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LEAVING LORIEN

 When you are ready to leave Lorien, take the east gate, and walk east to the
river. Along the river, you will see a dock, and Galadriel will appear asking
you if you are ready to go. Answer "Y," and she will tell you some information
about Dol Guldur, and she will give you two words of power and some lembas.
The first word, !OROME, will help you to capture something or someone that is
hard to get. The second !MELIAN will help you to counter any deception you
might find along the way. Also, Galadriel tells you that a wizard, Radagast,
may help you if you can find him. You are then taken across the river to make
your final assault upon Dol Guldur.

RADAGAST

 Travel west on the road you are on, and you will soon come to a north-south
intersection. Take the north road to Radagast's house. This is a long and
twisting road, and when it ends, walk a bit more north until you see
Radagast's house. Walk inside; there is nothing of interest on the first
floor, so take the stairs up.

 On the second floor, you will find three cages. If you go near the cages and
use PERCEPTION, you will find a lot of animals locked up. Use PICKLOCK to free
them. I don't know what good this does, but it makes you feel good, right?
(When I freed the animals, it said that the wolves on the far wall growled,
but for the life of me, I couldn't find any wolves anywhere.) Take the stairs
up to the third floor.

 On the third floor you will see Radagast, and a bird that is locked up in a
cage. If you ask Radagast about "bird" he will tell you that it is a spy of
Sauron. I tried to free the bird just for the heck of it, but didn't succeed.
You won't get anymore out of Radagast, so RECRUIT him. If you have a full
party of 10, get rid of an elf that you may have picked up in Lorien: Radagast
is a good fighter with lots of stamina, and his spells may help you out along
the way.

 Leave Radagast's house now. When you leave, you will be told that the animals
in the forest run from Radagast. I found this to be strange, and from other
players of LOTR, they said that Radagast turned into a werewolf on them at one
point in the game. It seems that this Radagast is a fake, and the real
Radagast is hiding out somewhere. Radagast didn't turn into a werewolf on me,
so if he does on you, you found a part of the game that I didn't get to play.
Follow the road back to the crossroads.

GOLLUM AND THE FOREST MAZE

 Take the south path now, and soon Celeborn will tell you he's leaving. At
about the same time, you will run into the vile creature Gollum. You can
either USE a rope, or the !OROME word of power to capture him. He agrees to
help you since in the back of his mind he wants to get his "precious" back.
He (or it) will tell you that you can't approach Dol Guldur via the main road,
and says he will show you a secret entrance.

 Walk east on the road until Gollum tells you to get off. Do so immediately!
Following the road any longer will result in a winged creature capturing all
of you. You will enter another forest maze, but unlike the Old Forest maze
that you already went through, this maze is much easier. There is only one
path through it. You will have to fight a few spiders here and there, but soon
you will come to an intersection where one path goes north, and the other goes
east.

 If you take the north path, you will find a statuary where you will be at-
tacked by five lifelike statues. They are not too easy to kill, and after they
are dead, you'll find nothing of use. And when I tried to exit, I was again
attacked. So, I think this path is just a red herring. Instead, take the east
path, and you will come to section where the hedges are rather small. Walk
right through the hedge, and Gollum tells you to go east to a big stone. The
stone is actually more north than east, but anyway, when you see a stone
pillar, walk around it until you find the secret entrance to Dol Guldur.

DOL GULDUR

 Dol Guldur is a fortress that is composed of ten levels. Inside, you will
fight a lot to get to Frodo and Sam. Mapping Dol Guldur's levels isn't really
necessary: each level is actually quite small. Your ultimate goal is to get to
the top level where you will meet up with the Witch King. As in Moria, I will
give a level by level description of Dol Guldur, in the order that I explored
them. I am using level 1 as the lowest level, up to level 10 as the highest.
You may want to skip some of the levels that I didn't find anything on, but of
course, I may have missed something. The level descriptions are only what I
found: you may find more.

LEVEL FIVE

 When you first enter Dol Guldur, you arrive on Level 5. Here you will find
two prisoners of Sauron: a dwarf who doesn't want much to do with you, and a
human who will join you if you free him (which I couldn't figure out how to
do). You will need to kill the Uruk and the two spiders and then use PERCEP-
TION to pick up the red key. This key doesn't open the cells on the level;
however, it will be of use later.

LEVEL FOUR

 Taking the stairs down you will immediately be attacked by three Olog-Hai's.
They are not easy to kill, but after you have finished them, head southwest
and go in the entrance. Follow the passage around (after being blinded twice)
and take the stairs down.

LEVEL THREE

 When you enter here, you are warned that not all is at it seems. Use the
!MELIAN word of power to put everything back in its proper place. I couldn't
find anything on this level; there is a staircase down in the northwest corner.

LEVEL TWO

 This is a maze level. Find your way to the area where you cannot cross be-
cause you are blocked by a red pit. If you try and cross the pit, your leader
will turn to stone. I found no way to get across other than losing at least
one character. I put one of my lesser characters in the lead, saved my game,
and kept trying to cross until I lost only that one character. When you are
finally able to cross, follow the path around until you see a staircase down.
Walk through the wall east of the staircase (I know it sounds stupid) and you
will be attacked by three sorcerers. Kill them to take the staircase down.
When you come back up to this level, walk south to the evil eye that is sur-
rounded by walls. When you walk into it you will be transported to another
area on this level, but this way you won't have to recross the pit.

LEVEL ONE

 This is the lowest level of Dol Guldur. From the stairs, walk west between
the fire pits. If you have Aragorn in your party, he will think that you are
trying to kill him, and he will abandon the party. Walk a bit more west and
you will see a cell to the north. Before you can get there, you are attacked
by a Nazgul. After he dies, you can GET another malach-key. Walk to the cell,
and USE the malach-key to free Sam Gamgee. He tells you that Frodo is being
held on the highest level of the tower. Time to head back up.

LEVEL SIX

 From level 6, you can exit Dol Guldur if you wish. There is a small box
located near the southwest stairs. Use the DEVICES skill to open the draw-
bridge. Before you can exit, though, you must get through some orcs. You are
then shot twice with some arrows which further lowers your stamina.

 When you exit Dol Guldur, you are informed that a Nazgul is going to finish
you off, but none attacked me. If you go west from the entrance, and then
north following the outside wall of Dol Guldur, you will soon see a keep off
to the west. The entrance to the keep is to the south. I found nothing of
interest on the first floor, take the stairs to the basement. There you will
find two Troll statues, and one of them is mumbling something about needing
some power. I searched the basement for any kind of a switch or something, but
I didn't find a thing to bring the Trolls to life. I also tried some spells
and words of power without luck. They probably would have just attacked me,
anyway. So, the keep was a dead end.

 Back on level 6 of the tower, in one of the rooms is a slave orc, Juithrech.
If you ask about "prisoner," he will tell you where they are being held, but
you already knew that. I searched some of the other rooms, but after meeting
six Uruks in about every one, I finally gave up and took the staircase up to
level 7.

LEVEL SEVEN

 This level contains a large center section surrounded by a several smaller
rooms. In the center area, you will see a red carpet that leads to a throne to
the north. Before you get there, you are attacked by a sorcerer and three
Uruks. After dispatching them, I searched the throne but found nothing.

LEVEL EIGHT

 We are reaching the top of Dol Guldur, which is evident since you are walking
around at the top of the castle. Walk east from the stairs and kill the four
orcs that attack you. You will find the entrance to the center section on the
east side. When you enter, I recommend taking the southern hallway, since in
the northern one you will be attacked by five humans. Taking the south hall,
you will be confronted by a single human. Answer "Y" to his question, and
defeat him. He will tell you that he hopes you fail (big surprise there). The
stairs to level 9 are to the west.

LEVEL NINE

 This is also a level with a main center section surrounded by two hallways.
If you attempt to go north on the red carpet, get ready for a hairy battle
with an Olog-Hai, a sorcerer, and a Nazgul. After this battle is over, you can
approach the throne, but, again, I found nothing! The stairs up are at the
northeast corner, but you can't get up them because of an invisible lock. Time
to USE the red key you found. Take the stairs up to level 10.

LEVEL TEN AND ENDGAME

 You will finally come into confrontation with the evil Witch King himself. He
is attempting to fly off with Frodo. Use the !THORONDOR word of power, and a
group of eagles will attack the Witch King. He can't fly away now, but he is
ready to fight. After a lengthy battle, you have finally completed the game!
You will be treated to a fun endgame sequence telling you what is going on in
the world since you got the ring back. Also, we are told that the game will be
picked up in the second volume of LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS. Now,
that's something to look forward to!

LORD OF THE RINGS VOLUME 1 is published and distributed by Interplay
Productions, Inc.

This walkthru is copyright (c) 1991 by Christopher. All rights reserved.