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Mercury's Door appeared in 856 during the [[Cataclysm]] along with the rest of the Cathedral City, which it was a part of.{{Bookref|WorldInside}}{{Bookref|WorldInside|Page 244: Chronology}} [[Zero]], who was possessed by a flower, believed that someone had sensed the threat the flower posed and had thus sealed one deep in the city.{{Bookref|DOD3SS}}{{Bookref|DOD3SS|Chapter 3}} They had also likely employed Baltas to guard the door, but their identity is unknown. | Mercury's Door appeared in 856 during the [[Cataclysm]] along with the rest of the Cathedral City, which it was a part of.{{Bookref|WorldInside}}{{Bookref|WorldInside|Page 244: Chronology}} [[Zero]], who was possessed by a flower, believed that someone had sensed the threat the flower posed and had thus sealed one deep in the city.{{Bookref|DOD3SS}}{{Bookref|DOD3SS|Chapter 3}} They had also likely employed Baltas to guard the door, but their identity is unknown. | ||
===Attempts to open the door=== | ===Attempts to open the door=== | ||
[[File:DragonDragoonUtahimeFive-MercurysDoorAccord.png|Accord's hologram.|thumb|200px]] It was widely believed that a great power resided behind the door.{{Bookref|U5}}{{Bookref|U5|Volume 2, Chapter 6}} [[ | [[File:DragonDragoonUtahimeFive-MercurysDoorAccord.png|Accord's hologram.|thumb|200px]] It was widely believed that a great power resided behind the door.{{Bookref|U5}}{{Bookref|U5|Volume 2, Chapter 6}} [[Cerulea]], Leader of the Lords and Lady of the [[Land of Seas]] was very interested in opening it. Three layers of wall protected the contents behind the door. When Cerulea found it, the first wall had already eroded, and she was able to destroy the second wall using her magic.{{Bookref|U5|Volume 2, Chapter 6}} However, she could not destroy the third wall, the one with the actual door itself.{{Bookref|U5|Volume 2, Chapter 6}} She did however find a man behind the second wall, Baltas.{{Bookref|U5|Volume 2, Chapter 6}} | ||
On June 6, 998, | On June 6, 998, Cerulea and the other lords resumed their attempts to open the door. Cerulea instructed Baltas to interact with a touchpad by the door and gave him some [[Old World language|Old World writing]] to read. Suddenly, a hologram of [[Accord]] appeared and informed Baltas that the voice data was incorrect, teleporting him elsewhere.{{Bookref|U5|Volume 2, Chapter 7}} | ||
===Destruction of the door=== | ===Destruction of the door=== | ||
[[File:DragonDragoonUtahimeFive-MercurysDoorShatters.png|thumb|200px|Mercury's Door shatters.]] When the magical girls known as [[Intoners]] came to open the door due to false memories implanted by the flower, the lords ambushed them.{{Bookref|U5|Volume 2, Chapter 8}} The door resonated with the girls' [[Power of Song]] while they fought the lords. However, three of the girls were killed in the fight, and another was mortally wounded. In a moment of despair, the Intoner [[One]] managed to shatter the door by singing, releasing the Black Mud that was housed within.{{Bookref|U5|Volume 2, Chapter 6}} | [[File:DragonDragoonUtahimeFive-MercurysDoorShatters.png|thumb|200px|Mercury's Door shatters.]] When the magical girls known as [[Intoners]] came to open the door due to false memories implanted by the flower, the lords ambushed them.{{Bookref|U5|Volume 2, Chapter 8}} The door resonated with the girls' [[Power of Song]] while they fought the lords. However, three of the girls were killed in the fight, and another was mortally wounded. In a moment of despair, the Intoner [[One]] managed to shatter the door by singing, releasing the Black Mud that was housed within.{{Bookref|U5|Volume 2, Chapter 6}} | ||