Crusaders of the Dark Savant - Part 3

                   Written By Tom Needham

                Supplied by Stephen Chapman

@~Concluded from Issue 73

See also the maps in the Programs folder of this issue

OLD CITY

Find the 'Condemned Area' at NEW CITY location 36. If you can't
pick the lock, a Pewter Key will work. Thru the door to the left,
at 37 find an odd sign on the wall and a hole. Use the Old City
Key to open a secret door and find a ladder down. You are now at
location 1 on the OLD CITY map. Notice the footprints in the dust
indicating that someone has been here. At 2, find a lever to open
the grate at 3. At 4 find a button to open a secret door and give
you access to a chest at 5. This chest should contain, among other
things, another Old City Key. Use it to open the grate at 6. At 7,
find a button to open a secret door.  Find a chest at 8. Find a
button at 9 to give access to a chest at 10. I don't know what you
will find, but on three different tries, all I found was wrappings
- the map was gone. After exploring the rest of OLD CITY, find
your way back to the ladder at 1 and return to the surface.

Well - we've GOT to have that map. There are two possibilities -
one legitimate and one cheat. First, you can use the 'Find Person'
spell and go off to find all the people still alive, hoping that
one of them has the map and will sell it to you or that you can
fight for it or steal it. I'll tell you the other way if we can't
get it using the right way.

Here's what I did. I used FindPerson and learned that all of the
T'rang NPCs were dead. The Umpani easiest to get to was Tracker
Rhallik, in Ukpyr. By the time I got to Ukpyr, FindPerson told me
he was in Tremontaine (the forest north of Ukpyr). Sure enough,
there he was, just a little way north. But he didn't have the map
available for sale. LOREing with him told me that Rodan Lewarx had
acquired the map from King Ulgar, and talking with Rhallik told me
that Lewarx was hunting for Shritis T'rang. (Remember - he went
storming off after Shritis when you delivered the message from
General Yamo.) FindPerson told me he was at the Old Cemetery in
Nyctalinth. So I used the Humpa Card and teleported from Ukpyr to
New City, then (using the T'rang Anthracax) teleported to
Nyctalinth. I tramped up and down in the cemetery for a long
while, but Lewarx was a no-show. Finally, FindPerson told me he
was in Nyctalinth proper. Down thru the underground and out to the
surface.  (Remember that's the only way out of the cemetery.)
After just a little exploration of Nyctalinth, Lewarx showed up
and he DID have the ?Legend? map for sale! So I've got mine - and
I hope you do too. It's gotta be there somewhere! The legitimate
thing to do is check out each living person - maybe more than once
- since the map passes from hand to hand. The far less satisfying
way is to cheat - download DSEDIT from CompuServe Gamers Lib 9 and
give it to yourself.

So let's get the boat and take to the high seas. First, visit
Sogheim at location 38 at the New City Dock and Marina. Ask about
rumors to learn about BROMBADEG, the Demon of the Sea, who rises
when the moon is full.

Now go back to the Curio Museum, and at 39 see three twisty heads.
The clue to the sequence is in the ?BOAT? map. Read it to see -
'When fear has turned to anger, thee has lost thy soul and make
the devil laugh. But to still thy tongue and become amazed thou
begets enlightenment and thus know bliss.

Click on the heads as follows: scared imp, angry demon, laughing
devil, silent devil, surprised imp, happy demon.

A secret door will open and around the corner at 40 is a boat.  Go
on board, Use Wikum's PowerGlobe. Move forward one square and
press the button on the south wall to open the way to the sea.

Now you have some thinking to do and decisions to make.  There are
two main areas left in the game - the Dragon Mountains (Cave)/Sky
City and Crypt Isle.

Your party should be up around level 20 or better. The sea
provides LOTS of opportunity for battles and points - almost every
second or third square. And there are two more forests - the
Greater Wilds, entered on map B-7 and Lesser Wilds entered on map
D-7. No treasure in either, but some tough battles with good point
potential. A word of warning - if you decide to explore the sea
for points, be sure to keep careful track of your location. It's
easy to get lost. And if you find a fog- bank stay out of it for
now.

Crypt Isle is on map C-7, 23 squares due south from the boat dock.
Work your way south between the islands, then go 11 sqaures west.
In the southwest corner of C-7 is a promontory labelled 5. That is
the start-point for our next adventure, whenever you are ready.

DRAGON CAVE

From 5 on C-7 follow the coastline east and south to the fog bank
at 5 on B-8. Move straight south till you come out of the fog at
6. By the way - if you choose to move around in the fog bank, be
warned that if you move into the squares marked 'x', you will run
into a shoal and take considerable damage. (You, not the boat.)
Now rest until the sky shows blackest night. While facing south,
sidle east to 7 and notice a light on the cliff. Move to 8 and see
the change in the light. Read the ?SERPENT?  map. (Didn't make a
lot of sense to me, either.) Use the Coil of the Serpent to open a
secret door into the cliff.

The Dragon Cave is a big area, on four maps - DRAG-NW, -NE -SW and
-SE. The whole area is 38 squares east-west and 32 squares
north-south. Can be confusing, especially if you try to consult
the maps separately. I suggest that if you have a printer which
handles GIF files, you cut and paste these four together,
otherwise that you hand-copy the four onto one sheet. In order to
help clarify the map, I have shaded some of the caverns.  Before
entering, be sure you are healed and have your defenses up -
(Enchanted Blade, Magic Screen, Armor-plate, etc.) Be sure to
save. Tough fight coming up. From the cave entrance at 1, move
south and a little east to hear the siren's song and meet
BROMBADEG! at 2.

There are 5 caverns, reachable from different landing spots
(labelled 'L1-7') on the shores of the entry pool. As you move
about, there can be cave-ins which will hit you with considerable
damage (so stay well-healed) and will block the passage.
(Blockages are marked 'X', trigger squares 'x') You will not be
totally trapped. There will be another way out - you just can't
retrace your steps. But don't park the boat at the westernmost
landing spots (L2 and L3). After a certain cave-in you won't be
able to get back there on foot, and it's a heckuva swim from the
landing spot you WILL be able to get to (L4).

Read the ?DRAGON? map. (It means that in a couple of places you
must go back to some place you have already been, and 'look again'
to find something new.)

Park the boat at L1 and explore the small cave. Nothing there but
a battle.

Move the boat to L7. Explore to find a chest at 3. Good stuff.

Move to L5 and explore to find several battles.

Move to L4. Now things begin to get more complicated - and more
rewarding. Walk east from L4, ignoring the first passage on the
south. There's a cave-in site there. Find a chest at 4.  There is
talk about a 'pirate's curse'. You will find that when you opened
the chest, the exit path was blocked at 5 - but a new path opened
at 6. Face east at 6 (your scout should 'notice something') and
search to open a secret door. Enter and pull the lever at 7. (Hard
to see.) The lever has re-opened the passage at 5, and opened a
new passage at 8. You will find four chests at 9, 10, 11 and 12.
BE SURE to SAVE before opening each chest. The traps on these
chests often trigger and cause great harm. Some good armor and
weapons here, and in 11, the Dragon Key (critical for later). Work
your way back to L4, avoiding the western part of this cavern to
stay away from the cave-ins.

Now, finally, move to L6. This cavern leads to our chief reason
for being here - the entrance to SKY CITY. Work your way to the
southeast and facing south at 13, search to open a secret door.
Find a chest at 14. Around the corner at 15 is the ladder leading
to

SKY CITY

The main puzzle in SKY CITY is the patio in which you arrive.  The
squares are bordered with a maze of invisible glass walls.  You
can pass through some of these walls, but not others. Even more
interesting - some of the walls are passable in one direction
only! So you may enter a square but not be able to back out again.
What look to be 'X' marks on the accompanying map are actually
opposing arrowheads. A few walls are marked with a single arrow.
You can move in the direction of an arrow pointing away from you
but not in the direction of one facing you. So an 'X' wall cannot
be passed in either direction. An unmarked wall can be passed in
both directions. There are two squares (marked with a cross) that
cannot be entered at all and there are no squares from which you
cannot escape.  Confused? - well, I've gone one step further and
put in dotted lines to show the necessary paths to follow.

You ARE going to save as you go, and keep a backup save too,
aren't you?

I hate square-by-square instructions, but just to get you started,
I'll give them to you for the first step - the visit to

DAME KE-LI From the arrival point at location 1, go 4 squares
south, 1 west, 1 south, 2 east, 1 north, 1 east, 2 north, 1 east,
1 south, 2 east, 2 south, 1 west, 1 south, 1 east, 1 south and you
are at location 2. Follow the map to the entrance to the Queen's
chamber at 3. More walls. Meet the Queen at 4. Give her the
Halazoid Banner you got for rescuing Jan-Ette and get in exchange
a pendant which will give the Eagle Eye skill to one team member.
Sell off your excess inventory as you like - you should be loaded
after the Dragon Cave. Buy whatever you want - there's not much
use for gold after this point. The Ankhs and Amulets she has for
sale will help your statistics. Be sure to buy at least two credit
cards. Talk to her about rumors and the Great Test. When you have
completed your business with the Queen, exit at 5 for the

FIRST TEST Find a statue at 6. Search. You should know the answer
to the question "What is my name?". If you've forgotten, it's
PHOONZANG. Go through the next door to the

SECOND TEST Search at the statue at 7, and find one of those
push-button thingies reading as follows:
SERPENT PYRAMID CROSS GATE STAR SKULL WAND DRAGON MAP

The proper way to the solve the sequence is to use the ?STAR?
map, to be found on Crypt Isle in the Hall of the past, in
conjunction with the Gaelin Stone - also on Crypt Isle, in the
Hall of Gorrors. You could also use the trial-and-error approach
(362,000 possibilities). If you have enough strength (and it takes
plenty) you can skip the test by forcing the door. I've teased
long enough. I don't want to interrupt this episode by making a
trip to Crypt Isle and back. Besides - I've already been there.
Push pyramid, cross, serpent, dragon, wand, skull, gate and star.
(I'll show you how to get this answer when we get to Crypt Isle.)
Get ready for a battle and go thru the door for the

THIRD TEST Meet and defeat a METADROID. Tough. You'll meet a whole
bumch of his brothers (and his sisters and cousins and aunts)
later on. Search at the statue at 8 to learn that 'a part of the
key lies ahead' - the usual hint that a map is in the offing. Go
thru the door and at 9 find a

SPACE SHIP You may not see it at first, but it's there. TALK to it
and say PHOONZANG to get in. (You won't actually get to see the
inside - this is handled in on-screen text.) Keep on answering
'yes' until you have acquired a parchment (the ?GLOBE? map) and a
ring (Ring of the Globe). Then you can exit. Retrace your steps
almost to the ladder at 1, but not quite.  Follow the dotted line
a couple of squares west then north till you are out of the
glass-wall maze. Then at 10 find the

HALL OF PRESERVATION Use one of the Credit Cards you bought from
the Queen on the door and enter. Don't drool too much over the
weapons you can see (but not touch) at A, B, C and D. You'll be
able to get one (maybe two) of them later. In the rooms on the
north and south sides of the main hall are some interesting views
which may help in your understanding of the whole great background
story. At 11, find a chest containing, among other things, the
Storage Key. Go to the northwest corner of the glass-wall maze,
follow the dotted line straight south then move southwest to 12
and use the Storage Key to enter the

STORAGE AREA At 13 there is a vending machine (which accepts
Credit Cards) for Power Packs. You don't need any now, but you may
want some later. Be sure to save at 14. (A misstep in the next few
squares could require a long trip to get back here.) Step into 15
and be teleported to 16. Now we are looking for the

LIGHT KEY Follow the dotted line east 1, then go north to get the
Key of Light at 17. Come back south and follow the dotted line
east, south and southeast to 18. Trek on back to the Hall of
Preservation to get your booty. The Light Key will open up any one
of the four weapon lockers, but will then (as usual) disappear.
You might want to save, get one, ASSAY and IDENTIFY it,
quit/nosave/restore and try the next till you're sure which you
want. If you have a party imported from BANE and you happen to
have brought over the Diamond Ring, you can use it to get a second
item, but the ring will be destroyed in the process.

If you chose a weapon requiring power packs, you may want to go
back to 13 and get some (you may even want to go back to Dame
KE-LI and get some more Credit Cards for even more Power Packs) In
any event, when you're ready, work your way back to location 1. Go
down the ladder to the Dragon Cave, find your boat and we'll be
off to more adventure on

CRYPT ISLE

After leaving the Dragon Cave, move back to 6 on map B-8.  Head
straight north till you're out of the fog bank. Then hug the coast
on your right till you're back to 5 on C-7. East 11 squares and
you will find the islands. Land at 1 and use the Wand Majestik to
meet the Sphynx who helped you get it. Doesn't matter what you
respond to her riddle. (Correct 'question' is "What is man?")

She'll babble on briefly, then open a door for you. Go down the
ladder into CRYPT level 1, the

HALL OF THE DEAD (Map CRYPT -1)

Some unusual dangers here. An ugly spirit wants her 'BMOCYENOBBB'.
(Remember the little green statue in Nyctalinth? Try reading this
backwards.) A strange aura surrounds you, paralyzes everyone and
puts you to sleep.  (Fortunately, this sleep will cure the
paralysis.) And EVILSPEAK will clobber you from time to time.
Wander if you like, but you'll get hurt. I'm going to lead you as
quickly as possible to the actions which will turn these things
off.

From the entrance ladder at 1, go to 2, press the button to open a
secret door and pull the lever at 3 to open the grate at 4. Go
thru and find a button at 5 to open a secret door. Pull the lever
at 6 to open the grate at 7. Go thru and head west, then south to
11, but circle around to avoid a fire-ball trap at 10. At 11, find
the body of an ugly Gorn Queen. Remember where you got the Bone
Comb (!!) and Brush?. (From the Gorn King's bedchamber) Use them
here. Now go east to 12 to find an urn.  Remember DANE Tower? Use
that Jonga Powder you've been hauling around.

Now that the invisible traps have been turned off, you can go back
to 1 and start exploring. You need to search every square maybe
more than once around. There is some booty available, but what
you're really after is 2 TOMB keys for the grates at A and B, 2
CRYPT keys for C and D and 6 GORROR keys (usable on the next level
down). You may even have gotten some of these keys earlier in the
game. I got one at Orkogre and a couple at Rattkin. And if you
don't get enough now, they sometimes show up in the lower levels.
None of these keys is critical to the game, but there are good
battles to be had and good treasure to be acquired if you can get
them.

A button at 16 will give you access to a chest at 17. Should be a
couple of keys there. The fountains at 8 and 9 are poison. The
ones at 13 and 15 restore stamina. The one at 14 restores hit
points, but drains magic points. Remember - always save before
testing a new fountain! At 18 you get a choice of unwrapping a
mummy or leaving it alone. Best leave it alone - it carries the
Ankh of Death.

The Key of the Dragon will open the grate at 19. Be prepared to
meet the monster *DOOM*. When you are ready, go down the stair at
20 to the

CHAMBER OF GORRORS (Map CRYPT -2)

Let's take care of first things first. Read the ?CRYPT? map to
learn that 'secrets lie along out skirting waters'. From the entry
stair at 1, go around the corner and swim to 2. Press the button
to open a secret door, then follow the passage to 3 to find a
chest containing the Jewel of the Sun.

What to do with it? Go back upstairs and back to your boat.  Move
west and land at 2, where you will see a block at 3 which looks
solid. But looks can be deceiving. Just walk into the west side of
the block to find an odd fixture on the wall. Use the Jewel of the
Sun - but nothing happens. Turn around and walk out. Walk and swim
south to find another block at 4. Again enter from the west to
find - nothing! Turn around and step out - Whoops! Not out!
There's another statue of old Phooney. You know what to do, don't
you? - Right. Search. Listen to a long speech and get the Locket
of the Tomb. Turn around and exit - to find yourself magically
back at the block at 3. Your boat is around the corner. Use it to
get back to 1, then come back to Crypt Level 2 - the Chamber of
Gorrors.

And now - if you're ready - the GORRORS themselves. At the
lettered spots on your map you will find grates (use Gorror Keys)
leading to the following monsters:

A- The Spirit of DARBULLA
B- The FIEND of 9 Worlds
C- The HORRAGOTH
D- The BEAST of 1000 Eyes
E- The Thing from HELL
F- The reincarnated Ra-Sep-Re-Tep (yep - from the very first)

Make no mistake - except for wimpy Ra-Sep, these guys are TOUGH.
Very few players have been able to defeat the BEAST, and even
fewer the FIEND. The other three can be had by most with a good
fight. Do a backup save before you take off for each battle. Your
stamina will be down from the swim when you reach the doorstep so
rest and recuperate before entering the door. Do a temporary save
just after opening the door, but before entering. That way, if you
lose and want to try again, you don't have to re-do the swim. And
if you decide to quit - either entirely or to come back later -
you can restore the backup save. The monster won't show until you
enter, so you can cast all the protective spells you want and
really get ready before you step in. When you DO win a battle,
save again before touching the chest. The traps often trigger with
disastrous results. There are great treasures here, too, but they
show up randomly. You may have to restore and re-try a number of
times before you both survive the trap AND get the best goodies.

There are two more mazes to solve before the next-to-final
episode. You can come back here whenever you like to hit on any
GORRORS you left behind, and you will have to come back through
here in any event before the final episode. When you are ready to
move on, use the ?LEGEND? map while facing the west side of the
Gaelin Stone at 5 to get the Skull Key. Use the key at 6 to enter
the

HALL OF THE PAST and go down the stair at 7.

This is the area I meant when I said that the up-n-down ladders in
the Funhouse were practice for the future. There are 8 levels here
with more than 50 vertical teleports. There are holes in the floor
and (hard to see) holes in the ceiling. A hole in the ceiling
tells you that if you step into the square under it, (whether or
not there is a floor-hole) you'll go up one or more levels. A hole
in the floor with no ceiling hole above says you'll go down. (No
need for Levitate here, these drops are harmless.) Most of Level 2
is dark, there are small dark areas on levels 3 and 4 and there's
a water area on level 3.

Map CRYPT -3 covers levels 1-4 and map CRYPT -4 covers levels 5-8.

This is the kind of puzzle I really enjoy working out. I spent
several DAYS mapping it. I have numbered the teleport 'tubes'
identically on each level. (For example - if you move into 9 on
level 2, 3 or 4, you'll end at 9 on level 1.) An 'up' arrowhead
below the number says you go up from here and a 'down' arrowhead
says you go down. A solid bar says the tube stops here so you can
walk across without teleporting.

One problem area - in the NW corner of level 6 is a 5x5 room with
5 down holes. Tho it looks like you should be able to get to 35
(in the middle) from any direction, you can get there ONLY from
the west. Even then, about two times out of three, you'll jog to
the side and hit 47 or 48 instead. Save while standing at the west
wall. When you move east toward 35, and the jump takes place, if
you don't see the entrance door just before you go down, you
didn't make it. Restore and try again.

This area has LOTS of battles with lots of points and some pretty
good treasure. And as I said, I thought it was real fun to explore
and work out. I'd really like you do this area on your own, but if
you want the short step-by-step, here it is. Save often. Try not
to step into or under holes by accident.

From the entrance on level 1, take 1 down to level 2. One square
west, a button on the south wall gets you to a chest at A.  Take 2
to level 1. Take 7 to level 2 (dark). Face south and search to
press a button. One step south to chest B containing the Water
Key.

Take 4 to level 1, 5 to level 2 (dark), 15 to level 3, 16 to level
4 (dark), 17 to level 5. Use the Water Key at C to get to a
fountain at D which will restore Hit points.

Take 33 to level 4, 28 to level 6, 19 to level 5, 34 to level 6,
35 to level 7 (remember my warning about 35) and 38 to level 6 for
chest E containing the Gate Key.  Take 43 to level 5. At F there
is a always a battle, usually with high points. If you still need
points you can step back after each battle, rest if necessary and
step forward again for another - and another - and another.

Take 25 to level 4, Use the Gate key to get to 50, and take 50 to
level 3. The chest at G contains the ?STAR? Map for Test 2 back in
Sky City. Now do you see why I didn't want to come all the way
here to get it?

Take 30 to level 4, 28 to level 6 and 29 to level 5. In the four
rooms north and south of the passage are buttons for Dragon,
Skull, Cross, Tower, Egg, Moon, Sun and Star. Read the ?CRYSTAL?
map to solve the puzzle. The DRAGON is 'D' etc.  (Note that it
spells out 'DOMINAE'.) Press Dragon, Tower, Moon, Cross, Skull,
Sun. Star and Egg. Now equip the Locket of the Tomb and step into
the pentagram at H to open a secret door to 61. Take 61 down to
level 7 and 62 down to 8. Around the corner at 63 is the stair to
the final (at last!) dungeon/maze.

FINAL DUNGEON Map CRYPT -5

Remember the META-DROID back in Sky City? Here's where you'll meet
his relatives - by the drove - around every corner.  You may hear
that you must 'step on every square' on this level - not so. At A
thru G are eight symbols - CRYSTAL, DRAGON, TEMPLE, SERPENT,
SPHYNX, STAR, CRYPT and BOAT.  You MUST step on each of these. But
those mechnical monsters DO provide tons of points. Exploring the
whole area is certainly worthwhile. But rest often enough to stay
well-healed.  And keeping ArmorPlate, Enchanted Blade, and Bless
(among others) in force is very helpful.

At I find a button to open a secret door. Step into J and the
grate will open. Remember? 'You are the Key'. Stop at J, not only
to rest fully and set up your best defenses but to do a permanent
save. I'll tell you now, there are four (five if you count a
duplicate pair) endings to this game. The first dividing point
comes at the end of this automated episode, so if you want to
check out all the options (and save them for the probable sequel)
you need to be able to re-start at this point. And depending on
the roll of the random dice, the upcoming battle may be
impossible. You need to be able to restart here for that reason,
too.

When you're ready, go to the center of the chamber at K.  Search
to find a crack in the floor. Use Vitalia's Device to call her.
Reply 'YES' to the questions she asks - "Do you have the keys? -
Have you tried them? - Shall I try? After all the action is over,
Vi will ask "Did you find a space ship? (Actually, kind of a dumb
question, since that's where you got the ring she used to release
the GLOBE. Well, maybe she doesn't know that.) For now, please
answer truthfully - YES. (I'll tell you later what happens with a
'NO' answer, and you can decide if you want to play out the other
endings.) She will tell you to go to the spaceship and call her
when you're there.

Find your way back to the entrance and go up the stairs to 63.
The quickest way out that I know of is this. Take 43 to level 5,
25 to level 4, 50 to level 3, 30 to level 4 and 9 to level 1 and
there around the corner is the exit to the Chamber of Gorrors.
Pause here a moment - I promised I'd explain the solution to the
Second Test in Sky City. Did you read the runes on the GAELIN
Stone here? (At 4) If you did, you'll know that rearranged to read
counter-clockwise from the south, they are as follows:

South East North West TEMPLE BOAT SERPENT DRAGON Man Pyramid Moon
- Devil Boat Cross - Tower Serpent Lantern - Dragon Chest Key
SPHYNX CRYPT CRYSTAL STAR Egg Chimera Wand Skull Jewel Statue Cube
Ball Gate Tablet Statue Star

The ?STAR? map says 'find a man, then read rightly' (in
conjunction with the buttons at the second test). To the right of
'Man' is 'Pyramid', which matches one of the test buttons. 'Devil'
does not, nor does 'Boat, but 'Cross' does. 'Tower' does not but
'Serpent' does. 'Lantern does not but 'Dragon' does. So the first
four buttons to push are Pyramid, Cross, Serpent and Dragon.  The
map then says 'when you have come full circle, go below 'Man' and
read rightly'. Thus in like manner, we find Wand, Skull, Gate and
Star. OK?

By the way - in this game we will not pass this way again, so if
you have any of the GORRORS still alive and you want to have
another go at them, now is the time. And there has been a lot of
treasure available, so if you've stashed some here and there and
want to haul it to Sky City for sale, this is the time to
consolidate it near the entrance where you left the boat.
Probably take several trips. Do as you like.

Next stop - SKY CITY. Find your way back to the boat, retrace your
way to and through the Dragon Cave and through Sky City to the
space ship for the

GRAND FINALE

You might want to do a save just before you reach the spaceship -
it's all in automatic from that point and you might want to see it
again. If you don't want to read about it - STOP HERE.

When you get to the space ship you will use Vitalia's Device once
more to call her. But who shows up but the resurrected Dark Savant
along with a badly beaten-on Vi Domina. No battle this time, But
you have a choice - keep the GLOBE and Vi dies, or give up the
globe to the Dark Savant and save the GIRL. If you did a save you
can see both endings. The text strongly suggests that you be a
hero and save the girl. You will have an opportunity to do a
special end-game save for use in the sequel.

(If you do the unheroic thing and keep the globe, letting Vi die,
you will 'float endlessly in space'.)

Alternate Endings - If you restore from just before getting the
Globe, and lie - telling Vi you did NOT find a space ship, she
will tell you to 'meet again where first we met' - The Forbidden
Zone in New City. This is why you still have the Control Card
which is necessary for entry. Again, there are two 'good' endings
here, so set up a save before entering. After calling Vi, you will
go through the same routine as at Sky City, except there will then
be a great final battle between the UMPANI and the T'RANG.  You
must choose between aiding one side of the other. Either way, the
side you support will win, and they will give you and Vi a ride to
the sequel in their ship.  I hope this walkthru has been helpful
and that you have enjoyed playing the game as much as I have
enjoyed describing it to you.  I'll wait for you at the beginning
of the sequel!.

WIZARDRY 7, CRUSADERS OF THE DARK SAVANT is published and
distributed by Sir-Tech Software.

Kyler's Notes

Here's a few tips of mine that weren't in this walkthrough.

Endings:

Undoubtedly the most popular way to end this game is to meet Vi at
Phoonzang's spaceship back in sky city. However, the endgame I
posted on this page is my personal favorite. I chose to take the
ending in which the party leaves with the Umpani..  My reason for
choosing that ending is this:

When I imported my party from Bane we landed just outside of
Ukpyr. So the Umpani were the first group I had an encounter with.
I joined their army and they were allies of mine ever since.  (In
fact they provided me with a few of the maps throughout the game).

Most people don't like the alternate ending because to get to them
you have to lie to Vi and tell her that you didn't find the ship.
(Which you did). The file I have posted comes from my original
game of Wizardry Gold, before I had the internet and walkthroughs.
I didn't know what was going to happen, and I really didn't trust
Vi. So I told her I did not find the ship and that was that.

Throughout the years the savegame was copied from disk to disk and
used from one PC to the next. it actually seems to be a little
corrupted now (My bard displays unusual artifact when I examine
her armor class). I've even gone as far as using a hack to try to
figure out what was scrambled, but couldn't. It looks like more of
a display problem then anything else. So in case my savegame
doesn't work when I try to import it into Wizardry 8, I've played
through it a few more times. We'll have to see how all the endings
become beginnings before I can really pick my favorite.


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