Ghorrock Prison

Ghorrock Prison
Released		26 July 2023 (Update)
Members		Yes
Location		Beneath Ghorrock
League region		&
Music		Prison Break
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The Ghorrock Prison is located beneath Ghorrock, accessible from Ghorrock Dungeon. It can be visited during and after Desert Treasure II - The Fallen Empire, although the main body of the prison is no longer accessible after the player has dealt with Jhallan. Several notes are located around the prison, revealing details about Duke Sucellus.

Duke Sucellus still inhabits part of the prison and can be refought after completion of Desert Treasure II as a solo boss.

• Teleporting with the ring of shadows, after using the frozen tablet on it.
• Teleporting to Weiss with icy basalt, then entering the Salt Mine and traveling through the cave.
• Using Larry's boat near Rellekka to sail to Weiss.
• Docking a player boat at Weiss, requiring 80 Sailing.

At some point during the Third Age, after the Betrayal of Zaros, Duke Sucellus was sent to Ghorrock, where he became Acting Legatus Maximus (the rank previously held by Zamorak) and took informal command over what little forces of the Zarosian Empire remained. During his time in Ghorrock, he took in many refugees from the Empire who managed to make their way there. As the God Wars dragged on, the fortress was close to running out of room,^[1] with some humans having been born there and never leaving the fortress.^[2]

By the end of the God Wars, Sucellus moved to the prison asylum and began ordering preparations to return to the surface.^[3] However, suspicions were raised after more and more people who were taken to the asylum never returned.^[4] In reality, Sucellus believed that he was the one destined to restore the Empire to its former glory, and ate everyone who was brought to the asylum in order to absorb their essence and gain more power.^[5][6]

Realising the threat Sucellus posed, Jhallan and Mizzarch began to make preparations to seal the prison, handing out evacuation orders to leave within the hour.^[7] The two Mahjarrat would each take one half of the Ghorrock Crest used to seal the prison, though it is likely Mizzarch's crest came into Hazeel's possession after his sacrifice at one of their rituals, where-after it fell into the hands of the Carnillean family, though it is unlikely they were ever aware of its significance.^[8] The prison was successfully sealed shut, leaving anyone still inside to die a cold, abandoned death, or else be eaten by their despotic host. After running out of food, Sucellus eventually fell into a long, deep slumber.

During the Fifth Age, the prison would be unsealed by an assassin, later revealed to be Sliske. An adventurer who sought a medallion held by Sucellus ventured into the prison, discovering the slumbering Sucellus. The adventurer woke him with poison and subdued him, allowing them to retrieve an odd key and use it to open a locked room containing his medallion.

• Concept art of various objects within the prison, by Mod Jerv.
• Concept art of the asylum, by Mod Jerv.