Thief I Fan-Mission: "Sepulchre of the Sinistral", by "Doaal"

            Fan-mission author “Doaal” only made two fan missions, both for Thief I, and both excellent. His second, “Sepulchre of the Sinistral,” imitates “Down in the Bonehoard”, successfully providing a new “Bonehoard” experience.

            “Sinistral” is a large underground tomb. It, like “Bonehoard,” has several different sections with their own challenges and treasures. The mission does begin, in labyrinth fashion, with a small opening segment—a Hammerite church, very simple, and that serves only as an entryway to the main part of the mission.

            There are five main areas in the tomb, each accessed from a central maze of corridors very reminiscence of the large, cylindrical rooms of “Bonehoard.”

-Mission Start: Above ground, Hammerite Church
*I love the simple starts to large, labyrinthine missions. Here, the small Hammerite church is but a miniscule prelude to the grand catacomb below.

-Entering the Sepulchre

-The Tomb of Terror

-The Temple of Amon
*In this interesting segment, players needed to find and then bless an Ankh in order to be able to not run out of breath underwater. However, nabbing the gemstone negates the Ankh's effects, leading to a rushed swim upwards.

-Tomb of the Infidels

-Erim's Maze, Erim's Temple
*This is my favorite section from the Sepulchre. To pass the initial maze, without constantly being transported back to the beginning, players must travel the cardinal directions in a certain order. This order is deciphered from the lengthy journal left behind by the Hammerite explorer. The first letter of each paragraph represents a cardinal direction; players must go in the order that these letters are in in the journal.

-St. Renall's Tomb

-Erim's Shrine
*The puzzle for this room was very tricky. It required the finding and deciphering of 7 different scrolls, all part of one large riddle. The end result was figuring out which torches to light, and in what order.

-Deep Pit
*Like the underwater segment above (Temple of Amon), this section required a special item to negate mortal bounds. Here, the Stone Potion received from Erim's Shrine is used to make the player immune to fall damage.

-The Masumene
*After conquering the Sepulchre tricks and puzzles, and acquiring all the gemstones, players may go after the sword called the Masumene, the main treasure of the Sepulchre.

-Exiting the Sepulchre