In this fantasy adventure, you play as a large muscular barbarian, returned to the Scavenger's Den to meet your friend Darron from easten Shem. Unhappily, he bursts through the tavern door with a poisoned arrow in his chest and a bloodstained scroll signed by Belkor, a powerful necromancer who lives in a tower far to the northwest. Avenge Darron. Kill wizard.
This solution is by David Welbourn, and is based on Release 1 of the game.
SPOILERS AHEAD. Reading a walkthrough prematurely can sometimes diminish one's enjoyment of an interactive fiction game. Please make an honest effort to play the game before reading this walkthrough.
Note that once you're off to avenge Darron, you won't re-enter the tavern. The game won't let you bother Osric.
Walkthrough
Scavenger's Den
Osric asks you to start a fire.
> about. credits. x me. i. x loincloth.
> x Osric. x tables. x bar. x pints.
> x strangers. x firepit. x ash.
> open back door. s.
Backyard
> x moon. x forest. x axe. take it.
> s.
Old Forest
> smell. x trees. chop tree.
A thin wolf jumps at you.
> kill wolf.(+1)
> x wolf.
> chop tree.(You now have wood.)
> n. open door. n.
Scavenger's Den
> put wood in firepit.
> burn wood.(But you have no flint.)
> ask Osric about flint.(He gives some.)
> x flint. burn wood.
Darron crashes through the front door, an arrow in his chest and a scroll in his hand.
> x Darron. x arrow.
> take scroll.(Osric says Belkor is responsible.)
> ask Osric about Belkor.
> ask Osric about Seraina.
> ask Osric about Darron.
> n.
Slums
> x mud. smell. x tower. x gate.
> x man. x talisman. x tavern.
> ask man about talisman.
> ask man about farm.
> ask man about Grimes.
> ask man about wife.
> ask man about wine.
> ask man about himself.
> n.
Crossroad
> x man. x waterskin. x bow. x arrows.
> take bow and arrows.
> search man. x pouch.
> e.
Fields
> x trellises. x grapes.
> x scarecrows.(One walks up to you.)
> kill scarecrow.(+1)
> x straw.
> e.
Farm
> x house. x windows. x cellar.
> x tree. x crow. x key.
> shoot crow.(+1)
> take key. x it. take crow. x him.
> unlock cellar with key.
> open cellar. d.
Root Cellar
> x moonlight. x jug. take it.
> u. w. w. s.
Slums
> give jug to man.(+1; got talisman)
> x talisman.(ward versus undead)
> n.
Crossroad
> n.(You won't go to the mountains. Too far.)
> w.
Moors
> x fog. x swamp. smell. x banshees.
> x pillar. x rune.
> push pillar. take rune. x it.
> s.(You won't enter the swamp.)
> w.
Briarthorn Forest
> x trees. x panther.
> give crow to panther.(+1)
> n.
Drawbridge
> x bridge. x chasm. x pillars.
> x emerald. x obsidian. x symbol.
> put rune on emerald.(+1; the bridge lowers)
> x bridge.
> n.
Gatehouse
> x tower. x allure.
> w —or— e.
Allure
> u.
Courtyard
> x arch. x demons.
> x red. x green. x black.
> shoot red.(+1; you auto-drop the broken bow)
> n.
Antechamber
> x painting. x old man.(Osric)
> x archer. x waterskin. x woman. x poison.
> x door.
> open door. n.
Great Hall
> x tables. x skeletons. x candles.
> e.
Kitchen
> x chef. x cupboards. x pots. x plates.
> push plates.(+1)
> n.(You auto-close the door behind you.)
Grand Corridor
> e.
Armory
> x stand. take armor.(no)
> w. w.
Stairway
> x golems.(They start to close in on you.)
> e.
Grand Corridor
The golems follow you here.
> open door.(+1. Skeletons and golems neutralize each other.)
> x dust. x chips.
> w. u.
Necromancer's Lair
> show scroll to wizard.("not my handwriting")
> kill wizard.(+1)
*** You have won ***
Extras
Characters
Osric is a friend and the barman of the Scavenger's Den.
Some strangers in a corner of the tavern are keeping to themselves and talking in an odd dialect.
A thin wolf jumps out a you in the old forest.
Darron is your friend from eastern Shem. But when he enters the tavern, he's been shot with a poison arrow and will soon be dead.
A man in the slums will trade his talisman for some wine.
A dead man at the crossroads is the archer who shot Darron. The archer died from drinking poisoned water in his waterskin.
A scarecrow, animated by dark magics, blocks you passage through the fields.
A crow in a tree outside the farmhouse, caws at you mockingly, and holds a key in its talons.
Banshees are swirling angrily around a pillar in the moors, unable to leave.
A black panther confronts you in the Blackthorn Forest. She's looking for a good meal.
Someone you can't see pours hot oil on you when you're trapped in the allure.
A red demon, a green mephit, and a black fiend mock you from a distance in the courtyard.
Several skeletons sit motionless in the great hall, awaiting a feast. Skeletons eat?
A skeletal chef can't find any food to cook with in his kitchen.
Two stone golems guard the stairway to the necromancer's lair. Strong as you are, you are no match for them.
Belkor, the wizard, is in his necromancer's lair. A demon is whispering into his ear.
Mentioned:
Seraina was harmed (or killed?) by Belkor, according to Osric.
Old Man Grimes owns the farm.
Grimes's wife is buried in the cellar, according to the man who wants wine.
A woman in the painting distracts the archer while Osric puts poison into the man's waterskin. You don't recognize her.
Credits
This is the response to CREDITS:
Author:
Dark Star
Testers:
Allyson Gray
AM Ruf
Andrew Apted
Garry Francis
Jade
kqr
Cover Art:
NightCafe (Flux Schnell)
Special Thanks:
Graham Nelson
Fredrik Ramsberg
Johan Berntsson
Endings
You have died
if the wolf kills you.
if the rising hot oil in the allure kills you.
if the swarm of skeletons kill you.
if the golems kill you.
if the wizard kills you.
You have won
if you kill the wizard.
Inventory
your loincloth. You're wearing it.
You won't remove it. Ignore it.
an axe. It's in the tavern's backyard.
In the old forest, try to chop a tree with it. Then kill the wolf, then chop the tree again to get wood.
In the tavern, burn the wood (using both flint and axe to make a spark).
In the fields, kill the scarecrow with the axe.
In the Briarthorn Forest, you may need to kill the panther with the axe if you don't have the dead crow.
some wood. Get it in the old forest by chopping a tree with the axe (after the wolf is dead).
In the tavern, put the wood into the firepit, then burn the wood (using flint and axe to make a spark).
some flint. In the tavern, ask Osric about flint to get a piece.
In the tavern, after putting the wood into the firepit, burn the wood (using both flint and axe to make a spark).
a scroll. Darron holds the scroll when he bursts through the tavern's front door.
When you take the scroll, you note that it's signed by Belkor. Osric quickly informs you that Belkor is a necromancer who lives in the tower to the far northwest.
Show the scroll to the wizard. He says he didn't write it.
a bow and some cursed arrows. They're beside the dead man at the crossroads.
At the farm, shoot the crow; the key and dead crow fall to the ground.
In the courtyard, shoot the red demon. The archway opens but the bow breaks. You automatically discard the broken bow.
a pouch. Acquire it by searching the dead man at the crossroads.
Nothing you can do with a pouch full of coins in this game.
