The Rescue of the Fair Princess Priscella from the Evil
           Baron Krauss's Hands - A Fantasy Adventure by
                Christian Anderson on PD 335/336
         (AGT Text adventure for ST, PC and Amiga)

         Reviewed on an Amstrad PC1512 by "Kedenan"

Your country is at war with the neighbouring country, Graul.  This
country is ruled by the evil Baron Krauss, who rules by black
magic and terror. He is completely heartless and just kills for
fun. His army of soldiers are just like him, they have no soul and
they have been bewitched by Baron Krauss's black magician, Snake
Tongue. The people of Graul are terrified and just dare not rebel
against the Baron.

The war was started by the Baron, he wanted the lands of your
country because they were very rich in very valuable gold
resources and the Baron is just as greedy as he is evil. The war
has been going on for nearly two years and the battle is almost at
a stalemate when something terrible happens.

The King's daughter, Priscella, was kidnapped by the men of the
Baron's secret army. The Baron has written a note to the King in
which he says that if the King does not surrender the Princess
will be raped by all his soldiers and then she will be killed and
fed to the sharks.  To stress his intentions the Princess's left
index finger was enclosed with the letter.

Naturally, the King becomes furious when he receives the letter,
but also most unhappy, of course.  His little daughter in the the
power of the evil and wicked Baron Krauss! The King immediately
sends for you, and begging on his knees he asks you if you will go
and save the Princess. If you succeed you shall have the
Princess's hand in marriage and half of his kingdom.

Although you have never seen the Princess you accept the offer and
you promise to go to the Baron's castle and not only free the
Princess, but also kill the Baron, so that the war can come to an
end.  If you can kill the Baron all the evilness will disappear
and peace will prevail.

You know that your quest will be dangerous, but you also know that
you can expect help from the people of Graul, because they hate
the Baron so much. This help will of course only come to you if
you behave yourself in a correct and pure-hearted way.

Quickly, armed with your sword, you hurry on to Graul, moving only
at night and so succeed in reaching the castle without being seen.
You are facing the lowered dark cold drawbridge of the Baron's
castle.  You can see in the castle yard peasants bartering their
wares and generally milling around. There are also guards
wandering amongst the peasants giving everyone suspicious looks.
You will have to go into the castle yard with extreme care if you
are to survive, looking like one of the peasants. You will have to
find some peasant's clothes that you can wear, before you go into
the castle yard.

When you do get into the yard and mingle with the crowd, you will
come across a beggar, begging for money, you give him a small
amount of money and he gives you some information about the
location of the Princess. When you explore the yard further you
will come to the stables and barn. In the barn with his armour
removed you will come across a sleeping guard, so run your sword
through him and take and wear his armour. What a perfect fit!

Now you can pass for a castle guard and explore the inside of the
castle, provided that you proceed again with extreme care.
Remember that to go down into the basement you will need a lit
torch, and when you go upstairs in the castle watch out for the
magician and BEWARE OF THE DOG!

A final word of advice, save before going into the unknown or you
may lose your life and the hand of the Princess.