The Gabomba Statue is a large statue with clockwork innards worshipped by the people of Kibombo. It can be accessed by an ancient cave from behind, or when the mouth is open and the "Tongue" rolled out. The dungeon inside can potentially be a very confusing one, and has been known to stall players, because they lose sight of where they are going. Deep inside the statue there is an entrance to an even larger cave system, that holds the power of the Tomegathericon, an item that is supposed to be bestowed upon the current Kibombo witch doctor, although the player party can potentially retreive it if they choose to do so. Oddly enough, although the statue of Gabomba is an idol, it seems to have a spiritual entity residing within it. whether or not this entity is indeed Gabomba, however, is a different story altogether (Kraden mentioned something about this).
Story (some spoilers)
Upon reaching Kibombo in search of Piers, the party finds that it is night time, and the whole village is captivated by a ritual being performed by the next witch doctor. After climbing the posts and houses themselves, and coming onto the ritual grounds, the party finds that the ritual is taking place in front of a large statue, and the Black Orb that was stolen from Madra, that was owned by Piers, is there upon the statue also. They locate Piers, who is also looking upon the ritual, troubled as to what to do to get his orb back. After proving that they can be of help, the party and Piers decide that they need to help the ritual progress, so that they can hopefully ask for the orb back. Heading into the statue from a secret entrance in the back, they travel through it, even having to reverse the clockwork itself, and soon come to the Statue's head, and learn that the ritual, which has been done over and over, eventually leading to the theft of the Black Orb, has not been working because in the head of Gabomba, there is a system of pathways that allow Psynergy to travel through them to a central node, and one of the tracks were broken. After rearranging the nodes, and causing the ritual to succeed, they run downstairs to the mouth, which was opened during the completion of the ritual, in search of the orb. However, they realize that it fell through a slot in a small idol in the back wall. The now witch doctor coems into the statue, and they plead with him to let them have the orb back, and he says he will return it for them. Upon fol;lowing him behind the idol as he opens it, he seems troubled as to what to do next, and tells them to take the orb he has no need of it. Upon attempting to, the apparent Spirit of Gabomba awakens, and bestows upon the witch doctor the head dress and clothing of the Witch Doctor, and is about to give him the powers of a witch doctor, but the man leaves to hastily, and thus has to in the end work for his power. After KRaden converses with the spirit, the party elarns that they too can retrive the power if they wish, and then take the orb after the spirit goes to sleep, and eventually leave the statue, en route to Piers' ship.
Collectables
Items of worthy mention within the Gabomba Statue, and the underlying catacombs, are two Venus Djinn, and the Tomegathericon.
Notes
When you are rearranging the tiles in the head of Gabomba, if you alter them so that the Psynergy lights get to the node at alternate amounts and time, different things can happen, the most humorous being the Gabomba statue breathing fire, and frightening all the worshippers into thinking that they have angered him and he is going to destroy the village.