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[[File:DragonDragoonUtahimeFive-MercurysDoor.png|200px|thumb|Baltas tries to open the door.]] | [[File:DragonDragoonUtahimeFive-MercurysDoor.png|200px|thumb|Baltas tries to open the door.]] | ||
{{nihongo|'''Mercury's Door'''|メルクリウスの扉|Merukuriusu no tobira|lit. Door of Mercurius}} was a door in the [[Cathedral City]] said to house | {{nihongo|'''Mercury's Door'''|メルクリウスの扉|Merukuriusu no tobira|lit. Door of Mercurius}} was a door in the [[Cathedral City]] said to house all the world's knowledge and power. In truth, it housed the [[black sludge]], a manifestation of the [[flower]] bent on destroying the world. [[Baltas]] was tasked with guarding the door, but he did not remember who by or why. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===Origin=== | ===Origin=== | ||
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 | [[File:DragonDragoonUtahimeFive-MercurysDoorAccord.png|Accord's hologram.|thumb|200px]] It was widely believed that the world's knowledge and 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, 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}} | 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=== | ||