DRAGON LORE (CD Version) from MINDSCAPE - Part 2

           A Solution by Philip Reynolds (c) 1996

@~Continued from Issue 43

Go through the door to the right of the chair and down to the
bottom of the stairs, pick up the sword here and return upstairs
and into the main hall, we will now deal with the rooms off this
hall in an anticlockwise direction. Go through next door
(anticlockwise) and go to the back of the room, on the wall is a
shield with one sword, put the sword from the bottom of the stairs
on the shield and it will move to reveal a niche. Get the piece of
seal from the niche then leave the room. Go through next door and
enter the room on the left of the passage, get the statuette from
the wall above the bed then go back into the passage and down to
the room at the end. On the wall facing you is a shelf with two
bottles, smash these with the hammer or staff and get the stone
eye from the wreckage. Go back into the main hall and enter the
next door, you're now in the chapel, go to the bottom of the
chapel and through the door there into a bedroom, get the candles
from the cabinet to the right of the bed then pick up the Bible
from the lectern beside the door and go back into the chapel. Go
over to the altar and pick up the sprinkler then put the candles
in the candle stick and a compartment will open, you take another
piece of seal from the compartment.

Use one piece on the other to join them then leave the chapel.
Ignore the next door (the one you entered from) and go through the
next, in this room is a lectern, click on the lectern to learn how
to free trapped souls then leave the room and go through the last
door. Facing you is a fireplace, click on the left upright of the
grate and this will lower a lamp in the next room, go through the
curtains and click on the lowered lamp above the chess table to
obtain a key. Use this key on the chest in this room and get the
last piece of seal from it.  Use this last piece on the others to
complete the seal then return to the main hall and go through the
next door back onto the stairs. Go down to the bottom of the
stairs and use the seal on the door to open it, go through into
the room beyond and leave via the left hand door, ignore the other
door in this room as there is nothing of interest through there,
go up the ladder and pick up the broken key then return down and
out of the room. Proceed through the door opposite to find
yourself in a large hall with doors leading off, we will work our
way round these in a clockwise direction.

Enter the next door and continue through this room into the next,
click on the skeleton to turn it over then get the stone eye from
the skull and leave the room. Go through the next door round into
a room with doors at both ends, through the left hand door is a
dining room that has a crowbar leaning up against a plant pot in
the far corner of the room, as we don't need this we'll ignore
this room and go through the door on the right into the kitchen.
On a table by the far wall you will find a ladle, pick this up and
return to the main hall again. Go through the next door and
continue through the door at the end into the next room, click on
the cloth on the end bunk to lift it and pick up the stone eye
hidden beneath it. Leave via the door and enter the last door on
this side of the hall. You are now in a blacksmith's shop, go
through the door at the back and pick up the sack of coal from
near the gates, return to the forge and use the sack on the forge
to fill it. Use your flint on the sulphur to create a flame then
use this on the coal to light it, use the bellows at the back of
the forge then put the broken key on the fire to heat it. Place
the heated key on the anvil then pick up a hammer from the table
behind the forge and use this on the key to repair it, dip the
ladle in the water trough then use the water on the key to cool it
and you now have a re-forged key. Pick up the hacksaw from beside
the pot then leave the smithy and unlock the double doors in the
main hall with the re-forged key and follow the tunnel down into
another large chamber.

On the right side are three cells, pick up the skeleton from the
middle cell, but don't touch the sword there as this generates
monsters that you will have to fight, use the skeleton on the
other skeleton in the right hand cell. Now use the statuette, the
shaker and the Bible on the skeleton then click on the skeleton
and it disappears leaving a key. Pick up the key then go through
the door to the right of the cells, turn right and go through the
door on the left in this room, there is some parchment on a chest,
pick this up then return to the main hall. The parchment is a map
of the castle, which will be used in conjunction with a teleport
spell that you will acquire later. Now go through the door to the
left of the cells into a torture chamber, kill the troll here then
go over to the brazier in the far right corner and get the
pincers, return to the main hall and go through the door opposite.
Continue up the stairs to the bath and jump in, get the crank then
jump out again and go back out to the hall. Just around the corner
is a dragon's head above an empty pool, use the crank on this to
empty the baths, then return to the bath and jump down, continue
out through the door on the right and follow the ledge round to a
cave where you will meet your family's dragon.

Talk to the dragon and it will give you a flask of powder to help
you get past the barrier on the stairs, it also asks you to bring
it its son and give you some sleeping powder to enable you get the
sphere from the entrance hall of the castle.  Go back to the hall
via the ledge and baths then go across to the opposite corner and
down the steps, use the key on the door and you enter a chamber
containing a dragon lance and saddle, leave these for now, at the
far end is a door that leads into the dragon's cave and provides
an easier route than going through the baths. Return to the hall
and go around the corner to the last door enter and turn left, in
the second rack down is the fourth stone eye, pick it up then use
the stone eyes on the skulls to open the four glass cases to
reveal a sword, shield, crossbow and key. Get these then travel
back to the entrance to the castle where you first came in. Use
the sleeping powder on the guardian then get the sphere and return
to the stairs. Use the other powder on the barrier then go up and
through the door.

Go up the stairs on the left of the room and through the door at
the top, kill the skeleton in this room then go into the next room
and over to the cabinet on the left of the room. Pick up the metal
ball from the drawer then go back to the first room on this level.
Continue through the door at the end of the room and pick up the
metal ball from the plant pot at the foot of the stairs. There are
two doors at the end of this room, go through the left door into
the nursery, and pick up the metal ball from near the bricks,
ignore the red bottle on the cot as this is not needed. Leave by
the other door from this room and turn left, the nest is beyond
the grill in front of you so use the hacksaw to remove the grill
then through the nest out onto a balcony. Turn to face the nest
and put the sphere into the nest, use the pincer to break the
sphere then pick up the hatched dragon egg. Now travel back down
to the dragon's cave and give it the hatched egg. The dragon now
offers to take you to a secret chamber that only members of the
Wallenrod family may enter and asks for an object that you have
touched. Give it any object (you get it back) and you are
transported to the chamber. Get the flask of Diakonov's blood from
the chest then get the parchment from the wall and add it to your
spellbook.  Cast the teleport spell and use the map to select your
destination, chose level 1 next to the stairs and you're
transported there.

Go through the nursery into the corridor by the nest then out
through the door at the far end, continue out of this room by the
other door and go down the red corridor then out through the door
at the other end and pick up the metal ball from the bookcase
beside the door. You could now go out onto the balcony and have a
chat with a stone imp but as you've already hatched the dragon egg
and been to the secret chamber it would be a waste of time. Go
through the other door out of this room and look at the scroll on
the table at the far end of the room ( this is a clue to solving
the next puzzle ), then return to the red corridor and go through
the central door. Move over to the fireplace on the far side of
the room and pick up the twig then move round to the bird perched
on the chest. You can't get the key suspended above it from here
so ignore it. Use the flint and sulphur to create fire and light
the twig, use the burning twig on the bird and four holes will
appear in the floor in front of the chest, put the metal ball into
the four holes and click on the chest to open it. Pick up the
talon on a string then leave by the door near the fire and go up
the stairs.

Use the key to unlock the door and go through, you will
confronted by another door right in front of you, go through this
and turn left, look at the central pot and use the talon on the
hole in the bottom to get the key from the room below.  Proceed up
the stairs and open the door with this key then go into the room
and talk with Adelpate, he tells you to put the crossbow, shield
and sword from the armoury on the floor in front of him, do so and
he casts a spell on them, don't bother trying to pick them up
again as he says as you can't just now, talk to him again then go
through the door behind him up to the next floor of the castle.
Enter the room here and climb up the ladder to the top of the
tower, on one of the walls you will find a ruby, pick it up then
return down to Adelpate's room.  Talk to Adelpate again and he
gives you a magic map, use this on the map parchment you're
carrying to add it to the maps you have then cast the teleport
spell and select the area just below the dolmen seat ring of
stones to be teleported to the tomb.

Place the ruby in the hole in the side of the tomb then go around
the other side and look in the tomb, it will open and you will see
your father. After listening to him, pick up the armour and shield
from the tomb and ready them. Teleport back to Adelpate's room in
the castle and talk to him again, give him the blood and he tells
you to throw it into the pentacle when he tells you to, he also
gives you a chalice containing his power stone amulet and tells
you what to do with it. Once Diakonov appears, throw the blood at
him when told by Adelpate then when Adelpate says "going so soon"
get the amulet from the chalice and use it on Diakonov. Smash the
effigy of the dragon that Diakonov drops for his freedom then pick
up the weapons, Adelpate also gives you a crystal ball before he
dies. Teleport to your dragon's lair beneath the castle then go
through into the next room and get the saddle and dragon lance
then return to the dragon and use the saddle on him, click on the
dragon and you fly to the dolmen seats where the Dragon knights
are assembled and ready to vote.

Following this solution, you have Fujitomo's Ring and have secured
Herg Nach Drakhonen's vote by giving him the jewel you also have
either Sylvan's or Alexandre's vote depending on who you gave the
vase to and Hellaynea D'Artic's vote after your meeting at the
stones, so that is four definite for votes. Haagen von Diakonov
and either Sylvan or Alexandre will definitely vote against. As
you haven't used much violence to achieve your ends so that the
balance bar is on the side of wisdom, Kuru, Klaus von Straupzig
and Tanathya Hyrenapth will vote against giving a total of five
votes against. Chen Lai, Cheldrya Serpentina, Formar Thain and
Arthus of Erwyndyll will all vote in favour so you win the vote by
eight to five to become a dragon knight. Diakonov is banished for
his treachery and you fly off back to the castle, game completed.















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