Irene, the Infirm

[MongoJerry]

IRENE: THE JAIL



Into the Jail our heroines went, eager to make their way to Andariel.

"I never knew why we needed so much jail space," remarked Aliza.

Irene shrugged.

The monsters were definitely getting harder in the Jail levels. Previously, Irene could kill normal monsters on her own, but she had a much more difficult time doing that here. Even Aliza could kill only slowly, and our heroines attempted to isolate monsters as much as possible so that they could concentrate their power on one monster at a time.



There were parts of the Jail that were very hard. For example, our heroines were met by a wraith boss pack near the entrance to the second level of the Jail. Not only could the pack members deal and absorb a lot of damage, but they could also leech mana which they then converted into life, too. (See the orange swirls in the screenshot above). Irene and Aliza almost gave up on killing any members of the pack, but after they had cleared out more of the level and had more room to maneuver, they were able to isolate and dispose of the entire pack.



Then there were parts of the Jail that were like shooting dark ones in a jail cell. The nice thing about the Jail levels was that they afforded a lot of terrain features to use -- including the cells themselves.



Progress was slow but steady as Irene and Aliza completed most of the clear of Levels 1 and 2. In the process, Aliza turned level 11. The only thing left in the first two levels of the Jail was Pitspawn Fouldog and his tainted minion horde.