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Sorcerer of Claymorgue Castle Part One
This is one of the trickier games from Adventure International.
Several of
the problems in the game have more than one solution,
but in each case,
there is only one right way to solve the puzzle. Also,
some of the events
have a random nature to them, and you'll be warned about
them as they
happen. As with all games, it's best to save every now
and then, in case you
make a mis-step along the way.
The object is fairly simple: you're supposed to explore
a (somewhat)
deserted castle and its environs, and find 13 magic stars.
You have some
magic spells to help you, and you will come across others
as you progress
through the game. Most of the spells are necessary, however
this walkthrough
makes using two of them optional. More about that later,
let's get started!
You begin in a field in front of a castle with a raised
drawbridge. You'll
be going inside soon enough; right now, it's time to collect
your first
stars. Just dig where you're standing, and you'll find
the first one. Note
that the game will not always tell you what you've found;
sometimes all it
says is "got something". In this case, the "something"
is a star.
Now go West into the Enchanted Forest. No matter which
way you go from
here, except East, you'll always be in the Forest. That's
not important,
since you can do everything you need right where you are.
At the moment,
you're about to get on Smokey the Bear's hit list, by
burning down a tree.
Cast your fire spell at a tree, and it will be come a
pile of ashes. Look at
the ashes, and you'll get another "something",
your second star.
With that in hand, go East to the field again, and then
go into the moat.
Leave sleeping moat monsters lie, hold your breath, and
swim down twice. A
soggy towel is floating around here; get that, and swim
once to the East.
Aha! You're in a pool of dirty water, facing a cabinet.
Breathe again, and
open the cabinet, to obtain yet another mysterious "something",
this time
the Bliss spell.
Ok, everybody out of the pool! Now you're in a kitchen
with a crate
standing on the floor. Grab the crate, and go South to
the Courtyard. Here
you'll see a pretty Magic Fountain (more about that later),
along with some
fire bricks and another spell, Permeability. Drop your
stars and the Wicked
Queen's spell here. The Queen's spell is one of the optional
spells, and you
don't really need it (when you have the broken glass from
the chandelier,
casting the Queen's spell forms the glass into a magic
mirror).
Walk South into the Plain Room. There is nothing more
suspicious in an
adventure game than a completely empty room, so of course
there must be more
here than meets the eye. Pull on the West wall. Sonuvagun!
The wall moved
and now you're in another room, with the Methuselah and
Unravel spells. Take
those and go East in to the Plain Room, then push on the
East wall. Aha!
That one moved too, and now you're in the Dusty Room.
You'll be coming back this way again, but for now, all
you need to do is
cast the (Open Sesame) Seed spell on the door. This is
to save you some time
later on when you return here. Now that the door is open,
go back the way
you came to the Courtyard. Drop off the Methuselah spell
here, and go East
to the ballroom.
Isn't that a pretty chandelier? I wouldn't be surprised
if something was
hidden there, not to mention higher up in the loft you
can't reach. But,
there are ways around that! Cast the Unravel spell on
the rope, then get out
fast! Sometimes the rope comes apart right away, and sometimes
it takes a
few moves (one of the random events). Either way, you
don't want to stay
around for the big crash, and besides, you have other
things to do!
Sorcerer of Claymorgue Castle Part Two
Leave the Ballroom, and go back to the Plain Room. This
time, push the
South wall, and you're at the top of the condemned stairs.
Pick up the star,
then go down. Rats!! Nasty-looking, too. Fortunately,
there's way of dealing
with them. Cast the Lycanthrope spell, and you will turn
into a ferret. The
rats will scurry away into a hole. Now it's your turn:
go into the hole as
well. You're under the stairs, and there's another star.
Grab that, and go
back through the hole again (don't waste time, or you
won't be able to get
back out when you resume human form).
Now walk up (important to say "walk" here!)
the stairs and back to the
Courtyard. Drop off the stars, then go West. Here you're
at the raised
drawbridge. Pull the lever, and the bridge will lower
over the moat. The
lever will also break off in your hand. That's nothing
to worry about. You
can drop the wood, because there's no use for it in the
game, and then go
out onto the drawbridge.
Now comes the fun part. From now, until the time you
come down from the
loft in the ballroom, your movements *must* be exact.
The Bliss spell, which
you are about to use, will last long enough to get everything
done, so long
as you don't waste time. You may want to save the game
at this point, in
case you don't manage it all the first time through.
Ok, into the moat! Once again, hold your breath, and
swim down. Keep
swimming down until you reach the bottom. Look at the
bottom, and, sure
enough, you pick up a "something" (another star).
Of course, by now you're
just about out of air, so cast the Bliss spell, and you
will be propelled
right out of the moat, into the field again! Whew! Take
a deep breath, then
go back over the drawbridge into the castle.
From there, go straight to the Plain Room, push the East
wall, and go
through the open stone door. Then it's down the stairs
to the lava stream.
Remember that soggy towel? Well, here's where we get it
all nice and dry.
First, wring the towel. Then, go into the lava stream
(you're protected by
the Bliss spell), and drop the towel there, and after
that head South, into
the grotto. Take the star and the Dizzy Dean spell, then
go North to the
lava. Pick up the now-dry towel, and continue North to
the bottom of the
stairs.
Head up the stairs, through the Dusty and Plain rooms,
into the Courtyard,
and back into the Ballroom. By now, the chandelier has
fallen, but it's
still pretty much in one piece. Climb the chandelier.
Be careful not to cut
yourself on the broken glass, and ignore the star for
now. Cast the Light
spell, and the chandelier will rise straight up. How about
that?
Now you're high enough to get to the loft. Of course,
as soon as you're in
the loft, the chandelier will fall, but don't worry about
it. Get the
potion, and now throw the crate. Crash! Must be a long
way down. Speaking of
down, the only way to get there is to jump, so do that
little thing. Whoosh!
Good thing the Bliss spell is still working!! Now you
can get the star from
the chandelier, and then climb onto the crate.
Aha! The fall from the loft broke the crate, and now
there's a hole in it.
Go into the hole, and take the piece of metal that's there.
What could it
be? As a matter of fact, it happens to be a can opener,
which you'll be
needing pretty soon, so go back out the hole and jump
off the crate.
Sorcerer of Claymorgue Castle Part Three
Now, it's back to the Courtyard again. Drop off your
stars, and return yet
again (talk about deja vu!) to the Plain Room. This time,
you're about to
check out the floor, but you need a little something first,
so go into the
Dusty Room, and get some dust, then return to the Plain
Room. Take a swig of
the potion (it makes you invisible), then push on the
floor. Oops! You just
fell into a dragon's lair! Good thing he can't see you!
Grab the star, then look at the dragon. Sure enough,
you get another
"something" (a star, what else?). Time is growing
short, though, because the
potion won't last forever. Throw the dust, and the dragon
will give a mighty
sneeze, moving away from a hole in the wall. Go through
the hole, and you'll
be in another room, where you'll see a star and the Firefly
spell. The
Firefly spell is the other otpional spell; take it or
not as you please,
just make sure you get the star.
And then it's through the hole and up again to the Plain
Room, and out to
the Courtyard once again. Take the firebricks, and look
up at the
battlements. By gosh, there's a tin can up there! However,
I doubt that you
have what it takes to make an accurate throw with the
bricks. So, now's the
time to cast the Dizzy spell. And here is another of those
random events.
You have to throw the bricks at the can to knock it down,
but you don't
always manage it the first time.
If you miss, just go out to the drawbridge, and you'll
find the bricks.
Pick them up, and try from where you are to knock it down
again. Sooner or
later, (hopefully sooner), you'll get the can. Open it
with the piece of
metal, look inside, and, yes friends, pick up a "something"(bet
I don't have
to tell you it's a star). Drop the metal and the can,
and make your way back
to the Courtyard.
All right, you are getting near the end now, and it's
time to start storing
away some of those stars (no littering allowed in castles!).
Drop everything
you may be holding except the stars and the Yoho spell.
Get the Permea
spell, and as many more stars as you can carry. You ought
to be able to hold
eight stars, plus the Yoho and Permea spells. Now, leave
the castle over the
drawbridge, and go into the Enchanted Forest.
If you took the Firefly spell, now's the time to cast
it (you'll glow like
a firefly, thus providing light). Cast the Permea spell,
and you'll pass
through the tree into an opening inside it. Written on
the wall is the note:
"Drop stars here". So, drop all the stars you
have, then cast Yoho. It's the
only spell that works twice, and it a very odd way. The
first time, it takes
you from wherever you are, and leaves you in front of
the castle. The second
time you use it, it takes you back to the place where
you first used it.
Which means, the next time you use Yoho, it will take
you back inside the
tree.
Whew! Ok, now it's time for the hard part. Back to the
Courtyard, and pick
up all the remaining stars, as well as the towel and the
Methuselah spell.
Here is another good place to save the game, since what
follows also has a
random nature. Now, you've probably been wondering about
that fountain.
There's a star in there, all right. However, that fountain
ain't called
"Magic" for nothing!
In fact, it's a Fountain of Youth, and as soon as you
step into it, you
start growing younger! And younger, and younger until
there's no more of you
to speak of. Good thing for you that you have the Methuselah
spell. All
right, lets get this over with!
Go into the Fountain, take the star, and climb the centerpiece.
When you
get to the top, dry yourself off, and cast the Methuselah
spell. Don't waste
any moves here, or it will be too late. Now, go down the
dark shaft, into
the dungeon. There is a star here (whether you can see
it or not); take
that, and cast Yoho. Now you're back in the tree. Drop
all the rest of the
stars, and say "score". Ta-da!!! You did it!!
(Ok, so you had a little help,
you still deserve congratulations for getting through
this one!).
Ta-da!!!
