The Pit

The Pit is a dangerous location on Penumbra. It's generally in the center of the island and the confluence of several large mine shafts located inside the island.

The area was one of the first mines on the island from which the others began. Having been long exhausted of materials, it is now used as punishment by the guilds on Penumbra. Headstrong workers, criminals and other scum of the earth is jailed in this meters deep pit. At the deepest level, The Pit is a cold and dark place. Periodically, jailers deposit baskets of leftovers down into The Pit, where inmates fight over what little is given.

While most jails would not offer a way out, The Pit does. Old mining equipment is still attached along the walls of the pit. This is deliberately done to give the inmates the idea they can escape. Using the remaining (and deteriorating) equipment, some inmates take their chances and make the climb. Most of the ones that tried, failed. This usually happens halfway up where either the tools give in, or the wall gives way. Since all the inmates in The Pit have already been condemned to death, nobody cares what happens to them.

Since The Pit's inception as prison, only three inmates have ever made it out. The most recent of which has been Edgar Serana.