Azwan
 Azwan | |
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| Dimension | Maple World |
| Continent | Ossyria Nihal Desert |
| Boss(es) | Hilla |
| Quest Level Requirement | 80+ |
| Name (Other Servers) | |
| KoreaMS | 고대도시 아스완 (Ancient City Azwan) |
| JapanMS | 古代都市アスワン (Ancient City Azwan) |
| ChinaMS | 古代都市阿斯旺 (Ancient City Azwan) |
| TaiwanMS | 古城阿斯旺 (Ancient City Azwan) |
| MapleSEA | Azwan |
Once the glorious home of a great magical civilization, it was destroyed by an unknown force. Now, all that's left is a ruin, haunted by ghosts and other restless spirits.
Azwan, also known as Ancient City Azwan, is an area in Ossyria's Nihal Desert region, and is the ancient city where Hilla, one of the Black Mage's commanders, once lived. The city remained lost after Hilla handed over the city and souls of its residents to the Black Mage in exchange for eternal life, power, and beauty. Hilla's recent reappearance has led to Azwan being recently rediscovered.
This region can be accessed on foot via North Desert Road 1 near Ariant's Sunset Road. It does not contain any normal mobs during the questline aside from a few quest-specific mobs. Upon reaching Level 180, players can access the Chilly Corridor, a map populated by Spearman Skeleknights and Bloodfangs which can be hunted for Monster Collection, by talking to Medina at Azwan Refuge Zone. The Major Boss Hilla can be fought here.
Defeating Hilla allows players to obtain the following:
Level 120 Necromancer Equipment
[Pet Box] Blackheart, which allows players to obtain either the Pet 
Blackheart or the Pet Equipment 
Black-hearted Earrings at random- The Pocket Item
Stone of Eternal Life, which is part of the Boss Accessory Set - The Earrings
Will o' the Wisps, which is part of the Boss Accessory Set (Hard mode only)
In addition, defeating Hilla in Hard mode will reward the following Medals by talking to Medina at Azwan Refuge Zone.
Savior of Azwan and 
Light of Azwan (defeating Hilla in Hard mode)
Phoenix of Azwan (defeating Hilla in Hard mode without dying)
Hilla Specialist (defeating Hilla in Hard mode within 7 minutes)
Monsters
![Nameless Grave Robber[1]](/w/File:Mob_Nameless_Grave_Robber.png)
Story
- For information on the full story, see Azwan/Story.
With the formation of the Alliance, Neinheart resolved to look into the movements of the Black Mage's Commanders. He dispatched an Alliance member on their first mission to investigate the ruins of Azwan, believing that Hilla's hometown could reveal more information about her. In Ariant, the Alliance member learned that a wandering dancer had been spreading rumors of an Elixir of Everlasting Youth to the citizens of Ariant, with the greedy and tyrannical Queen Areda sending grave robbers to Azwan in order to obtain it first. The Alliance member met with the Cygnus Knights, who revealed that a barrier was obstructing entry to the city. While looking for another route, the Alliance member found an underground passageway that the grave robbers had been using.
They soon entered a refuge and met with the ghostly citizens of Azwan, including a Shamaness named Medina. Medina was surprised to learn from the Alliance member that centuries had passed, as time meant little to ghosts. She revealed that Hilla had turned the souls of Azwan into monsters, and that she had created the barrier to establish a protective zone where they could remain safe from the curse. Medina agreed to help the Alliance member and led them to Hilla's tower, where the Alliance member was separated from Medina and wandered through an endless labyrinth of darkness before encountering Hilla, who revealed that she had dealt with Medina before attempting to kill them. Just then, Medina appeared and saved them, revealing that the Hilla before them was only an illusion.
After dispelling the fake Hilla, Medina revealed that illusion magic had always been Hilla's specialty, capable of driving people to madness. She and the Alliance member concluded that Hilla's illusion in the tower meant that the real Hilla wasn't in Azwan. Because of this, Medina believed that it was safe to lift the barrier and allow the Alliance entry to investigate the city. Following the investigation, the Alliance member learned that several Elixirs of Everlasting Youth were in circulation. After obtaining the elixirs, the Alliance member brought them to Medina, who discovered that it was actually a potion that extracted obsession and insanity hidden within the drinker's heart. The Alliance confiscated all the elixirs and warned Queen Areda that there was no such elixir of everlasting youth. Nevertheless, Areda paid the wandering dancer who had originally spoken of the elixir to bring one to her. After delivering the elixir and receiving a large sum of riches, the wandering dancer - revealed to be a disguised Hilla - smiled at the chaos that she had just unleashed upon Ariant.
Gallery
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The original world map for Azwan, which is no longer used
Trivia
- Azwan is named after the Egyptian city of Aswan.
- Formerly, Fight for Azwan was available here, but it was closed and removed from the game.
- Participating in Fight for Azwan would reward a certain amount of Honor EXP depending on the difficulty and mode, which at the time was required to level up your Inner Ability's level and rank.
- Players could also receive Conqueror's Coins and Emperor's Coins, which could be used to buy items such as Circulators to reroll your Inner Ability.
- During the area's initial release, players would obtain Conqueror's Coins and Emperor's Coins by participating in Fight for Azwan and talking to Woodwan, Former Secretary of Domestic Affairs, which could be used to buy regular items from Popodom, Former Secretary of Foreign Affairs and rare items from Jean Pierre, most notably Circulators to reroll your Inner Ability. These also served as a Coin to purchase recipes for and craft the following Equipment Sets, as well as buy them directly:
- Level 80 Duke's Armor Set
- Level 100 Conqueror's Armor Set
- Level 130 Emperor's Armor Set
- Level 130 Emperor's / Imperial Sets:
- As of the Unlimited / MapleStory: Unleashed Update, the Level 130 Emperor's / Imperial Sets were replaced with the Level 130 Sovereign Sets, though these were never added in GlobalMS:
- As of the Coordinator's Touch: Star Force Update, the Level 130 Emperor's / Imperial Sets and Level 130 Sovereign Sets were replaced with the Level 120 Necromancer Set, newly added as drops from Hilla and supplementing the existing Level 120 Necromancer Weapons.
References
Availability
| Availability of Azwan | |||||
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| Korea | Japan | China | Global | SEA | Taiwan |
| Available | Available | Available | Available | Available | Available |
| Maple World | ||
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| Maple Island | ||
| Victoria Island | ||
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Sleepywood • Ereve • Rien • Lumiere | ||
| Ossyria | ||
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El Nath Mts. • Ludus Lake • Aqua Road • Minar Forest • Mu Lung Garden | ||
| Edelstein | ||
| World Tour | ||
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Zipangu • The Far East • Masteria • South East Asia (Singapore, Malaysia) • Taiwan • Thailand | ||
| Jianghu | ||
| Hielo | ||
| Other Dimensions | ||
| Other Worlds | ||
| *World Map available | ||
| Ossyria | ||
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| El Nath Mts.* | ||
 Orbis Orbis Tower  El Nath  Dead Mine*
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| Theme Dungeon |  Lion King's Castle*
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| Ludus Lake* | ||
 Ludibrium  Eos Tower Helios Tower Clocktower Bottom Floor*
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| Theme Dungeon |  Ellin Forest*  Fantasy Theme World* Korean Folk Town*  Omega Sector*
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| Aqua Road* | ||
 Aquarium Veritas
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| Minar Forest* | ||
 Leafre  Kritias*
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| Theme Dungeon |  Stone Colossus*
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| Mu Lung Garden* | ||
 Mu Lung  Herb Town
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| Theme Dungeon |  Golden Temple*
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| Nihal Desert* | ||
 Ariant  Magatia  Azwan
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| Temple of Time* | ||
 Temple of Time*  Crack in Time Gate to the Future*  Arcane River*
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| *World Map available | ||