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The Chozo Ruins are the remains of a great civilization that Samus visits in Metroid Prime and one of the main areas on Tallon IV along with Tallon Overworld, Magmoor Caverns, Phendrana Drifts, and the Phazon Mines.
History
Founding
At an unspecified point in history, Chozo settlers left their home planet of Zebes and colonized Tallon IV. These colonists made a conscious decision to abandon their technologically advanced lifestyle and live in harmony with nature, and their descendants left behind lore to honor their legacy. Consequently, they constructed what later became the Chozo Ruins with simple materials, forming their city's architecture around the natural landscape: buildings were hewn from stone, bridges were woven with branches, halls followed watercourses and chambers surrounded ancient trees. In the deeper portions of their city, they built sentient statues in their likeness, as well as other non-sentient sculptures for purposes decorative and otherwise. Several years after the initial settling began, the Chozo began developing new senses that allowed them to glimpse the future, an evolution that they believed to be a sign of their "harmonization with the infinite;" in these visions they foresaw the coming of a Worm that would destroy their world.
Architecture
In addition to the trademark simplistic, unobtrusive, natural materials that make up the Ruins, other distinctive Chozo designs make them unique. Smooth, carved Half Pipes, testaments to the painstaking craftsmanship of Chozo builders, appear in several chambers. Mammoth, sometimes luminescent, etchings of ancient Chozo runes are situated decoratively on walls, platforms, and floors throughout the Ruins. Complex Runic Symbols and translucent, holographic runic messages capable of producing nonpolluting, self-sustaining illumination are also found here.
While the Chozo on Tallon IV chose to live without advanced technology, metal hallways connecting two areas through large rock masses are sometimes used, and hallways lined with large pipes venting steam evidence some sort of steam powered system in the area, though its function is not specified.
Corruption
A meteor impact on Tallon IV led to the spread of a Great Poison over the planet's surface, corrupting the ecosystem and mutating the wildlife. One of the mutated creatures took root in their sacred fountain, poisoning the water supply of the city. The Phazon corruption even led to hauntings by Chozo Ghosts, called by their fellow Chozo "The Turned" - entities that know no reason beyond the instinctive urge to protect Chozo lands. The Chozo contained the spread of the Poison but could not destroy it, and so they left knowledge and technology for the Entrusted One they had glimpsed in their visions and abandoned their mortal forms. Time and the Great Poison continued to erode the city until it became overgrown ruins.
Environment
The Chozo ruins as they exist when Samus arrives are filled with hazards from the lingering Great Poison. Most of the water in the ruins is poisonous and deals damage to Samus when she comes in contact with it as a result of contamination. The water purifies after the defeat of Flaahgra, the mutated plant that is the source of the toxic water Local flora consists mostly of Tangle Weeds, Venom Weeds, and Blastcaps, plantforms that are well suited to the barren landscape.
Biosphere
The abandoned structures and courtyards are home to a wide variety of common creatures, including Beetles who burrow in the warm sands and the more ferocious Plated Beetle. The hives of War Wasps, Barbed War Wasps, and Ram War Wasps litter the crevices of the ruins. Immobile Eyons sit on the walls of tunnels, and Scarabs, which travel in large swarms, inhabit similar areas. Stone Toads, which are usually non-aggressive, can sometimes be found where there is water nearby. Shriekbats hang from ceilings in dark areas, and rock-dwelling Reaper Vines that embed themselves in cliff faces and walls. Light-emitting Plazmites stalk abandoned hallways looking for prey.
Obstacles and Acquisitions
Chozo Ghosts continue to haunt many religious sites after the purification and respawn after Samus leaves a room in which they abide. The Chozo Ruins contain the most upgrades in the game, as well as five Energy Tanks and nineteen Missile Expansions. The area also has most of the Chozo Lore. The bosses of the area are the Hive Mecha, a Plated Beetle, the Incinerator Drone, and Flaahgra. The Artifacts that are found in the Ruins are Lifegiver, Wild, and World, tying it with Phendrana for the most Artifacts.
Gallery
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Nature-based architecture is a staple of the Chozo Ruins.
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Flaahgra, corrupting the Sacred Fountain.
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Flaahgra, corrupting the Sacred Fountain.
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The purified Sacred Fountain.
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Glowing runic symbols
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Glowing runic symbols
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Chozo architecture in the Arboretum
