpiece89
Hydra and Crazy are planning their Creeper Citadel
Warzone planning party announced
One additional Ravenport plot available — see Eudy
Next Big Project: Nether Portal Renovation!

Northern Territory[edit]

Elysium maintained a forward presence north of spawn in the negative-Z reaches of alphac (region r.1.-1):

Elysium Forward Base #1 — at approximately 718, 79, -88
Elysium Guild of Merchants — commercial offices at approximately 569, 69, -363
Territorial claim — signs at 843, 118, -204 read "Property of Elysium — Trespassers Shot on Sight"

These northern outposts suggest Elysium exerted influence across a large geographic range, from the eastern coastal city to the northern frontier near Warforge.