Istrakan is the dark city that the Immortals have inhabited since time immemorial. Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hand is based in Istrakan, referenced to in Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django, and a playable area in Lunar Knights. In the first three Boktai games it is said to be a place of evil where the Immortals rule their undead armies.
Inhabitants[]
During the course of the first three games, it is shown that Istrakan is primarily a heavily deteriorated and ruined city inhabited by various undead underlings and Immortals. However, in the time that Lunar Knights takes place it is revealed to be a city entirely taken over by the Immortals and rebuilt to be a formidable area.
Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hand[]
Istrakan is divided into four main areas represented by the maps, Django pass in different locations as the game progresses, which are usually represented by outlined rectangles with a clear center, except for areas more important to the history of the game that have their own icon. The secret areas are also different from these, with the Azure Sky Tower having a dark center, while the Abyss remains hidden on the map.
The first area remains technically linear, going from the beginning to Fog Castle, after defeating the Count and breaking the seal, follows the access to Small Cave, Gate of the Dead, forking between Catacomb and Ancient Forest, and going to Bloodrust Mansion, which after defeating the Count again, breaks the seal and gives access to the second map.
The second area starts in the Solar Tree area, going north to Noname Fortress and then Death Cliff, with Crumbling Mine to the right of it, with Suffering House above the latter; or to the east going to Deserted Arsenal then to Stair of Trial. Following the east direction, south east is Ruined Cemetery followed by the hidden area of Azure Sky Tower, and to the north of this is Firetop Mountain. In the northwest direction, Permafrost is located, close to Stench Forest, finally, to the north of the latter is Remaining Tower through which the third area is accessed.
The third area starts at Remaining Tower, with Scar of the Land to the right and Forgotten Tomb to the east; to the north is Valley of Ice, and Delusion Forest to the left, of the latter, further west is the secret area of the Abyss; in the south, beyond the Remaining Tower there are two access areas to the second area, but only by elevators. Proceeding north, all roads unify at a fork leading to Sol City, and after defeating Carmilla, the seal blocking the second road disappears giving access to the fourth area.
The fourth area is a simple square area with Fallen Devil Castle to the south-east direction, House of Darkness to the south-west, Water Demon's Cage to the northeast and Fire Dragon's Grave to the northwest, which all connect through the central area of the teleport to Dark Castle.
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