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==Strange Bank==
===Entry Points===
===Entry Points===
St. Egbert's Church, 1NE
St. Egbert's Church, 1NE
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===History===
===History===
[[Image:StrangeBank 119.png|thumb|left|350px|Section of the odd maze created by the original defenders of Strange Bank.]]
[[Image:StrangeBank 119.png|thumb|left|350px|East Wing Corridor, Strange Bank.]]


When Strange Bank was built, it was named Barrville Savings before the outbreak. When Zombies started to wander Malton's streets, possibly maddened Survivors hiding out in this building at that time preformed strange rituals (marks of them can be found from the vault) and constructed odd barricades (who would construct a barricade of glass?) and also reconstructed the entire bank like a labyrinth from the inside with spare materials - except the entrance hall. All survivors and zombies who have tried to explore the depths of this labyrinth have returned empty-handed. It's possible that original Survivors are either alive and hiding, wandering around their own maze or simply died there.
When the aptly dubbed "Strange" Bank was first constructed in 1922, it was actually known as  Barrville Savings. The business closed down shortly after Zombies began to wander Malton's streets, and the staff quietly fled, leaving behind millions in cash and valuables abandoned inside the structure's many storage vaults. As Barrville descended into chaos and the outbreak spread across Malton, a maddened cult of unidentified Survivors took refuge inside. They seemed to have performed strange rituals, carving out cryptic messages onto the lobby's walls with their fingernails. Reports later circulated that these tormented souls, shut up in the old bank and fearful of venturing outside where the Zombie hordes hunted freely, turned to cannibalism to survive, raping and murdering other Survivors who entered their domain before consuming the corpses. For many months, many were too afraid to venture near the place, and the name 'Strange Bank' quickly stuck, like a bad omen on whispered lips.


One can often hear steps behind you when walking alone in the corridors, strange marks on the walls in the second floor changing mysteriously, and, on one unusual occasion, a terrified Zombie fled the bank as if it had seen a ghost - or worse. The creature hasn't located, and its last garbled words about whatever odd sight it must have glimpsed have stumped even those proficient with Zombie communication.
By the time a gang of greedy Barrville residents and opportunistic black marketeers, eager to pillage Strange Bank's contents for themselves, finally summoned up enough courage to mobilize and storm the grounds, its insane caretakers had vanished. Instead, much to their shock and dismay, dozens of corridors and passageways meticulously constructed out of scavenged materials had been built upon the mazelike halls of what had once been Barrville Savings, making navigation disorienting and bordering on impossible. Intrepid Survivors who have later attempted to pursue locating the building's vaults have returned empty-handed. It has been speculated that the surprisingly difficult labyrinthe now in place was fashioned so deliberately as to conceal the latter's locations, believed to be in a sub basement underneath the ground floor.
 
No trace of the mysterious cult has ever been found, and as various wings have fallen into greater disrepair over the years, the chances of successfully exploring them have grown slim. In the meantime, Strange Bank continues to be the focus of chilling rumors and its haunting legacy lives on.


===Barricading Policy===
===Barricading Policy===

Latest revision as of 02:25, 8 October 2024

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Strange Bank
--VVV RPMBG 04:22, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
Strange Bank

Barrville [42,45]

Twycrosse Place School Roe Crescent St. Egbert's Church
Keane Boulevard Police Department Strange Bank a carpark
St. Wilfrid's Hospital Kebby Auto Repair the Eagan Building

Basic Info:

  • All banks were emptied or looted prior to evacuation. Tagging a bank earns 1 XP.
  • Banks are Dark buildings.
  • Among the internal descriptions found in Banks:
    • "The vault lies open, its contents either looted or transferred."
  • Banks can be barricaded normally.

Entry Points

St. Egbert's Church, 1NE Keane Boulevard Police Department, 1W

Strategic Significance

Holds players capable of maintaining Keane Boulevard Police Department, St. Wilfrid's Hospital, the Eagan Building, and the Woolsett Building.

History

East Wing Corridor, Strange Bank.

When the aptly dubbed "Strange" Bank was first constructed in 1922, it was actually known as Barrville Savings. The business closed down shortly after Zombies began to wander Malton's streets, and the staff quietly fled, leaving behind millions in cash and valuables abandoned inside the structure's many storage vaults. As Barrville descended into chaos and the outbreak spread across Malton, a maddened cult of unidentified Survivors took refuge inside. They seemed to have performed strange rituals, carving out cryptic messages onto the lobby's walls with their fingernails. Reports later circulated that these tormented souls, shut up in the old bank and fearful of venturing outside where the Zombie hordes hunted freely, turned to cannibalism to survive, raping and murdering other Survivors who entered their domain before consuming the corpses. For many months, many were too afraid to venture near the place, and the name 'Strange Bank' quickly stuck, like a bad omen on whispered lips.

By the time a gang of greedy Barrville residents and opportunistic black marketeers, eager to pillage Strange Bank's contents for themselves, finally summoned up enough courage to mobilize and storm the grounds, its insane caretakers had vanished. Instead, much to their shock and dismay, dozens of corridors and passageways meticulously constructed out of scavenged materials had been built upon the mazelike halls of what had once been Barrville Savings, making navigation disorienting and bordering on impossible. Intrepid Survivors who have later attempted to pursue locating the building's vaults have returned empty-handed. It has been speculated that the surprisingly difficult labyrinthe now in place was fashioned so deliberately as to conceal the latter's locations, believed to be in a sub basement underneath the ground floor.

No trace of the mysterious cult has ever been found, and as various wings have fallen into greater disrepair over the years, the chances of successfully exploring them have grown slim. In the meantime, Strange Bank continues to be the focus of chilling rumors and its haunting legacy lives on.

Barricading Policy

EHB at all times. This is an HQ for Cannonball Crew. It has been claimed on the 10mfh forum that it is the headquarters for a group called the Elorian Lancers. EHB at all times by The Crimson Clan's barricade policy in Zone E.


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This location is on the list of Amusing Locations in Malton