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            Fate:Gates of Dawn (Reline) - Part 2

                 Sent in by Piotr Tyminski

                 Larvin City - Walkthrough

As already mentioned in earlier issues, Larvin is the capital
city.  This is where your quest really starts (unless it ends
before you even manage to get to the city gates - this may happen,
too).  And, yes, before I proceed any further let me explain
something.  My original intention was to transfer my existing maps
to disks so they could be included in SynTax PD library. I tried
Mapper (disk no. 158) but while still being good enough for simple
mapping it proved really inflexible when it came to all those huge
towns of "Fate".  I only struggled through mapping one small
village or two but frankly, it was too much hassle and the effect
was far from what I intended to achieve.  The best idea would be
to code a small utility myself and I will probably do it one day
or another (...  eer, when I learn how to code, I mean). So far I
will just try to describe the whole thing in plain English.

Basically, all locations (cities, dungeons, etc.) in "Fate" are
huge.  The smallest dwelling is bigger than Middlegate Town in
"Might & Magic II" (this gives some kind of idea, eh?).  Larvin
itself is based on 56 x 56 square grid with 64 locations in the
city - each location serving a purpose.  There are pools, canals,
etc, too, since the city is located on the north shore of a big
lake.  It all means there are areas which cannot be accessed by
foot (how surprising!).  To make things worse there are no damn
boats around, no drunken ferrymen or whatever.  But who says life
should be easy? Anyway, below is a full list of buildings.  I
don't give any co-ordinates for exact locations just not to strip
you of the pleasure of finding them on your own.

 1. Southern Gate
 2. Chapel of Souls
 3. Chapel of Abraxas Monastery
 4. Warrior's Outfitter
 5. Traveller's Bank
 6. Blue Stone Hotel
 7. Gresnik's Equipment Emporium
 8. The Station
 9. Guild of Temptress (increases anti-infect)
10. Red Lion Tavern
11. Hidden Forest Inn
12. Barkoid Cash Wizard's Bank
13. Sharp Weapon Smith
14. Traveller's Pub
15. Tagoon Smithy
16. Bank of Chaos
17. Fortune Traveller's Inn
18. Guild of Thieves (dammit, what was it they increased?)
19. Treasure Store
20. Glorious Trader Shop
21. Chapel of The Renegade Dome
22. Iron Tower Bank
23. Guild of Noblemen (increases charisma)
24. Smarty's Store
25. Tavern of Last Hope
26. Hitchhiker's Inn
27. Black Garden Smith
28. Warlock Club Inn
29. Braggar's Pub
30. The Station
31. Chapel of The Opal Fire Church
32. Guild of Dark Wizards (increases intelligence)
33. Thieves Pub
34. Golden Arrow Hotel
35. Chapel of The Edgers Blast House
36. Chapel of Brain Soothers
37. Honesty Shop Armour
38. Chapel of The Broken Bone Palace
39. Guild of Dying Shadows (increases magic power)
40. Damien Guild (increases anti-magic)
41. Guild of Dead Souls (increases wisdom)
42. Emergency Stairs
43. Lich's Inn
44. Warrior's Tavern
45. Tavern of The broken Souls
46. Honesty Inn
47. Central Palace Bank
48. Mangar's Guild (increases anti-crit)
49. Red Lantern Pub
50. Lanth's Marvel Bank
51. Dead Man's Smith *
52. Chapel of The Dawn Embassy
53. Cantor's Smithy
54. [Chapel of Light]
55. [Dark Shadow Smithy]
56. [Guild of Black Physicians (increases hitpoints)
57. Coward's Guild (increases dexterity) *
58. Lulu's Inn *
59. Soulhealers *
60. Hawkeye's Drunkard Tavern *
61. Royal Guild (oh dear, can't remember what they increase.)* *
62. Chapel of Royal Healers * *
63. Royal Pub * *
64. Royal Palace Inn


*    Chapels  are places where wounds can  be  healed, illnesses
     cured and, generally, any kind of treatment (including
     resurrection - in some of them) can be ordered.  Range of
     services usually vary a lot, as well as the prices.
*    Inns, Pubs and Taverns are obviously what they should be.
     Here you can eat (tremendous choice of dishes!) and drink
     (even better choice) and listen to gossip, tales, etc. If
     you are lucky you can talk someone into joining your crew.
*    Hotels (sometimes called inns) are ...eer ... hotels. It's a
     good thing to treat yourself to a comfortable bed instead of
     camping in the rain.  There's a wide range of rooms for
     rental; starting with a simple bed and ending with a royal
     suite.  Prices vary from place to place. And there's a hotel
     which offers much, much more than just a bed. It's probably
     the most important place in the whole city but discover for
     yourself...
*    Stores are just stores, dozens of useful items can be bought
     there; usually magical ones, i.e.  wands, jewels, potions,
     etc.

*    Armories & Smithies are, again, what they're expected to be
     with impressive range of weapons, headgears, boots, etc.
     It's wise to visit lots of them since some items are
     exclusive to certain shops.
*    Guilds are for increasing your abilities and learning new
     spells.  Since your characters have more abilities than any
     other RPG bunch of heroes there are dozens of guilds scattered
     around the land.  Each guild can only develop one special
     ability but spells' range is unlimited - it's just a matter
     of finding the cheaper service.
*    Banks.  Sure they're just boring banks with different
     interest rates and several kinds of accounts to be arranged
     for.
*    Soulhealers - there are not many of them but these are useful
     places where nice (and greedy) guys can zap your sins in case
     you become an outlaw.
*    Places marked with an asterisk (*) are located on the
     Southern Isle and/or in the parts of the city which can only
     be reached through Catacombs of Larvin.  Trust me, it's a
     damn long way.
*    Places marked with two asterisks (* *) are located in the
     Royal Castle (the one on the island in the middle of Larvin).
     This is even a longer way.
*    Those in square brackets [something] are only accessible if
     you have an ability to detect magic doors, i.e.  normally
     they appear as walls. They are either immediately accessible
     after REVEAL spell is cast (Enchanter range of spells) or are
     simply located in those parts of the city which can only be
     accessed once one or two magic doors are found and opened.

Other locations include strange hole in the wall for which I've
never found any real use, as well as teleportation fields. These
are permanently inactive unless you know how to operate them.
Although I know what should be done (theoretically) I've never
managed to put them into action.  I did well without them in the
end but still this is something that puzzles me enormously.

There are also three places (in the city itself, i.e. not in the
Castle and on the Island - more are located there) which could be
described as "dungeon entrances".  These are not necessarily the
ones which give access to the main system of catacombs.  They're
all part of the system in one way or another, but there's only one
place from which you can enter the WHOLE system. Where is it?  I
won't tell you.  Find it yourself, it's not that difficult. In
case you are really desperate drop me a line to SynTax address and
I'll reveal the secret.  Anyway, I'm sure you can find it on your
own.

Catacombs of Larvin are definitely the biggest underground system
to be found in ANY computer game.  It may take months to explore
them.  It's a real pain with those maps for me.  I would really
like to put them all on disk but it's just impossible to do so
without a powerful mapping system. Any ideas, please?

Mind you, it's just one city here and one dungeon (which I just
briefly mention).  There are other cities behind the mountains.
There are villages and dwellings. There are islands with deserted
towns.  There's a land behind The Great Sea. And more cities. And
more dungeons. And more. Oh, dear.
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