The Methuen Monument

the Methuen Monument Judgewood [14, 10] Retallick Walk (Jensentown) Sartin Row (Jensentown) Elmund Cinema (Jensentown) Pippen Grove the Methuen Monument Wilmott Row Meecham Plaza the Perceval Building Colglough Library Basic Info: A monument is a city block containing a statue or similar piece of public art, without a building in it. It is functionally equivalent to a street, except that players with the Tagging skill can gain 2 XP for writing graffiti on a monument. This is, game-play wise, an empty block, and cannot be barricaded. After the July 3, 2009 update, some monuments became tall and can be seen from a distance with binoculars

Description

Humans and zombies alike will see the following (permanent) description when standing in front of the monument:

"You are at the Methuen Monument, an equestrian statue on a plinth."

It's a monument. The telegraph pole to the left shows just how monumental it really is.

The Methuen Monument is a monument located in northern Judgewood. Built in 1814 to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo, it immediately became the centre of controversy when one intelligent resident realised the battle hadn't occured yet. When the battle was actually fought a year later, suspicions about witchcraft, clairvoyancy and dark dealings with the devil abounded, leading many locals to believe that the monument was cursed. Some of the more religious types believe that this monument was responsible for the current zombie problem.

Their fears weren't helped by a mistake in the plans resulting in the monument being built much taller than intended. Its designer, George Thomas Methuen, intended it to be a small ediface measuring just ten foot tall, but a printing error on the blueprints showed the scale to be 1:100 rather than just the 1:10 scale he used to draw it. This resulted in the monument being built to a height of 100 feet, a mistake that wasn't noticed until Methuen returned from a six-month long voyage to the south of France.

Outraged by the long line of cock-ups and suspicion that surrounded the monument, the locals drummed Methuen and his family out of town. They then named it after its architect to remind them never to allow them back due to the blight he had inflicted on their neighbourhood forever (as none of them were brave enough to have it demolished).

Nowadays, the few locals who remain have more important things to worry about.

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