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A dungeon is a room or cell in which prisoners are held, especially underground. Dungeons are generally associated with medievalcastles, though their association with torture probably belongs more to the Renaissance period. An oubliette or bottle dungeon is a basement room which is accessible only from a hatch or hole (an angstloch) in a high ceiling; however, the description of these basement rooms as 'dungeons' stems from the romanticised castle studies of the 19th century. There is no evidence to indicate that prisoners were really lowered through the angstloch into the dungeon using a rope or rope ladder as these 19th century accounts suggest. Archaeological finds, by contrast, indicate the use of these basement spaces as store rooms.^{[citation needed]}

Etymology[edit]

The word dungeon comes from Frenchdonjon (also spelled dongeon), which means 'keep', the main tower of a castle. The first recorded instance of the word in English was near the beginning of the 14th century when it held the same meaning as donjon. The proper original meaning of 'keep' is still in use for academics, although in popular culture it has been largely misused and come to mean a cell or 'oubliette'.^{[citation needed]} Though it is uncertain, both dungeon and donjon are thought to derive from the Middle Latin word dominus, meaning 'lord' or 'master'.^[1]

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In French, the term donjon still refers to a 'keep', and the English term 'dungeon' refers mostly to oubliette in French. Donjon is therefore a false friend to dungeon (although the game Dungeons & Dragons is titled Donjons et Dragons in its French editions).

An oubliette (same origin as the French oublier, meaning 'to forget'^[2]) is a basement room which is accessible only from a hatch or hole (an angstloch) in a high ceiling; however, the description of these basement rooms as 'dungeons' stems from the romanticised castle studies of the 19th century. There is no evidence^{[citation needed]} to indicate that prisoners were really lowered through the angstloch into the dungeon using a rope or rope ladder as these 19th century accounts suggest. Archaeological finds, by contrast, indicate the use of these basement spaces as store rooms.

The use of 'donjons' evolved over time, sometimes to include prison cells, which could explain why the meaning of 'dungeon' in English evolved over time from being a prison within the tallest, most secure tower of the castle into meaning a cell, and by extension, in popular use, an oubliette or even a torture chamber.

The earliest use of oubliette in French dates back to 1374, but its earliest adoption in English is Walter Scott's Ivanhoe in 1819: 'The place was utterly dark—the oubliette, as I suppose, of their accursed convent.'^[3]

History[edit]

Few Norman keeps in English castles originally contained prisons, though they were more common in Scotland. Imprisonment was not a usual punishment in the Middle Ages, so most prisoners were awaiting trial, sentence or a political solution. Noble prisoners were not generally held in dungeons, but lived in some comfort in castle apartments. The Tower of London is famous for housing political prisoners, and Pontefract Castle at various times held Thomas of Lancaster (1322), Richard II (1400), Earl Rivers (1483), Scrope, Archbishop of York (1405), James I of Scotland (1405–1424) and Charles, Duke of Orléans (1417–1430). Purpose-built prison chambers in castles became more common after the 12th century, when they were built into gatehouses or mural towers. Some castles had larger provision for prisoners, such as the prison tower at Caernarfon Castle.^[4]

Features[edit]

Diagram of alleged oubliette in the Paris prison of La Bastille from Dictionary of French Architecture from 11th to 16th Century (1854–1868), by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc; the commentary speculates that this may in fact have been built for storage of ice.

Although many real dungeons are simply a single plain room with a heavy door or with access only from a hatchway or trapdoor in the floor of the room above, the use of dungeons for torture, along with their association to common human fears of being trapped underground, have made dungeons a powerful metaphor in a variety of contexts. Dungeons, as a whole, have become associated with underground complexes of cells and torture chambers. As a result, the number of true dungeons in castles is often exaggerated to interest tourists. Many chambers described as dungeons or oubliettes were in fact storerooms, water-cisterns or even latrines.^[5]

An example of what might be popularly termed an 'oubliette' is the particularly claustrophobic cell in the dungeon of Warwick Castle's Caesar's Tower, in central England. The access hatch consists of an iron grille. Even turning around (or moving at all) would be nearly impossible in this tiny chamber.^[6]

A 'bottle dungeon' is sometimes simply another term for an oubliette.^[7] It has a narrow entrance at the top and sometimes the room below is even so narrow that it would be impossible to lie down but in other designs the actual cell is larger.^[8]^[9]

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The identification of dungeons and rooms used to hold prisoners is not always a straightforward task. Alnwick Castle and Cockermouth Castle, both near England's border with Scotland, had chambers in their gatehouses which have often been interpreted as oubliettes.^[4] However, this has been challenged. These underground rooms (accessed by a door in the ceiling) were built without latrines, and since the gatehouses at Alnwick and Cockermouth provided accommodation it is unlikely that the rooms would have been used to hold prisoners. An alternative explanation was proposed, suggesting that these were strong-rooms where valuables were stored.^[10]

In fiction[edit]

Oubliettes and dungeons were a favorite topic of nineteenth centurygothic novels or historical novels, where they appeared as symbols of hidden cruelty and tyrannical power. Usually found under medieval castles or abbeys, they were used by villainouscharacters to persecute blameless characters. In Alexandre Dumas's La Reine Margot, Catherine de Medici is portrayed gloating over a victim in the oubliettes of the Louvre.^[11]

Dungeons, or dungeon crawls, are common elements in modern fantasy literature, related tabletop, and video games. The most famous examples are the various Dungeons & Dragons media. In this context, the word 'dungeon' is often used broadly to describe any labyrinthine complex (castle, cave system, etc) rather than a prison cell or torture chamber specifically.

Near the beginning of Jack Vance's high-fantasyLyonesse Trilogy (1983-1989), King Casmir of Lyonesse commits Prince Aillas of Troicinet, who he believes to be a vagabond, to an oubliette for the crime of having seduced his daughter. After some months, the resourceful prince fashions a ladder from the bones of earlier prisoners and the rope by which he had been lowered, and escapes.^{[citation needed]}

In the musical fantasy film Labyrinth, director Jim Henson includes a scene in which the heroine Sarah is freed from an oubliette by the dwarf Hoggle, who defines it for her as 'a place you put people... to forget about 'em!'^[12]

In the Thomas Harris novel The Silence of the Lambs, Clarice makes a descent into Gumb's basement dungeon labyrinth in the narrative's climactic scene, where the killer is described as having an oubliette.^[13]

In the Robert A. Heinlein novel Stranger in a Strange Land, the term 'oubliette' is used to refer to a trash disposal much like the 'memory holes' in Nineteen Eighty-Four.

References[edit]

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^Alexandre Dumas, La Reine Margot, XIII Oreste et Pylade
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^Messent, Peter (1 December 2000). 'American Gothic: Liminality in Thomas Harris's Hannibal Lecter Novels'. Journal of American & Comparative Cultures. 23 (4): 23–35. doi:10.1111/j.1537-4726.2000.2304_23.x. ISSN1540-594X.

S-Tier Dungeons

Halls of Atonement

Halls of Atonement is one of the best fortified dungeons in the game right now, and with the affixes present that should not change. Halls is also easier than Mists of Tirna Scithe on this affix set. Halls of Atonement has some of the most lax placement of Inspiring out of any of the dungeons that you can play. On top of that the caster Depraved Obliterator in this dungeon are mostly tank damage and a lot of times are the inspired mobs themselves.
Pain Points
The biggest pain point in this dungeon are the Vicious Gargon pulls and the Shard of Halkias pulls. So for the Gargons, your tank needs to diligently kite to make sure he does not get too many stacks of the Jagged Swipe. On Fortified the Gargons beat up your tank and fortunately they do not do any anti-kite mechanics. As for the Shards, their primary ability Thrash does an intense amount of groupwide damage. It does have a 40 yard range, so you can get out of there if things are getting dicey. Normally the issues with the Shards happen when you pull Depraved Obliterator with them and mis-manage kicks. Be careful to pull these mobs into the Shards if you do not have good kicks assigned. This is one of the only dungeons that Storming is apparent in as on Lord Chamberlain soaking the lines with Storming is rough.
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A-Tier Dungeons

Mists of Tirna Scithe

Storming & Inspiring both should not do a ton in this instance in the time department. There are a few moments when inspiring is tough though and requires a bit of finesse to go through the instance. This is really problematic in pugs during the maze if you are not careful.
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Pain Points
You do have to pay attention to inspiring a bit in mists. There are 2 packs in particular you should look out for and the maze is also obnoxious. The first pack is the pack with x2 Drust Soulcleaver and x2 Drust Harvester. The harvesters do a Harvest Essence & Spirit Bolt cast and both should be kicked with high frequency. Since the soulcleaver is the inspired mob here, CCing him is definitely advantageous. You can even use the mind control trick from above on the first boss if you leave him CCed. Second pack to watch out for is the Spinemaw Larva in the pack with the Spinemaw Staghorn. The Staghorn has 2 casts that need to be kicked in the Stimulate Resistance & Stimulate Regeneration. The larva has low HP, so you can blow him up pretty quickly and then continue to kick the Staghorn. The Spinemaw Reaver that patrol also are inspired, so really try to avoid them. On top of all of this, there are many packs in the maze with Mistveil Tenders that have Inspiring in them. You have to be careful, cc frequently, and pull slow in order to make the maze managable.
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Plaguefall

Plaguefall's lenient timer with use of Rigged Plagueborers and Unstable Canisters in this dungeon make it very forgiving to deaths and pulling slow. Inspiring and Storming both are not overly impactful in this instance as a general rule. Setting up your Prideful to where they spawn before Globgrog, Domina Venomblade, and Margrave Stradama is fairly important even on Fortified as these bosses have the highest chance to wipe you and are very deadly.
Pain Points
The trash in between the first and second boss is probably the biggest pain point in this dungeon generally. Making sure you use the Rigged Plagueborers well in order to kill surrounding mobs is very important. The plagueborers do scale off Fortified, so make sure that you blow them up on top of other mobs. In regards to Inspiring, the biggest pain point for inspiring is the Domina Venomblade room as there is a Defender of Many Eyes and a Venomous Sniper with inspiring on them. These can be problematic for crowd controlling the spiders that the Brood Ambusher spawns. Making sure you use an AOE crowd control effect whenever the inspired mobs are away from the spiders is important. Also for the left pack making sure you are able to CC the defender on his Bulwark of Maldraxxus is really important as well.
Be careful for Storming on Margrave Stradama :-).
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Necrotic Wake

Necrotic Wake's timer is really free if you are aggressively playing with the weapons. Inspiring is very ridiculous at some points of this dungeon such as with the Necromancers, but manageable with very coordinated CC. If you are able to manage the inspiring and aggressively play with the weapons, then this week should be no different from most normal weeks in Necrotic Wake.
Pain Points
All of the trash in the Necropolis and the Zolramus Necromancer are the biggest pain points in this dungeon. For the Necropolis trash specifically the Tenderize gets stacked up incredibly quickly on your tank and your tank has limited ability to be able to kite out these Kyrian Stitchwerk as they also have an anti-kite mechanic. Beyond that, be very careful for Inspiring + Corpse Collector in the necropolis as well as kicks on the Corpse Collectors are mandatory. As for the Zolramus Necromancer, for some reason 2 out of 3 of them are inspired and the nearby Brittlebone Mage are a massive source of damage. These packs should be carefully cced if pulled or potentially skipped on this week.
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B-Tier Dungeons

Spires of Ascension

Spires of Ascension's timer is incredibly forgiving most weeks if you take the dungeon pretty slow, however the massive kick requirement is very difficult on Inspiring. Taking the dungeon slow and steady with CCs is definitely advantageous for success, but not for the timer. With Fortified and Storming the rest of this dungeon should be fairly normal if you are able to manage the inspiring.
Pain Points
I think the biggest pain points in this dungeon is the trash in front of Devos and the starting area trash. The angels in front of Devos do an unreal amount of damage. Once you end up pushing a high enough key, I would highly recommend using Bloodlust and the Kyrian Covenant Spear from Spires itself on the final angel Klotos.
All of the trash before the first boss is really annoying to deal with as there is no real concrete way to chain pull or mass pull the packs. The pack before the first boss it is mandatory to CC the Forsworn Mender here and pull the other mobs away from him. This will mean you have to fight the mender with your Prideful but this is not difficult to pull off. Take the dungeon and the trash slow. Inspiring is really annoying but the timer should be there if you are clean.
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De Other Side

De Other Side has a relatively tight timer, but on this week you should be able to pull the Ardenweald with unlimited size restrictions other than hitting the Prideful spawn percentages. This makes De Other Side not super difficult this week compared to most weeks (Tyrannical weeks).
Pain Points
Trash in the Dealer Xy'exa area is probably one of the biggest week to week pain points present here. Beyond that this dungeon just has the same relative difficulty week to week. Fortunately enough almost all of this trash can be kited around as there are few to no anti-kite mechanics on the trash here and almost no casters. The reason this is a big pain point is due to the fact that the timer in De Other Side is so tight that generally having to pull this area large is a necessity and if it isn't a necessity then it surely makes the dungeon easier. Avoid Bladebeak Matriarch as much as humanly possible and honestly you’re good to go if you have a clean run. In addition to that in the Hakaar area there are 3 Atal'ai High Priest with Inspiring on them. The priests themself are not bad, but Atal'ai Devoted need to be cced and Atal'ai Hoodoo Hexxer have to be kicked regularly, so the priests inspiring other mobs is rough.
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Skip parts of the Hakaar wing if possible would be my advice for DOS.
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Sanguine Depths

The bosses in Sanguine Depths will almost always be the gatekeepers in this instance regardless of whether it is Fortified or Tyrannical. Fortunately though, after the most recent nerfs this dungeon is definitely more in line with other dungeons. The timer in here is pretty lenient as long as you can live the bosses. Inspiring is rough at certain points in this instance but largely unimpactful. Storming is really annoying due to the tight corridors, but if well played this dungeon is definitely not that bad this week.
Pain Points
I think the biggest problem parts in this dungeon like I eluded to in the other section are the bosses. Kryxis the Voracious, Executor Tarvold, and General Kaal are some of the hardest bosses individually and when they are slammed together in a dungeon they feel really difficult. On Kryxis you need to make sure to slowly soak the orbs from Severing Smash otherwise you can put yourself in deep trouble. You can also range the Severing Smash ability and it will not drop any of the orbs. This is something you can do, but I would use this liberally and only if you think your healer or tank need assistance. On Executor Tarvold, focusing down the adds is by far the highest priority. When there are bad overlaps with Castigate + add pulsing AOE damage is very scary and heavy defensives / Immunities should be used here. Helpful tip: You can Feign Death every cast of the Castigation on a hunter. For General Kaal, healer mana is the scariest part. There is potential to have your healer suicide, drink, then resuming pulling, but that is so costly time wise. You can pull general Kaal far back where the bears will not combat you as well, so that is an option.
There are also ample amounts of Wicked Oppressor combined with Inspiring which are very dangerous casters with their Wrack Soul ability. Potential use of an invisibility potion after the third boss to skip the trash in the hallway area is encouraged. This means that you should get your 80% prideful for Tarvold so you are able to skip the hallway after 3rd boss.
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C-Tier Dungeons

Theater of Pain

Theater of Pain is definitely one of the more difficult dungeons to deal with on Inspiring. There are a lot of packs that have inspired + caster mobs that you will need to CC. That coupled with Theater's low mob density generally and semi tight timer, makes this dungeon pretty difficult this week. This is also one of the few dungeons where Storming is really annoying due to the small platforms / area of movement.
Pain Points
There are 2 mobs with Inspiring in the Shackled Soul area. This makes the traditional 'pull all of them and use AOE CC' strategy less viable on this week. There are potential routes that skip the Shackled Souls and looking into those can be of benefit. There is also a terrible pull with an inspired Bone Magus, Portal Guardian, and Maniacal Soulbinder. You can either CC the Bone Magus or kill it quickly before the Soulbinder's Necrotic Bolt Volley goes off. All-in-all pulling very slow in Theater of Pain and CCing mobs is your best bet, but it is not very good for the timer.
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