Editing Tomb of the Ninth Lord of Kobol

{{disline|This article discusses an [[Original Series]] religious site. For information on the Lords of Kobol as depicted in the [[Re-imagined Series]], see [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies (RDM)]]. For additional articles and summary on the Colonial religion of the Original Series, see [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies (TOS)]].}}[[File:NinthLordofKobol.jpg|thumb|right|The sarcophagus of the Ninth Lord of Kobol as Baltar starts to pilfer the scepter {{OS|Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II}}.]]

The '''tomb of the Ninth Lord of Kobol''' is located inside a large pyramid in the what is believed to be the city of [[Eden]] on the planet {{TOS|Kobol}}. Its entrance is marked with an inscription that tells that the Ninth Lord of Kobol lies there in peace and promises death to those who enter it.

The Ninth Lord of Kobol was the last of the [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies (TOS)|Lords of Kobol]] to have survived.  Apparently, he survived long enough for a tomb to be built in his honor by the humans, who were apparently leaving due to an ecological disaster on Kobol. While much was never revealed about the Ninth Lord, the Colonials felt that his tomb held the location of [[Earth (TOS)|Earth]].

== Rediscovery of the Tomb ==
Despite the dire warnings, {{TOS|Adama}} enters the tomb, using his [[Seal of the Lords|Quorum of Twelve medallion]] as a key. [[Serina]] and [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] accompany him. A trap springs shortly after they enter, and the bones of tomb raiders in the trap reveal its deadly nature.

Adama again uses his medallion, this time to free them from the trap and continue. The next chamber appears to be the crypt, but they are interrupted by the entrance of [[Baltar (TOS)|Baltar]] through a different door. Apparently his amulet works as well. Baltar is taken back to the camp, and Adama remains trying to decipher the writings.

When [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] returns and tells the camp of the [[Basestar (TOS)|basestar]] that is just beyond sensor range, Apollo and Serina bring Baltar back to the tomb. It is then when the star orbiting Kobol begins to shine again, reflecting off of Adama's amulet and causing the crypt to retract revealing a stairwell.

[[File:TombofNinthLord.jpg|thumb|Baltar pries the lid off of the sarcophagus.]]
Baltar charges in first, followed by the others. Baltar manages to pry off the lid of the sarcophagus before Apollo can stop him, and grabs a scepter, activating a trap. A large stone block traps them in the tomb. Adama discovers that the inscriptions he was searching for, regarding the last days of Kobol and the exodus of the thirteenth tribe to [[Earth (TOS)|Earth]] are on the walls of this room.

Shots from a [[Raider (TOS)|Cylon Raider]] end up blowing a hole in the tomb, freeing them from the room but also destroying the writings and trapping Baltar under a large stone {{OS|Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II}}.

==Notes==
*The Seal of the Ninth Lord is the same as the symbol for [[w:Aten|Aten]], the basis of the ancient Egyptian monotheistic religion [[w:Atenism|Atenism]].

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