The Sunless Throne
The Sunless Throne: Aurelhold, the Ghost King's city. Aurelian, the Sun King, wore a crown his chancellor Morvane forged against the Greying: none of his people would ever die. None did; the Greying took their bodies and the crown kept their souls. His knights still stand their watch, his queen still weeps in the chapel she was walled into, his funeral never ended, and the king does whatever the Keeper of the Crown tells him. Endgame. From the Greyed Gate through the Mourning Streets to the Funeral Road; west the Hall of Oaths (Ser Gallowmere), east the Walled Chapel (Queen Maerwen), either order; their deaths break the two seals of the Sunless Gate, behind which wait the Crown Vault and the throne. Crew drops T10-T11, the bosses T11-T12, stat potions and five uniques.
Getting in
- Portal: Sunless Throne Portal
- Key:
Sunless Throne Key — type /key sunless thronein chat to get one, use it, walk in. - The portal drops from
Ghost King (50%)
How the Sunless Throne plays
Aurelhold, the Ghost King's own city. Endgame (grade 9): bring a level 20 character with real gear, and friends. The portal drops half the time from the realm's Ghost King, the hero of the haunted tower.
Long before the Mad God, Aurelian ruled the highlands from Aurelhold and his people called him the Sun King. When the Greying came, a sickness that drained the colour out of the living, his chancellor Morvane forged him a crown and swore that none of his people would ever die. None did. The Greying took their bodies anyway, and the crown kept their souls. Everything in Aurelhold is grey now except the gold of the crown. Walk through the city and it tells you the rest.
- The Greyed Gate and the Mourning Streets. The townsfolk still walk their errands.
Greyed Citizens drift at you in twos and threes, and each one scatters a ring of wisps when it falls: everyone here dies twice. 
Lamplighter Shades throw lamps of cold fire. 
Pale Heralds ring Slowing peals, steady the ghosts around them, and cry the Crown's proclamations: listen, they are the story. - The Funeral Road. The king's funeral never ended. A
Funeral Bell at the west end sends out columns of 
Endless Mourners that walk the road weeping tears to both sides. You cannot hurt them: cross between the columns. North of the road, the Sunless Gate is sealed twice. - The Hall of Oaths (west, through the Barracks Yard with its
Oathbound Knights, 
Spectral Lancers and 
Guard Crossbowmen). 
Ser Gallowmere, the Oathbound swore to stand until the king's last breath. He advances with fans of steel (stand in the gap), flashes before he lunges (step aside; his wake trails behind him) and plants his sword for a ring, so back off when he does. Under half his sword burns gold: two crosses of gold blades turn opposite ways and his guard marches in from the door. His death breaks the Oath Seal. - The Walled Chapel (east, through the Queen's Garden with its
Rosewraiths and 
ladies). 
Queen Maerwen, the Veiled was walled in for refusing the second crown. She weaves tears in a slow spiral, fans of lilac and fast aimed tears, and tears fall where you stand. At 60 % she fades into the mirrors: break her three 
Veiled Reflections. Under 30 % she hunts you and screams: a nova first, then a fast ring. Her death breaks the Veil Seal. - The Crown Vault. The empty treasury and the cold forge where the crown was made, guarded by
Vault Wardens. - The Sunless Throne.
Morvane, the Crownkeeper drifts round the throne room with a spiral of soul bolts and green marks under you, and every few seconds the bound king answers "...Yes, Master." with a ring of gold. At half Morvane hides behind four 
Soul Cages: break them to free the souls. When he dies, 
Aurelian, the Hollow King takes the crown for himself: a turning sunburst of gold rays, then the echoes of his knight and his queen fight beside him, and at last "There is no sun in Aurelhold": he hunts you and the sun falls where you stand.
Uniques: Oathkeeper (Gallowmere's shield), Mourning Veil (Maerwen's robe), Crownkeeper's Skull (Morvane), Sunfall (the Sun King's sword) and the Sunless Crown, a ring that will not let you die (once every two minutes), though the Greyed do not heal. The tarot card here is the Ten of Swords.
Boss: Aurelian, the Hollow King
| HP | 60,000 (+30% per other player within 24 tiles, up to 6 players) |
|---|---|
| Defense | 35 |
| Level | 20 |
| Hits up to | 160 |
| XP multiplier | 1.0 |
| Immune to | stasis |
Phases
waitingboundsitdecreefire
risereignsuncourtsummonknightqueen
sunlesseclipsehunt
Lines
...Yes, Master.
My Master is gone... then I will do it myself!
I was the sun of this city.
Kneel before your king!
The gold is all that is left of me.
Rise, my court. None of you may rest.
There is no sun in Aurelhold.
Is this what you came for? Take it!
Drops
| Loot | Chance | Bag |
|---|---|---|
 Sunfall | 1.5% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage |
 The Sunless Crown | 1% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage |
T12 weapon      | 12% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage |
T12 armor   | 12% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage |
T11 weapon      | 35% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage |
T11 armor   | 35% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage |
T6 ability            | 15% | own bag for the cyan-and-better ones, else shared |
| T6 ring | 8% | shared bag |
T5 ring        | 30% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage |
 Potion of Vitality | 100% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage |
 Health Potion | 100% | shared bag |
 Magic Potion | 100% | shared bag |
 Potion of Attack | 31% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage · one of 6, always |
 Potion of Defense | 31% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage · one of 6, always |
 Potion of Speed | 31% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage · one of 6, always |
 Potion of Dexterity | 31% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage · one of 6, always |
 Potion of Wisdom | 31% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage · one of 6, always |
 Ten of Swords | 10% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage |
 Potion of Life | 8% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage |
 Wine Cellar Incantation | 1% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage |
Chance per kill. A shared bag is one roll for everyone. An own bag is rolled separately for every player who did at least that share of the damage, and only they see it: soulbound items and everything that comes in a cyan or better bag drop this way. A tier row splits its chance over every item of that tier. Loot rules
Boss: Queen Maerwen, the Veiled
| HP | 32,000 (+30% per other player within 24 tiles, up to 6 players) |
|---|---|
| Defense | 20 |
| Level | 20 |
| Hits up to | 130 |
| XP multiplier | 1.0 |
| Immune to | stasis |
Phases
waitinggreetfightlamentturnback
glassfademirrorreturnweepturnback
griefbreakhuntscream
Lines
You smell of the living. Did he send you? Does he still wear it?
Look at me. Look at what he let them do to me.
You break only glass.
He promised none of us would die. He never said we would live.
Drops
| Loot | Chance | Bag |
|---|---|---|
 Mourning Veil | 1.5% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage |
| T12 weapon | 8% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage |
| T12 armor | 8% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage |
| T11 weapon | 30% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage |
| T11 armor | 30% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage |
| T6 ability | 8% | own bag for the cyan-and-better ones, else shared |
| T6 ring | 5% | shared bag |
T5 ability            | 30% | own bag for the cyan-and-better ones, else shared |
| T5 ring | 25% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage |
| Potion of Wisdom | 100% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage |
| Health Potion | 100% | shared bag |
| Magic Potion | 100% | shared bag |
| Potion of Attack | 17% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage · one of 6, always |
| Potion of Defense | 17% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage · one of 6, always |
| Potion of Speed | 17% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage · one of 6, always |
| Potion of Dexterity | 17% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage · one of 6, always |
| Potion of Vitality | 17% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage · one of 6, always |
| Potion of Life | 3% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage |
Chance per kill. A shared bag is one roll for everyone. An own bag is rolled separately for every player who did at least that share of the damage, and only they see it: soulbound items and everything that comes in a cyan or better bag drop this way. A tier row splits its chance over every item of that tier. Loot rules
Boss: Ser Gallowmere, the Oathbound
| HP | 30,000 (+30% per other player within 24 tiles, up to 6 players) |
|---|---|
| Defense | 30 |
| Level | 20 |
| Hits up to | 125 |
| XP multiplier | 1.0 |
| Immune to | stasis |
Phases
waitingchallengefightwatchadvancelungeriposte
brokenvowburn
Lines
Halt. None pass while the king lives.
And the king will always live.
I swore to stand until his last breath. He has no breath left to give!
Drops
| Loot | Chance | Bag |
|---|---|---|
 Oathkeeper | 1.5% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage |
| T12 weapon | 8% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage |
| T12 armor | 8% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage |
| T11 weapon | 30% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage |
| T11 armor | 30% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage |
| T6 ability | 8% | own bag for the cyan-and-better ones, else shared |
| T6 ring | 5% | shared bag |
| T5 ability | 30% | own bag for the cyan-and-better ones, else shared |
| T5 ring | 25% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage |
| Potion of Defense | 100% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage |
| Health Potion | 100% | shared bag |
| Magic Potion | 100% | shared bag |
| Potion of Attack | 17% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage · one of 6, always |
| Potion of Speed | 17% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage · one of 6, always |
| Potion of Dexterity | 17% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage · one of 6, always |
| Potion of Vitality | 17% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage · one of 6, always |
| Potion of Wisdom | 17% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage · one of 6, always |
| Potion of Life | 3% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage |
Chance per kill. A shared bag is one roll for everyone. An own bag is rolled separately for every player who did at least that share of the damage, and only they see it: soulbound items and everything that comes in a cyan or better bag drop this way. A tier row splits its chance over every item of that tier. Loot rules
Boss: Morvane, the Crownkeeper
| HP | 28,000 (+30% per other player within 24 tiles, up to 6 players) |
|---|---|
| Defense | 25 |
| Level | 20 |
| Hits up to | 125 |
| XP multiplier | 1.0 |
| Immune to | stasis |
Phases
waitinggreetfightcourtkeeps trying tiles a player stood onturnback
stringsretreatcagedexposedturnback
Lines
Another soul for the crown. Kneel, my king.
Kneel.
Every soul is a coin, and I keep the purse.
The crown remembers its debts.
Every soul in Aurelhold is mine!
No! They are MINE!
Drops
| Loot | Chance | Bag |
|---|---|---|
 Crownkeeper's Skull | 1.5% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage |
| T11 weapon | 25% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage |
| T11 armor | 25% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage |
| T5 ability | 20% | own bag for the cyan-and-better ones, else shared |
| T5 ring | 20% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage |
| Health Potion | 100% | shared bag |
| Magic Potion | 100% | shared bag |
| Potion of Attack | 17% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage · one of 6, always |
| Potion of Defense | 17% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage · one of 6, always |
| Potion of Speed | 17% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage · one of 6, always |
| Potion of Dexterity | 17% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage · one of 6, always |
| Potion of Vitality | 17% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage · one of 6, always |
| Potion of Wisdom | 17% | own bag, each player with 2% of the damage · one of 6, always |
Chance per kill. A shared bag is one roll for everyone. An own bag is rolled separately for every player who did at least that share of the damage, and only they see it: soulbound items and everything that comes in a cyan or better bag drop this way. A tier row splits its chance over every item of that tier. Loot rules
Unique drops
280–340 ×7 · 3.9 tiles · 100 MP · +14 DEF, +40 HP, +3 VIT
From Ser Gallowmere, the Oathbound 1.5%
125 MP · Steals 135 HP within 4.5 tiles · +5 WIS, +4 VIT
From Morvane, the Crownkeeper 1.5%
Enemies
| Enemy | HP | DEF | Hits up to | On map | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurelian, the Hollow King | 60,000 | 35 | 160 | 1 | |
| Queen Maerwen, the Veiled | 32,000 | 20 | 130 | 1 | |
| Ser Gallowmere, the Oathbound | 30,000 | 30 | 125 | 1 | |
| Morvane, the Crownkeeper | 28,000 | 25 | 125 | 1 | |
| Vault Warden | 7,000 | 35 | 130 | 2 | The treasury's guard: an empty suit of gilded armour. Wakes when you come near; a slowly turning cross of gold blades and aimed pairs. |
| Soul Cage | 4,000 | 20 | 90 | summoned | A gold cage of Greyed souls, chained to the crown. Turns a ring of soul bolts; each one broken frees a soul. |
| Veiled Reflection | 3,500 | 10 | 110 | summoned | The queen in the chapel's mirrors: her fans and her spiral, in glass. |
| Oathbound Knight | 3,000 | 30 | 105 | 2 | The King's Guard, sworn to stand until the king's last breath. Walks at you with fans of blades, then plants its sword: Armored for a moment and a ring of blades. |
| Rosewraith | 2,800 | 25 | 95 | 4 | A thicket of the queen's dead roses. Throws thorns that make you bleed, and bursts with thorns when you come close. |
| Pale Herald | 2,600 | 15 | 80 | 4 | The city's criers, still reading the Crown's proclamations. Rings of Slowing peals, an aimed wisp, and each toll steadies the ghosts around it (Armored a moment). Each proclamation is a chapter of the city's fall. |
 Chapel Chorister | 2,200 | 15 | 75 | 3 | The chapel choir sings the same hymn it sang at the king's funeral: a slowly turning pair of notes. They stand silent until you come near. |
| Spectral Lancer | 2,200 | 20 | 110 | 2 | A ghost on a ghost horse. Lowers its lance (a moment's wind-up), charges, and throws a volley of lances. |
 Spectral Guard | 1,800 | 20 | 100 | summoned | Gallowmere's guard, marching in from the hall's door: short-lived, a pair of blades. |
| Lady-in-Waiting | 1,700 | 10 | 85 | 3 | The queen's ladies, still waiting on her. They circle you and throw fans of lilac. |
| Guard Crossbowman | 1,600 | 15 | 130 | 2 | Keeps its distance and leads you with heavy bolts. |
| Lamplighter Shade | 1,400 | 10 | 110 | 5 | Still lighting the lamps of a city with no night and no day. Keeps its distance and throws lamps of cold fire that burst where they land. |
| Greyed Citizen | 1,100 | 10 | 75 | 11 | A townsman of Aurelhold, greyed to a shade. Drifts at you in twos and threes with a spread of wisps; every soul here dies twice, so it scatters a ring of wisps when it falls. |
| Funeral Bell | 1,000 | 0 | – | 1 | The king's funeral never ended. A bell at the west end of the road tolls a column of three mourners every few seconds; they walk the road to its east end weeping tears north and south, and fade there. Cross between them. |
| Endless Mourner | 1,000 | 0 | 70 | summoned | |
 Echo of Gallowmere | 1,000 | 0 | 100 | summoned | The knight's echo: flashes, then dashes across the room at you leaving blades to both sides. |
| Echo of Maerwen | 1,000 | 0 | 110 | summoned | The queen's echo: stands in the middle of the room and turns her lament. |