Necropolis????

[Chrommanito]

well for the final place of the map, when I heard the name Necropolis (ignoring the meaning of "necro") I thought it would be like the capital city of Cairn or something. I thought something like: "we're going to the place with the most infested place and kill a lot of enemy!" But turns out, it's just a big graveyard.

In every country there oughta be some big cemetery, but this cemetery according to Grim Dawn's scale, is bigger than a town or even a city. And why would a cemetery be placed far off on the north?

regardless, I think the map layout is great, but the logic is bothering.

[Fendelphi]

Actually, most big cities have several big cemeteries(and they used to be outside of the town/city, but the cities eventually grew around them).
I live in a relative small city(about 20k inhabitants) and we have 3 fairly big cemeteries(about 100k square meters in total(about 1.000.000 square feet) and several smaller ones.

A necropolis(city of the dead) is essentially a very, very large area dedicated to cemetery service. It is probably not just 1 city, but several(smaller towns in the area, etc.) that have used it.

And instead of wasting good farmland or town areas, a complex dedicated to the job makes a lot of sense.

[Ghin]

The game's areas really aren't to scale. Also there are lore notes that somewhat explain Necropolis if you wander around it a bit.

[Aelies von Saladir]

The lore is that the Necropolis is...
1. used to buried every single soldier died in the war against the Cult of Ch'thon in the great battle that killed the Loghorrean. And it IS built upon the very battlefield that the Imperial Army clashed with the Cult and the Log'horrean. This make it as more a symbol of Imperial victory and a memorial to the honoured dead than a normal graveyard.
2. secretly doubled as the seal for the Log'horrean itself. Most of the place is actually part of that seal. Once the seal is depowered, the Log'horrean awakens again.
This two reasons explain the size and location of the place, I think.

[Chrommanito]

interesting...

[Fendelphi]

Originally posted by Aelies von Saladir:

The lore is that the Necropolis is...

Should probably add Spoiler. :)

[Chrommanito]

I already reached Necropolis so sooner or later I'll find that notes