Blackscar Mountain - Titan Games Sent in by Graham Wheeler Concluding half of solution continued from last issue, where you had just met a demon......... Talk to demon (he says you may go south if you agree to answer a riddle) Y (Demon says "I eat, I breathe, I move but I do not live, what am I?") Fire Talk to demon (demon says if you agree to answer a riddle, he will give you a magic whistle) Y (demon says "during my youth, I babble away, during my mid-life, I carve a way, at the end of my life, my body just drifts away, what am I?") River Talk to demon (he says if you answer another riddle, you can have the money in his cave) Y (demon says "I have two hands but I can't pick anything up, what am I?") Clock (the demon then vanishes) Get coins (1436 coins) Examine whistle S, E Read message (you see the word CZATL) E (you see two hobgoblins looking north) Sneak up on hobgoblins (you stand behind them) Attack hobgoblins (you injure one and capture the other so they pay you 88 coins ransom) N, SE Unlock south door (with skeleton key) Open south door S, S, SW, SW, SE, S Get cross N, NW, NE, NE, N Say czatl (orcs let you cross over bridge) NW, W Drop sword Drop salve E, SE, SE Unlock south door Open south door S, S, SW, SW, SE, S Touch pillar and say mudaz (you transport to by another pillar) Examine pillar (it's covered in ivy) Cut ivy (you see the word ZADUH on the pillar, this word can be used to transport back) W (two orc guards are sleeping) Unlock chest (you must be wearing gauntlets as the chest is trapped) Get money (you also automatically take a ruby) Unlock NW door (with skeleton key) Open NW door NW, N Talk to giant (he is digging a tunnel for the payment of 1 ruby) Give ruby to giant (he goes, leaving his pick behind which you automatically pick up) NE Drop pick Get sword S Kill ratman (you must be wearing the gorget) E, E Read message (you are warned not to cross the bridge) S (a voice tells you to go back or die) N Throw flour at voice (the flour shows up an invisible warrior) S Kill warrior (you need the sword, the axe won't do) S Read message (LUDAK AZIZ) Unlock chest (you find 268 coins) N, W, W, S Dig rubble (you can now use the east tunnel) Drop axe N, N Get pick S, S, UP (you see 14 zombies) Blow whistle (zombies turn to dust) SE (you see a large boulder blocking your way) Use pick (you move it away) Drop pick NW, D Get axe UP, SE, E, S (you see a large beetle) Examine beetle (it has eye stalks) Cut eye stalks (you blind the beetle) Kill beetle (it falls into fungi) Burn fungi (all that's left is a scale and 328 coins) Get scale Get coins N, W, NW, D, E, SE Get coins (the ghouls won't touch you as long as you have the cross but you can't pass out the east exit; it's a red herring) S (you see a ghost coming towards you) Examine bones (you find a glowing fingerbone) Break fingerbone (the ghost fades away) Examine coffin (you find a mirror) N, NW, W, N, E, E, S, UP (you see an elf looking west) Throw axe at elf (he falls in the chasm) Unlock door Open door E Unlock chest (you find 207 coins; you must be wearing hauberk as it's trapped) Light candle (at fire; it turns to wax) W, W Cross chasm (you must wear gauntlets to save rope burn and you must wear ring to stop falling) Read message (you are warned about harpies) Put wax in ears (so you can't hear them sing) E, N Attack harpies (they fly away) Examine wheel (the axle is rusted) Remove wax Wax axle (it is now easy to turn) Turn wheel (you tighten the chain) S, E, N (you see a chained rock lizard; because you have tightened his chain, he cannot get you) Get staff Get coins Examine staff (something is missing) S, W, W Cross chasm E, D, N, W, W, N, E, SE, SE Unlock south door Open south door S, S, SW, SW, SE, S, W Talk to traveller (he says dagger will cost 5000 crowns) Buy drink for traveller Talk to traveller (he now says dagger costs 4000 crowns) Buy dagger E, N, NW, NW, NW, E, NW, E, N, N, E, E, E, S, SW, UP Pay toll to bandits N, W (you see a pentagram with a blue light) Say ludak aziz (you transport to a pentagram in tower) Open door W (you see a zombie standing on a trapdoor) Blow whistle (you must wear robe or he will kill you before you have time to blow the whistle. The whistle makes the zombie turn to dust) UP Open door N (you see the demon and the crystal skull) Attack demon with dagger (repeat command until he goes into the skull; you need to be carrying the mirror to deflect death ray and the scale to deflect lightning) Attach diamond to staff Attack skull with staff (demon dies) Game complete!