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Shining Cartography - Shining in the Darkness - Part 4

After a busy couple weeks and and an illness that has befallen me for a few days, I am able to share my map progression thus far. I finished up on The Cave of Truth and 90% of the Labyrinth Level 1 floor and am now just arrived at the final trial, The Cave of Wisdom. This trial looks like a real treat and I am looking forward to tackling and mapping this level. But first, the story so far... ---- Tricky map, but nothing my little brain can't handle! It's a ghost! This was an interesting floor with some dull trap mechanics. First off, we got the spinney turn tables that are easy to figure out, the magic sucking slime floors, walls that drop from the sky that block your path, puddles of water that tries to kill you, ghosts hiding in false treasure chests (oh, and they can cast death on you for an instant kill), a misleading wall that brings your hopes up then crushes it, and a hungry golem that's disguised as a damsel in distress so it can trick you in beco