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└└└└└└))>.._┌OSIA THE ╨IOUS^..<((└└└└└
└└└└└└└└└))>...╨RESENTS...<((└└└└└└└└└
─┴╥╦╫╧╧─ ╔╔:
╘╚┼ ╟╥┘╨╚╧╬'╙ ╨┼┴╥╠
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╘HESE ARE THE WORDS OF ╠O'ANA, THE
─EEDSPEAKER, A PRECIOUS TELLING OF THE
EVENTS LEADING TO THE ╤UEEN'S ARRIVAL:
╧NCE, IN A TIME BEFORE ANY LIVING MAN
REMEMBERS, A ╦ING, STRONG OF SPIRIT BUT
WEAK OF BODY, DIED WITHOUT AN HEIR.
═OST PEOPLE THOUGHT THIS WAS THE END OF
THE ─ARKWOODREALM, BUT A PROPHET,
CALLED ┴NTETIME, THE ╧NE ┴LWAYS ╚ERE,
SPAKE OF A WOMAN THAT WOULD COME FROM
A WORLD AWAY AND LEAD ─ARKWOOD FROM
RUIN. ═ANY YEARS PASSED WAITING FOR THE
WOMAN, AND THE REALMDWELLERS BEGAN TO
DOUBT THE PROPHSY. ╞OOLISH MEN! ╞OR SHE
CAME, ASSISTED BY AN EXPERIENCE-YOUNG
CLERIC. ═ANY QUESTIONED THE NECESSITY
OF THE CLERIC, BUT THE ╤UEEN, CALLED
┘ANNAH BY THE REALMDWELLERS BUT ─IDI
TO THOSE SHE WAS FOND OF, WOULD HEAR NO
DOUBTS. ╘HE CLERIC HAD SAVED HER LIFE,
SHE SAID, AND HAD ALWAYS BEEN A LOYAL
FRIEND. ╙HE WOULD NOT ABANDON THE
CLERIC NOW. ╬OR DID SHE, FOR THE CLERIC
PROVED WISE AND WELL ABLE TO RULE THE
REALM IN THE COMPANY OF THE ╤UEEN,
BANISHING ALL QUESTION OF NECESSITY.
┴LL WAS WELL. ╘OGETHER, THEY LEAD
─ARKWOOD TO REBIRTH.
╙O GOES THE SONG OF ╠O'ANA. ┬UT IT IS
NOT THE END OF THE SONG, FOR FORCES
BEGAN AGAIN TO DWELL IN ─ARKWOOD,
AFFECTING THE DWELLERS OF ─ARKWOOD
├ASTLE IN DIFFERENT WAYS. ╘HE QUEEN,
─IDI, BEGAN TO WALK IN HER SLEEP,
CRYING THE NAME ╦AS, AND THE CLERIC
SOON AFTER SUFFERED UNSOUGHT TRIPS INTO
THE ─REAMESTATE, RETURNING SWEATSOAKED
AND MEMORYLESS, KNOWING ONLY THAT A
BATTLE WOULD SOON BE FOUGHT AND WON.
╙O BE IT.
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1. ─IRECTIONAL ═OVEMENT
<N> NORTH <S> SOUTH
<E> EAST <W> WEST
<U> UP <D> DOWN
╘HIS GAME USES ONLY THE FOUR MAJOR
COMPASS POINTS TO EASE MAP CREATION.
╘HE DIRECTIONS MUST BE ENTERED BY
ABBREVIATION ONLY.
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2.╒NIQUE ├OMMANDS, AND ├OMMON ├OMMANDS
╘HAT ┬EAR ╥EPEATING
A. THINK ABOUT - THIS COMMAND ALLOWS
YOU TO REMEMBER A LIMITED AMOUNT OF
INFORMATION CONCERNING SPELLS AND
THE GODS OF ─ARKWOOD.
B. DESCRIPTION - PRINTS THE ROOM
DESCRIPTION EVERY TIME YOU ENTER A
ROOM.
C. UNDESCRIPT - PRINTS ONLY THE NAME OF
THE ROOM AND ANY MOBILE OBJECTS OR
CHARECTERS PRESENT.
D. SCORE - INFORMS YOU OF THE AMOUNT OF
POINTS YOU HAVE EARNED.
E. SAVE - RECORDS YOUR CURRENT POSITION
IN THE GAME FOR SAFEKEEPING OR LATER
PLAY.
F. LOAD OR RESTORE - LOADS A GAME SAVED
AT AN EARLIER TIME.
G. INVENTORY - PRINTS A LIST OF ALL
ITEMS YOU ARE CARRYING. ┘OU HAVE
LIMITED ABILITIES, OF COURSE, AND
YOU CAN CARRY ONLY SO MANY ITEMS OR
WEIGHT UNITS, SO YOU MUST BE CAREFUL
AS TO THE ITEMS YOU KEEP AND
DISCARD. ╘HIS MAY BE ABBREVIATED AS
<I> OR <INV>.
H. <L>OOK - WHEN USED BY ITSELF, EITHER
AS AN ENTIRE WORD OR BY ITS
ABBREVIATION, THIS COMMAND PRINTS
THE ROOM DESCRIPTION. ╒SED IN
CONJUNTION WITH A NOUN, THIS COMMAND
PRINTS ANY PERTINENT INFORMATION
ABOUT THE ITEM.
I. <R>EPEAT - REPEAT YOUR LAST ACTION.
╘HIS WORKS ONLY WITH COMMANDS OF
TWO OR MORE WORDS, AND IF USED
EXCESSIVLY WILL TERMINATE THE GAME.
J. INSTRUCTIONS - THIS COMMAND WILL
ALLOW YOU TO READ THIS FILE WHILE
PLAYING THE GAME. ╚OWEVER, AS THIS
FILE IS INTENDED FOR PRINTING RATHER
THAN SCREEN DISPLAY, THE FILE WILL
CONTINUALLY SCROLL UNTILL THE END OF
THE FILE IS REACHED. ╒SE THE ├╘╥╠
KEY TO SLOW THE DISPLAY.
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3. ├OMMON ├OMMANDS THAT ─ON'T ╬EED
┼XPLAINING (FOR THE MOST PART)
TAKE GET PICK DROP WAIT QUIT OPEN
CLOSE SHOW READ UNLOCK GRAB THROW
GIVE OFFER WEAR DON POUR SIT STAND
╘HERE ARE MORE TO BE FOUND, NATURALLY.
╘HIS LIST IS SIMPLY TO GET YOU STARTED.
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4. ┴DDRESSING ├OMPUTER ├ONTROLLED
├HARECTERS
╘O ADDRESS A CHARECTER, DO SO IN THE
FOLLOWING MANNER:
DIDI- HOW ARE YOU
-OR-
DIDI HOW ARE YOU
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5. ╨UNTUATION, ├APITALIZATION, AND
╨ROPER ╟RAMMER
╞ORGET PUNTUATION. ┘OU DON'T NEED IT
HERE, NOR DO YOU NEED CAPITALIZATION.
┴CTUALLY, THE GAME WON'T UNDERSTAND YOU
IF YOU TRY IT. ╙IMPLY PUT, THIS GAME IS
SET UP FOR THE LAZY TYPIST, AND IF YOU
HAVE TO HIT THE SHIFT KEY, THEN YOU
DON'T NEED IT.
┴S FOR THE GRAMMER, YOU CAN DO MOST
THINGS WITH FIVE OR FEWER WORDS.
╘HEREFORE, IF YOU CAN GET THAT ENEMY
OUT OF THE WAY WITH "KILL UNTARA WITH
SWORD", WHY TYPE "KILL THE UNTARA WITH
THE BROADSWORD" OR WORSE, "I WILL
SLAUGHTER THE FILTHY GUTLESS UNTARA
WITH MY TRUSTY TWOHANDED BROADSWORD."
╙TART OFF WITH TWO WORDS (GIVE SILT)
AND WORK FROM THERE (GIVE SILT TO
MARG). ┼XPERIMENTATION IS THE KEY.
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┴ LAST WORD ABOUT THE GODS OF ─ARKWOOD.
╘HESE GODS ARE NOT OF THE SAME TYPE AS
THOSE GRACING CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY OR
NORMAL ROLE PLAYING GAMES. ╬ONE DEMAND
ABSOLUTE FIDELITY, SO YOU MAY PRAY TO
ANY GOD YOU CHOOSE. ┴DDITIONALLY, THEY
DON'T REPRESENT THINGS SUCH AS WAR,
LOVE, THE SUN, THE MOON, OR ANYTHING
ELSE OF THAT NATURE. ╘HINGS COMMON TO
THE PHYSICAL PLANE OR GENERAL EMOTIONS
AND EXPERIENCES SHARED BY ALL MANKIND
ARE ALSO SHARED BY THE GODS. ╘HE GODS
DEAL IN SPECIFICS - THINGS FELT BY SOME
OR NONE. ┴NY GOD CAN TAKE CARE OF
ANYTHING THAT BELONGS IN THE ARENA OF
UNIVERSAL EXPERIENCE.
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┴ND A VERY LAST EXPLINATION...
┴LTHOUGH THE ─REAMESTATE IS ENTERED
WHILE SLEEPING, IT IS NOT THE NORMAL
PHENOMENA ASSOCIATED WITH SLEEP. ─REAMS
ARE JUST DREAMS. ╘HE ─REAMESTATE,
HOWEVER, IS SIMILAR TO SOMETHING CALLED
ASTRAL PROJECTION. ╔T'S NOT A GENERALLY
SOUGHT EXPERIENCE, BUT IT HAS IT'S
USES.
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┌OSIA'S ├ORNER....
┴NY CORRESPONDENCE IS MORE THAN
WELCOME. ├OMMENTS, ETC, MAY BE
ADDRESSED TO ME AT 16105 ┴IRPORT ╥D,
╠OCKPORT, ╔LLINOS, 60441. ╨LEASE
INCLUDE THE NAME OF THE GAME.
╟OOD ╠UCK!
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