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Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny

by Westwood Entertainment.

Solution by Mike Marcelais: Version 1.4, November 1997

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Thanks to Marko Apel, Michael Cruz, Lars Dahlager, MaryJo DiBella, Greg
Dolan, Justin Emlay, Oliver Grill, Rik Hamilton, Rovio Hammama, Ulos
Hladnik, Scott Hopkinson, Niko Kaartinen, Trifon Katakuzinos, Peter
Langelaar, Panos Laskaris, Patticom, Chris OÆRorke, Patrick Ras, Russell
Roach, David Sibley, Michael Snider, David Solomon, Mark Sunderland, Soren
Svendsen, Whay-Wang Teo, Kris Verellen, and Song-de Wang for providing
extra tips, suggestions, and alternate solutions to puzzles. If IÆve left
your name off this list, it was purely by accident.

Table of contents

  1. The Caves of the Draracle
  2. The Halls of the Draracle
  3. Huline Jungle
  4. Hive Caves
  5. Huline Village
  6. Huline Jungle (again)
  7. Hive Caves (again)
  8. Dark Halls
  9. Savage Jungle
 10. Dracoid Ruins
 11. Dracoid Cemetary
 12. Dracoid Ruins (again)
 13. Savage Jungle (again)
 14. Claw Mountains
 15. The Citadel
 16. The Huline Temple
 17. City of the Ancients
 18. Underground Caverns
 19. BelialÆs Laboratory
 20. Birthing Chamber

   * Evil Luther Solution
   * Weapon Tables
   * Armor Tables
   * Alchemical Combinations
   * Special Items
   * Unknown Items

Part I: The Caves of the Draracle

Okay, youÆve just escaped from the dungeon of Gladstone keep, shifted forms
three times, run to the æsafetyÆ of the DraracleÆs Caves and are being
hunted by the guards of Gladstone. And you have no weapons, armor, or
equipment.

In reality, this first area isnÆt very difficult. This section is mainly to
get you used to the interface of the game. The first thing you should do is
walk over to the green rock cluster and get a stalagmite from it to use as
a weapon. Also walk over near the water, on the right side, and pick three
pieces of Cave Aloe from the wall. Cave Aloe can heal your wounds.

Now head out the cave to the west and watch the guards go by. Ambush the
last guard by sneaking up on him from behind and loot his body. This will
get you some much needed real armor and weapons. You can continue south to
the entrance, but the guards there are armed with nasty ranged weapons and
it is unlikely you could survive. Head north instead.

As you head north, youÆll see a very large boulder blocking the passage to
the left and another passage to the right. Head to the end of the right
passage and youÆll shift forms. If you shift into the Lizard, you are now
small enough to run through the small passage that is here. If you shift
into the Beast, you can run back to the large rock and push it out of the
way (by walking into it) and get into the area beyond.

As you continue north, youÆll run by a large underground lake. To the left
is a room that has a pit in the middle and several small rivers of water
pouring into it. If you attack the stagactites which drop water into the
pool around the edge of the room, the water will pour into the room,
flooding out some guards. This allows you to get better equipment and also
find a Mana Foil. Around the corner is an area of construction with
pillars. You can click on the pillars and drag them out of the way to make
a passage that you can fit through. After you get through, you can turn
around and attack the weak pillar to collapse the corridor and prevent
guards from following you in.

Head right from the pillars and youÆll get to a room with four exits. In
the northwest room, there are several crates and a passage high out of
reach. If you stack three of the crates on top of each other, then stack
two more crates next to those, then stack the two small crates next to
those, you have a stairway that you can jump up to get to that hidden room.
All that is up there are two broken maces and an orc shield; but messing
with the crates is good practice.

The next room (to the northeast) contains a former Dark Army creature that
recognizes you when you approach. He claims to have a gift for you hidden
away, but dies before he can give it to you.

The door to the southeast is locked and canÆt be opened. However, there is
a chain set in the wall next to the door. If you cut the chain (by
attacking it), the door will open and you can walk through. In that room,
there is an Ancient Magic Stone hidden in the debris near the back of the
room.

Now, leave this area and return to the collapsed passage and continue past.
The black pools here are oil and if you cast a spark spell at them, they
will ignite into flames. Continue past them, picking up any Aloe you see on
the way, and you will reach a chamber with a large lava pool in the middle.
Skirt the rim of this chamber and continue north.

In the next corridor, there is an opening in the wall that you can look
through which reveals a Gladstone guard standing in a pool of oil. Cast
Spark at the oil (you may have to use the targetting cursor in order to get
it to work) and the guard will be incinerated in a bonfire.

As you continue north, youÆll reach a bridge over an underground river and
the guards will lock a door behind you. If you pull the lever next to the
bridge, you will reopen the gate and the door to the guardÆs room will also
have opened. Go in there and get the Light Crossbow, Pyro Pod, and a
Guardian Sword.

Cross over the bridge, open the doors, and head to the Draracle.

Part II: The Halls of the Draracle

After you hear the speech with the Draracle, you enter his halls. You can
return to the DraracleÆs throne room twice more to get more information --
the last time shows the Draracle talking with Dawn and Bacatta.

Go through the gate and over to the table in the next room. DonÆt worry
about the skeleton; as long as you leave it alone, it wonÆt bother you
either. In general, donÆt bother creatures which donÆt seem hostile. Get
the gifts that the Draracle has left for you. You can pull the lever on the
wall now and walk to the mirror to the southern continent, but there is
something much more interesting than the gifts on the table.

If you click on the Tapestry across the room from the table and then click
on the wall behind it, a secret passage opens up. This leads to the
Draracle Museum and it contains many interesting exhibits. Be sure to get
the skeleton key from the wall at the end of the entrance hallway.
Inserting it into the triangle shaped holders will give a narritive on the
exhibit.

Explore a lot of this area, and you should be able to find many good items
like the Long Sword Prism, and The Axe of the Long Arm. There is also a
broken sword that you can take and get repaired laster. IÆm only going to
describe the interesting areas of the Museum.

At the very start, there is an orb held by a claw. Clicking on the orb
gives you a welcome message. In front of the orb, on the floor, is a hidden
opening. Clicking on it will raise a key holder opens a secret area behind
the orb. Inside are scrolls of Heal, Spark, and Summon. Use the Summon to
learn it. (Using a scroll will let you learn the group, if you didnÆt know
it already, or cast it if you already knew the group).

To the north, there is a caged in area that you cannot open. If you cast a
Spark spell into the area, one of the crates will explode and you can reach
inside and get a Dragon Stone.

To the south, there is a large blue gem in the middle of the room. Hacking
on the gem will break off pieces of Fire Crystal, but they will be burned
out. Use the Crystal on the flames on the side of the room to recharge
them.

Breaking the vases you find in the corners of the room here will reveal
Ivory Chips. There are two of them in the museum. The only use I have found
for the chips is to solve a puzzle in the City of the Ancients near the end
of the game and you can find all of the chips you need there.

To the far east, there is a closed exhibit about Time Travel. You can open
this area by pulling the lever hidden behind the last picture in the
gallery to the north. Once inside, break the Hourglass by attacking it,
then break through the wall and jump through the hole.

Run down the corridor, and finish off the last skeleton creature. There are
several vials of DragonÆ's Blood here. If you use the Blood, an icon
appears in the corner of the screen. This is a timer. The Blood will
explode in about five seconds. Either throw the blood or drop and run.
After youÆve gotten the blood, open the door, and ask the dragon for a lift
to the southern continent. (DonÆt attack the dragon.)

Part III: Huline Forest

Begin CD 2

This area is a very large forest area and it is hard to get a good idea of
where places are located around here. When you first arrive, you will be in
a clearing. Heading north, you are approached by a two-headed catbeast.
Sometimes heÆll attack you; other times, it just ignores you. There is a
lot of wildlife in this forest, and you donÆt want to upset it -- donÆt
attack things that donÆt attack you. And donÆt walk under the spiders: they
can poison you if you do.

There are many bushes around here that have bright green leaves. These are
Aloe plants and you can pick the leaves off the plants. They will heal you.
You may also see a beehive or two; you can get wax from these.

Continuing around the corner, youÆll meet a Huline guarding the village. He
refuses you entrance because Shalla and her daughter are missing. Seems
like the best thing to do is head into the forest and search for them.

Heading west, you meet a pair of Huline mothers that look less than
thrilled to see you. They distrust you and tell you little, eventually
leaving with complains that you arenÆt very polite.

Head through the forest, going generally west and staying between the two
streams that flow through the forest. You are looking for the house of
KityÆara and you know youÆre getting close when you see a double bridge
over the northern stream. Head south from here a bit, then head west.

KitÆyara seems excited to see you and lets you loot her shack for
equipment: swords, Gargoyle bracers, and a bow. She tells you about the
Long Sword Firestorm which seems like a really cool weapon, but you canÆt
have it. She will also tell you about Power Orbs, the Monestary, and the
wild ones that live across the river Bane (just east of where you started).

After leaving her shack, take the first path south that you can (it should
be easily visible on your automap) and youÆll run into the Huline women
again. After you finish your conversation with them, head west. This area
is filled with growing branches that can be cut down. The automap will show
which areas of the walls can be cut. If you simply cut the walls, they will
grow back in a few seconds. Using a Spark spell on them will burn them to
the ground and they wonÆt grow back. (If you are stuck in Lizard form now,
you will be unable to hack the walls; youÆll have to use Spark or wait
until you change back. You want to go through the woods here until you get
to a lake to the southwest.

Across the lake from where you entered this clearing is a cave entrance. If
you go inside, youÆll enter the realm of the Hive Caves. This is where
Shalla is being held.

Part IV: Hive Caves

This is a very hot and unstable cave system. There is a lot of amber found
on the ground here. When you walk through, donÆt worry about the clouds of
gas, but do worry about green bursts of liquid as they can poison you and
watch out for cliffs, falling rocks, and lava.

Head down into the caves until you get to a room with a small beast with
two heads sticking out of its body. This is the Executioner that the Huline
were talking about. Kill it and investigate its nest across the chamber to
the north. Hidden inside, youÆll find some plate armor. Good stuff.

To the north of the ExecutionerÆs lair is a cavern that becomes a lizard
tunnel leading back into the forest near the Monestary. I never found this
tunnel useful because I hate the lizard form and it was too easy to fall
off the small ledge into the lava.

Now, just to the west, there is a large chasm. If you attack the ceiling,
using a ranged weapon, youÆll cause the roof to collapse and the chasm will
be filled with rubble so you can cross. Head across and take a left at the
fork. Somewhere in this next room is a spider creature. Kill it and head
all of the way north. YouÆll find Shalla hiding in a corner of the cave.
When youÆve convinced her that the spider is dead, she will head back to
the Huline village.

Now, return to the fork and take the other passage. It ends in a large lava
field that has several islands of rock growing from it. Hop across the
islands until you get to the northern exits. Fortunately, lava is not
instantly fatal, although it does hurt a lot.

From here, to the north, is a chamber with lots of amber. To the west is a
room with several pillars supporting the ceiling. Behind the pillars is a
large sword set in the wall with two statues flanking it. Crawl between the
pillars (sometimes I can get through in human form, although I usually have
to wait until IÆm in Lizard form), get the sword, and run out. The roof
will collapse in a moment. Attacking the columns will also bring the roof
down on you. The sword is too large for you to wield, although it may come
in handy later.

Now, exit the cave area and return to the Huline Village.

Part V: Huline Village

Now that Shalla is safe, you are welcomed into the village. There are a few
things you need to do here, but mostly, this is a chance to advance the
plot and collect reward.

Travel through the village by heading left of the entrance. Follow the edge
of the village until you meet a huline in a back alley. HeÆll give you a
password: "ankhman".

Then travel to the southern edge and enter the cantina (the shop in the
middle of the fixed screen). Inside, youÆll meet Bacatta. HeÆll tell you
that Dawn is also in the southern continent doing research about Ancient
Magic. He lets you go on your word that youÆll return.

Next, head across town to the magicianÆs house, just to the north of the
entrance gate. When you ask him about ancient magic, heÆll suck all your
magical energy out of you, but allow you to take his items. You can get
three fire crystals, a manafoil, a war cluster, and a Speaking Stone which
shows the sinking of the ancient city. If you show him the broken sword, he
claims he can repair it, but it will cost you a Power Orb. It seems like
everyone wants one of these things.

Head just west and visit the King of the Huline village. He seems very
unconcerned with what is happening and ignores your concerns.

Heading around behind one of the buildings near the King, you will find an
abandoned building. Click on the cellar access and you are let into this
dingy room under the building. Knowing the password will let you inside a
thieves guild. He will offer to give you the sword Firestorm if you kill
Kelsrick. There is also a skull key here and poison paint that is yours for
the taking. The key opens most of the buildings in town and lets you get a
large supply of alchemy ingredients and some more weapons. I would wait
before fulfilling the contract so that you can still get the mage to repair
your sword.

Inside one of those buildings is a simple throwing dagger. If you take that
dagger to the Huline Mystic, he will enchant it into the Dagger of Light at
no cost to you.

Exit the village and head back out into the forest.

Part VI: Huline Jungle (again)

Your next goal is to visit the Monestary. Before you go there, stop by a
few interesting parts of the forest that you may have missed on previous
trips. Just to the north of KitÆyaraÆs house, at the headwaters of the
stream just to the north there is a waterfall. Searching in the water will
get you a Lightning Crystal and you can enter a cave to the right where
youÆll find a corpse that holds a Speaking Stone showing the end of a great
battle.

To the northwest of the Huline Village, there is a river that has several
geysers erupting out of the middle. If you follow that river upstream to
the west, you will come to a pool with a single geyser. Attacking the
geyser will cause it to break and the pool to drain away. You can then
enter a lizard tunnel a little to the east in the north bank of the river.
Inside that tunnel is another Speaking Stone, a storm crystal, two fire
crystals and three ancient magic stones.

Following that stream all of the way east will lead you to a waterfall. At
the base of the waterfall, on the north shore, is a small passage you can
crawl through to get a recipe scroll, and a Summon scroll. On the south
side of the waterfall, there are three Mind Clusters hidden cleverly behind
a bush right next to the waterfall. To get out of this area, go along the
shore of the Bane River towards the south, wait until you shift into Lizard
form, and run down the lizard tunnel there.

Head south, almost due south from the village, across two rivers, and
youÆll arrive at a clearing completely blocked by a pink lake with a bridge
across. You cannot cross this bridge in beast form (as the bridge will
collapse). On the other side of the bridge is the Monestary.

Out behind the monestary is General in charge of vegetables. HeÆs mostly a
waste of your time. In the library to the left is Dawn. She looked much
better in the first Lands of Lore game...but I digress. She suggests you go
see Brother Julian, who is behind the closed doors in the center of the
first Monestary screen. He will be amazed by your tales of the Draracle,
but require you to get a wax copy of runes hidden deep in the caves. He
gives you a flute which operates the lift.

Part VII: The Hive Caves (again)

Exit the monestary and return to the caves. Remember that area to the west
of where you killed the spider creature that I said you could ignore? Well,
go there now. As you approach the area, you should see four runes on the
wall to your right. Make a note of them. Also, be sure that you have a
piece of wax. You can get wax from behives in the forest. Stand on the edge
of the ledge and use the flute. This will raise the lift up to the top. The
lift platform has eight buttons on it -- pushing one of the buttons will
move the lift to that floor. Most of the floors also have a call button on
them, in case you get separated from where the lift is.

Floor 2: Clicking on the three stone blocks on the roof reveals a hidden
fountain that heals you when you drink from it.

Floor 3: A spider creature lives here. Kill it and then crawl into its nest
in the back of the room to get two Lightning Crystals and a Net of Exile.

Floor 4: In the entrance area, there is a speaking stone showing the death
of the Old Dracoid king. There is also amber here and a lizard tunnel to
floor 6.

Floor 5: Clicking on the three blocks to your left will open a passage in
the wall. Climbing down the very steep walkway all of the way to the bottom
will get you into a large area where a spider creature lives. Halfway down,
there is a disembodied hand that has a Ring of Regeneration that you can
take.

Floor 6: When you enter this area, it seals shut behind you. Climb up the
ramp until you get to a chamber. To your right, there are three buttons set
in the wall. Click these buttons in the same order as the runes you saw
just before the lift area. (If you donÆt remember, its
ôleftö,ôleftö,ôrightö,ôtopö. This will raise the ramp up further and allow
access to another room.

In this room, slide the three blocks into the cubbyholes that have the same
symbols. When you do this, two side rooms open up, and the stone block that
seals you in here also raises up. Get the two items here, the Bow Shift and
the Death Stroke Shield. Also, in the corner of the room is a cubbyhole
containing HelinÆs Ring and wax. You should now have two pieces of wax.

Floor 7: Run into the room and get the scroll. The room will start to lower
and there will be two large stone balls in the room. Dodge the balls for a
few seconds until the room comes to a stop and exit onto the eighth floor.

Floor 8: From here, head towards the exit that looks like it has oil on the
floor. DonÆt walk on that floor, as it will explode. Instead, turn to the
right and put the flute in the slot in the wall. A tile walkway will slide
out.

Go across the tiles and instead of turning right, open a secret door
straight ahead. This passage lets you avoid the spinning knives. Then, when
you are past the blades, turn left and run to the end of the passage. Turn
around and watch the boulder come flying towards you and break a hole in
the floor.

On one side of the hole, there is an unlit brazer. Light it with a spark
spell and jump into the pit. On the left side of the screen is a holder for
an Ancient Magic Stone. On the right is the totem that is enscribed with
the runes. Use the Wax on it to get a wax impression of the runes. Do this
twice.

Now head outside. At the entrance, youÆll meet Dawn. Give her one of the
two copies of the runes and return to the monestary. Talk to Dawn in the
library. She will give you a charm (which you should use) that gives you
the Dampen spell. Then head upstairs to talk with Brother Julian and give
him the other wax copy of the runes. He will give you a Power Orb in
return.

In the monestary, a new section is opened up. The doors on the left side of
the screen lead down to a secret area which is entirely optional called the
Dark Halls.

Part VIII: Dark Halls

You start in a simple monestary room with many crates. There is a door
which leads out into the garden. On one wall is a shelving unit. Attack the
unit and a hole will open up near the ceiling. Drag crates over and jump on
them so you can jump through the hole.

Once inside, this is basically a haunted area. There are blue ghosts which
have the distressing habit of appearing directly behind you, but they
always taunt you with warnings. Just wander around, always taking side
passages when they appear. There isnÆt much in the way of problem solving
here, just plenty of stuff to collect.

In the first room with all of the bookcases, be sure to search the
bookcases well. One contains several Cure scrolls and the other contains a
Prism scroll.

About halfway through the corridors, there is a side room that contains
many wilted trees and several blue ghosts. If you click on the chains that
are just to the right of the doorway you came through, this opens up the
roof and lets in the light. The sunlight destroys the ghosts and also makes
the trees bloom. This gives you a large quantity of VellÆs fruit.

At the very end, there is a very large circular room. DonÆt enter that room
for a moment. Instead, continue to the steel door. Drag one of the crates
over to the door, open it (by clicking on the top), stand back and cast
Spark at it. This will blow the door open. Once you have finished exploring
that room, drag one of the crates into the large circular room. As you get
to about the middle of the room, check your automap. One of the stone
blocks in the walls will have an opening behind it. (It is the one just
south of center on the far wall, and it is between the two blocks labeled
in different colors.) Drag the crate over to that wall, open it, and ignite
it with a Spark spell. This will blow a hole in the wall that you can jump
out of and you will end up in the Huline Jungle, just south of the
Monestary.

At this point, you will want to stop by the Huline Village or KitÆyaraÆs
hut in order to sell your Power Orb. Now is also a good time to fulfill the
contract against Kelsrick if you want.

Head north, keeping to your right and head towards the Bane River, which is
east of where you originally entered this area. Along the way, you will
meet KitÆyara, who will give you a gift for her son in the Savage Jungle so
you will be accepted there. You will also meet Bacatta, who will escort you
past the Gladstone guards that are at the Bane River bridge. When you get
to the bridge, an army of spider creatures will take the bridge away. Use
this opportunity to sneak into the Savage Jungle.

Part IX: Savage Jungle

Begin CD 3

When you enter the jungle, you meet the ôwild onesö that KitÆyara
mentioned, and specifically, you meet Daniel. Give the gift to him. When
they run to the trees, he drops the blade. Pick the blade up and take it
with you.

(Note: If you are not on good terms with the Wild Ones, see the Evil Luther
solution notes at the end.)

Head into the forest to the east and bear south. You will find the Huline
Temple that you are looking for. Unfortunately, nobody is home, at least
nobody that you want to meet, and the temple is sealed shut.

Now head generally north, heading towards the Wild Ones village. When you
meet the guard who tells you to begone, give him DanielÆs sword. He will
let you in the Wild Ones village.

Give the sword to Daniel. This time he actually keeps it. He wonÆt be able
to give you any useful advice, except to go away and leave him alone. Leave
his hut.

Go exploring around the rest of the city. To the right of the main screen
is an herbalist that will let you take two Ironwood Sap, Cave Aloes, and
Amber. To the center is a shaman that says he canÆt be bothered with your
problems unless you join the tribe. When you volunteer, he requires you to
go to the Dracoid Cemetary and get a Silverleaf. He gives you a Dracoid
Sigil that unlocks the gate to the Dracoid Cemetary. You can also click on
the back door in the shamanÆs hut and he will show you a spider creature
that he has captured.

Leave the village, but instead of heading immediately for the Cemetary,
head south for the deep pit. There is a log spanning the edge of the pit to
a small peak in the middle. Walk across the log and hop down the peaks
until you get to the bottom. (Save, as the fall will kill you and it will
likely take you many attempts.) At the bottom, there is the entrance to the
Dracoid Ruins.

Part X: Dracoid Ruins

This a large and very dangerous area. Save frequently and often. The caves
here are littered with stone creatures that shoot fireballs at you and
vicious dragon snakes. Also, youÆll see several crystal globes that are
mounted on pedestals and green clovers on the top of spikes. Cast Spark on
these to light them. Most of them trigger a lock that opens up a new
section.

Head immediately west. YouÆll get to a span of river. Lighting the crystal
globe to your right will lower a bridge that lets you cross. Head all of
the way to the west and enter the MageÆs Tower.

Note that the stairs going up are blocked off with a forcefield. So donÆt
head up, head around behind the stairs. There is a globe there that you can
light. Do so and go down the stairs. Get the goodies down there.

Head back to where the field is and enter the side room next to where you
entered. There is a globe that when lit will lower the field. Now is a good
time to mention that there is a snake creature on each level of the tower
and releasing the field lets him get to you. Be prepared.

On the next level, the alcove near the stairs has another crystal that can
be lit. There is also a pedestal with a claw on it. This is the White Glass
Globe Generator. You canÆt use it now, but it is very important.

On the next level, there is a creature in the alcove. When you defeat it,
you can take the bracers from the wall nitch. These bracers allow you to
speak with the dead (as the dead corpse tells you when you pick them up).
There is also a globe to light to gain access to the next level.

Not much here, although you can discover a path much later that follows a
river and lets you get in the window on the wall. Head back down to the
main level and return to the caves.

Right around the corner from the MageÆs Tower is a globe that when lit
opens a door. There is a large mirror on the wall here. Jump into the
mirror and you will be teleported to a room that your Automap calls the
æTeleport RoomÆ. There are three mirrors here. One leads back to the forest
and is one way. One leads back to where you just came from (and is
two-way). The third leads to the Dracoid Cemetary. It is two way, but the
end in the Cemetary only works after you have gone from here to the
cemetary.

While you are here, explore this area. Right around the corner is the old
Dracoid leaderÆs bedroom. If you look up and click on the imp that is on
the top of the headboard, the seal on the headboard will glow and the wall
opposite the bed will open up for just a moment. Behind the wall is the Axe
Traitor. It may take you several tries in order to get it; the best shot is
to stand at the foot of the bed, as far away from the bed as you can and
quickly turn around once you click on the imp. You can also explore around
the rest of this area, but there isnÆt a lot to find. When you are done,
return to the teleport room and go through that mirror to the Dracoid
Cemetary.

Part XI: Dracoid Cemetary

Use the Dracoid Sigil that you got from the Wild One Shaman to unlock the
gate to the Dracoid Cemetary. Note the large number of dead walking around.
For the most part you can ignore them and concentrate on the buildings
themselves. Unfortunately, most of the buildings are magically locked. Most
doors have a stone face near the door. Clicking on the face will cause an
arrow to light up below the face. The arrow will be one of three colors:
white, yellow, or blue. To open the door, you need to put a glass globe
charged with the correct color in the faceÆs mouth. Head due north. The
last building on your left before you get to the wall is completely
unlocked and you can enter it. Once inside, there is a glass globe on the
floor. Get the globe. You can also search the coffins in the room, one of
them has a Bezoar Ring in it.

With the globe, head out of the cemetary, hop through the Teleporter and
return to the MageÆs Tower. Put the glass globe into the claw and then get
it. It is now charged white. Fortunately you only need one white globe, and
the other color generators are located in the Cemetary. Return to the
cemetary and head west to the wall, then north. The second building (from
the wall) to the north opens with a white globe.

There is nothing actually in this building, but right next to the entrance
(on the inside) is a lever that you can pull. This opens a secret door on
the building to the south. When you enter that building, there is a glass
globe on the floor. Get that and head back to the entrance. Make sure you
are standing inside the room, in human form, a few steps back from the
doorway, looking out towards the barrel in the doorway. Click on the barrel
there and it will flip over. (If it doesnÆt flip over, you are probably too
close to it; try backing up a step or two. There is also a bug that
prevents you from flipping the barrel if you enter the building when you
arenÆ in human form; and a bug in general that prevents you from flipping
it at all. In these cases, try reloading from an earlier save game from
before you entered this building and try again.) Then push it by walking
into it and it will roll down the hill and into the next building, through
the door you just unlocked, and shatter on the floor. When you head over
there, youÆll notice that the floor is covered with oil.

Now, the fun part. While you might be tempted to, donÆt cast a low-level
Spark at close range. You need action at a distance. Use either a 4th Level
Spark spell, a Lightning Crystal, or a DragonÆs Blood to ignite the pool of
oil from a distance. Watch the building blow up. This reveals an opening
into the catacombs below the city. Head back into the wreckage and jump
into the opening.

You are now in the underground area beneath the cemetary. Down here, in
this area, is a generator for blue globes. It is to the north. There should
also be a glass globe at the generator. Charge both globes that you have
blue. To get out of the underground area, jump over the fences down to a
lower level. You will have to jump over two fences. Then head for the
stairs which lead up to a building in the southeast of the cemetary area.

From here, head to the two buildings that require blue globes to open. In
one of the buildings is the Crossbow Valkyrie which is a very nice weapon.
In the other is the ghost of an ancient Dracoid Priest. You need the
Bracers of the Dead to talk to him, but you donÆt actually need to have
them equipped. He will give you a Silverleaf if you go find his body in the
city below, burn it to ash, and put the ashes in this urn that he gives
you, and return them here.

Almost every building in the city requires a glass orb charged
appropraitely to open. Opening these doors uses up the glass globe, but you
can find another glass orb inside almost every building (including the one
which contains Valkyrie). There are also glass orbs in some of the unlocked
buildings and near the globe generators.

In the building directly west of the one with the ghost, there are sloped
ramps along the side of the building. If you wait until you are in lizard
form, you can run up the ramps. Under the roof on one side of the building
are three ancient magic stones; on the other side is a suit of Reflective
plate mail.

To the west, east of the building you detonated, is a building that
contains two rooms. The first room has two coffins and this pecular tile on
the side of the wall. The tile can be broken through to reveal many items
behind it. Whenever you break the tile, a Lightning Storm fills the room --
the best way to get at the stuff is to stand outside the building and use
Valkyrie to shoot into the room. Inside the niches are several Fire
Crystals, a Spark scroll, Amber, Ironwood Sap, DragonÆs Blood and a Dracoid
Dagger.

To the southwest and northwest are two more buildings that have the same
tile on the side of the wall, although these tiles wonÆt zap you with
lightning when broken. The northern building contains more amber, a Cure
scroll, and a speaking stone, while the southern building doesn't contain
anything in the niches.

For now, donÆt head to the city quite yet. Instead, go back down with the
two globes you have and take them to the Yellow generator that is to the
north and west of the stairs leading down into the catacombs. Go and unlock
all of the yellow buildings in the cemetary. Each building contains another
glass sphere and one of them contains two. When you are done, be sure to
have either 3 uncharged globes, or 2 uncharged and 1 yellow. Take a second
of the globes and charge it blue. Leave both of the charged globes here and
head back to the underground ruins.

Part XII: Dracoid Ruins (again)

To find the ashes, you will need to explore most of this area. Towards the
north part of the ruins, there is a river. Just to the south of the river,
in the middle of the ruins, there are two buildings of import: One contains
a statue that looks like Belial, the other appears to be just an ordinary
two story building. If you climb to the second story, head out on the
balcony towards the left side and peer around the corner of the building,
you will see a walkway along the edge of the building leading into the
wall. Head down that walkway and youÆll get to the river again. You can
walk along the edge of the river to the north, over the bridge, and along
the edge of a huge lake. At the end of the ledge, there will be a room to
the right and in that room is a corpse and an altar. Move the body onto the
altar, light both of the globes and the corpse will be incinerated. Put the
ashes into the urn and head back to the cemetary.

If you look across the lake here, there are lights on the far shore. I
donÆt know how to get to them and if anyone knows what is out there (and
how to get there) please let me know. Like most ôhard to get toö locations,
there is probably something very cool there.

Other areas of interest: Near the entrance, off to the east, there is a
room that is blocked off by several large pillars. To get into the room,
either wait until you shift into Lizard form, or shoot the three chains
across the room (through the pillars) with a ranged weapon. This will cause
the pillars to rise. Inside the room, you find a Greater Bezoar Ring.

North of the entrance area, there is what appears to be a castle across a
large pit. Just to the south, there is a lizard cave that runs into the
castle. Inside, you find several Prism scrolls. To get out, you need to
drag a chair onto the bar (under the hole you came in). You are only strong
enough to drag the chair when in human or beast form. Then, when you shift
back to lizard form, jump onto the bar, then the chair, then you can jump
into the tunnel and run out.

An alternative way of getting into the castle is to head north of the
castle into a small cave by a house. There is a water pump in this cave. If
you break them, the area will start filling with water which fills the moat
leading to the castle. There should be a door floating in the middle of the
moat which you can use to jump over to the front door of the castle.

If you ever want to cross the river, the beast form is the easiest to do it
in. He can step up the banks in many places that the human and lizard forms
canÆt and it seems that the beast drowns the slowest. It is also possible
to break the prison doors off their hinges (in the area to the extreeme
northwest) and build a bridge out of the doors across the river.

On your way back, stop by the MageÆs Tower and get your last uncharged
globe charged White. You also should do lots of exploring as there is quite
a bit of neat stuff lying around and this is your last opportunity to
explore this area in peace.

Once back in the Cemetary, pick up the two globes and return the ashes. It
seems that you are refered to a higher power. Take the Ankh and head toward
the door in the southeast of the cemetary. Use the Ankh on the door. Inside
the room, there are three pedestals. If you click on the pedestals (when
you are real close to them), they will open up and there will be a
receptacle for a globe inside. Use each globe on the pedestal (matching
colors of course) and the door past the pedestal will open. To get it all
of the way open, use the Ankh again. Inside, you will find another Dracoid
Ghost who wants to vindicate his race by animating BelialÆs statue to kill
some kind of wurm. Get his corpse from the coffin and return to the Ruins.

In the ruins, head for the statue. Before you do anything with the statue,
make sure you have explored the area just to the west and north. YouÆll
notice this temple like area with a waterfall down the north wall and at
the end of the corridor there will be the worm that the Dracoid was talking
about. (The Worm will get really upset at you, but it doesnÆt actually do
you any harm.)

Now, back to the statue. Put the corpse into the urn on the statueÆs left.
The Dracoid will animate the statue. Follow it all of the way to the wurm.
Save the game now. The Statue will kill the wurm, but in the process the
ceiling will crack and water will start to fill the caves.

Run back and right into the room with the temple. Jump onto the table by
the waterfall. Tables float. Nice that. Stand on the table until you get
near the ceiling. There is an opening in the wall near the top of the
waterfall. Jump into that opening, run down the corridor, head around the
large hole in the next chamber and through the opening in the far wall. You
will wind further up until you find a wooden door. Throw the door over the
edge, follow the door off the edge and stand on the door. The water should
be rising up the large center hole in this room now and you can float on
the raft all of the way up to the surface.

Part XIII: Savage Jungle (again)

Once back on the surface, you will meet Dawn again. She talks about the
Huline temple, about not animating dangerous statues, and about speaking
with the dead. Give her your Bracers of the Dead (you donÆt really need
them anymore) and she will give you an amulet that teaches you the Human
spell and a Speaking Stone.

Return to the cemetary. (On the way, you may meet Bacatta tied up in one of
those snares. Just cut him free.) Return to the room where the ancient
Dracoid was and he will thank you. At least I think he is thanking you --
its hard to understand what he is saying now. Anyway, all of the mandrake
root plants in the cemetary change into silverleaf plants so you can
collect one. There is also a Mist of Doom scroll waiting for you.

Return to the Wild Ones village and give the Silverleaf to the shaman. He
will tell you that to complete your initiation, you need to fight one of
their tribe members in single combat. It isnÆt that hard, although keep the
combat close as he can cast some fairly nasty spells. The shaman will then
give you a potion to use against the Lharkon and a charm that casts the
Lizard spell.

You can head down to the building that is near the Temple in the south of
the jungle. (The building is to the west of the temple.) One of the Wild
Ones will greet you and let you in where you can take several Guardian Orbs
and Ancient Magic Stones.

Mix the potion with a silverleaf to get the Lharkon Vapours. Then head to
the east where the river is. There is a tree with a long branch extending
towards you. You can jump across the river if you can land on that branch
on the way over. So save, and take your best jump. Once across, head up the
hill, run towards the Lharkon, and use the vapours on it. It will pass out.
You can then walk past him and into the Claw Mountains.

Part XIV: Claw Mountains

Begin CD 4

When you first arrive in the Claw Mountains, you meet Dawn again. How did
she get past the Lharkon? A mystery for another day. Anyway, she think she
has all of the answers, etc. When you get done talking with her, strike out
across the ice towards the north.

YouÆll get to a clearing with a large chasm crossed by an ice bridge.
Ignore the bridge for now and head straight ahead. Here is a community of
lovable gorilla thingies. Behind the back of the stockade, there are
several boiling pools of tar and many tar crystals around it. In the
eastern-most building in the stockade, there is a niche in the wall that
holds Bracers of Valor.

Cross the bridge and go down the ice tunnel. In the next clearing, there is
a lake. To your right is a cave in which sleeps a polar cat. It is just
like the cats in the Huline Jungle, except its white. Kill it and then turn
into a Lizard. Behind one of the stalagmites is a lizard tunnel. Inside is
an ancient magic stone, and a crystal globe that you can light with your
Spark spell. Doing this raises a small building in the middle of the lake.
You can hop from ice flow to ice flow in the lake and get very close to the
building. On top, there is a Great Axe Blizzard which you can reach once
you get close enough.

Continue down the ice passageways. This next area is very dangerous. As you
enter the clearing, the snow you are standing on will begin to collapse.
Your best bet is to run at full speed towards the other side, staying near
the wall on your right. Eventually everything will settle down, but the
drop is too steep to survive. (You can sometimes survive the fall when in
Beast form.)

From this side, notice that there are wooden stakes nailed into the wall of
the canyon on the other side? Return to the other side and look straight
down. You canÆt use the stakes that are facing the avalanche since you
wonÆt be able to make it around the corner; instead, face the river (right
near the corner) and take a leap of faith down to the stakes. Then, run
down the stakes until you are at river level.

Explore both sides of the bank here. On the far side of the river, there is
a caved in doorway. If you attack the doorway, it will open up revealing a
narrow passage into the ice. Become a lizard and enter. Keeping right, you
will arrive at a large chamber with a pool of water in it and several
people frozen into the ice in the wall. The person directly ahead of you is
holding a bow. If you cast spark on him, he will melt and drop the bow into
the water. Quickly grab it. This is the Shard. Head back outside now.

You should see an ice sheet flow down the river. Jump onto it. About
halfway around, there will be a cave in the outer wall. Jump into it and
get the Greater Bezoar Ring and a recipie for acid. If you hit the tripod
here with a fireball or spark spell, it will break and reveal Obsidian
Chain Mail. Then hop back onto another ice sheet and then back to shore. On
your way back, notice that there are ice walkways along the cliffs.

To get back up, youÆll have to climb up the stakes again. There are several
chances to fall to your death here, so save early and often.

Now that you are back up top (or you never went down), cross the avalanche
area again and enter the caves on the far side. YouÆll see Kenneth dead on
the ice. If you raid his body, you can get his girlfriendÆs picture. Throw
the picture at one of the walls a good distance away and it will shatter
revealing KennethÆs Charm, which is a much better trinket than the picture.
If you stand at the edge of the cliff here, you can drop down to the ice
walkways you saw earlier. Do so and then walk to where you can jump to the
walkways on the inner core.

Entering the core of the circular river, youÆll meet Bacatta. HeÆll tell
you that Dawn was captured in the Citadel, and tells you to go rescue her.
He is too weak to help you, but warns you of their potent magical powers.
Head across the ice bridge beyond and enter the Citadel.

Part XV: The Citadel

This part of the game was very frustrating to me. The creatures in here
move very fast, use magic aggressively, fly, and in general piss me off.
And you need to kill all of them.

Anyway, walk in. YouÆll be pestered by one in the first room. Click on the
globe in the center of the room to open the door. There are two more in the
next room. Clicking on the globe in the second room will open two doors. To
the right is the Egg Chamber. The eggs here will regenerate any killed
Ruloi, so you have to destroy them. The easiest and best way to do this is
to shoot the light at the top of the room. This will drain all of the acid
away from the room, destroying all of the eggs and leaving behind some high
quality items, Halberd Bastion, Crossbow Myriad, and the CowardÆs Target
Shield. In the back of the room, click on the globe. This turns on the
purple stairway to the upper level when you get to the main Ruloi area.

In the other direction is a long corridor that leads to an elevator, which
you can activate by clicking on the globe. This next room is very large and
filled with lots of those magic using creatures. Save often -- it is easy
to have an instant death here. Run around trying to chase down all of the
creatures. Patience will eventually get you the victory.

Alternatively, you can use the CowardÆs Target Shield. When you equip it
you will become invisible. Then you can walk around the lower area
unmolested. The only problem is that if you accidentally bump into a Ruloi
or shift forms, then you will become visible which can be very
inconvenient. The fight usually raises you about three to four levels which
you will miss out on.

Now that they are all dead, take a look around. There are several more
globes that can be clicked on to raise display tables in the floor. These
tables contain all kinds of alechemical reagents, plus other useful objects
like Lightning and Fireball Cyrstals. If you attack the crystal growths on
the ground all around here, they become Sulfite Crystals.

To the north are two rooms. The one on the right is a corridor that leads
to a green pool with a black circle in the middle. Jump to the circle and
it will take you to a prison cell (on the outside) where several women are
imprisoned. If you attack the cell, you reveal a lever on the left side of
the screen. Pull the lever to free them. If the women donÆt want to leave,
it means that there is still a Ruloi alive somewhere.

Just to the east of the Prisoners is another globe hidden in the corner
behind a tall pillar. Click on this to light it up. This will enable the
bridge going across top of the room (described below).

The room on the left has a globe in the center. Clicking on it will open a
passage to the north, open another door you havenÆt gotten to yet and
causes both of the statues on the sides of the room to start shooting at
you. Run north and youÆll get to a prison cell holding Dawn.

Now, return out and look for a wall that has purple glowing platforms
sticking out from it. (I donÆt remember which direction it is, but its
around here somewhere.) You can climb that ladder by jumping from one
platform to another on your way up. At the top, there is ôgunö that shoots
across the chasm and in its wake, a bridge forms. (If the gun isnÆt firing,
then you didnÆt turn it on by clicking on the globe at the back of the Egg
Chamber.) The bridge only stays a short while. What you need to do is run
across the bridge immediately after a shot has been fired. If the door on
the far side of the bridge is closed, that means you didnÆt click on the
globe in the previous paragraph like I told you to.

Once across, head around the ring until you find an extrance to the central
core. Click on the door and youÆll see several of those flying magic
creatures fighting a spawn of Belial, and getting their ends kicked. When
the animation ends, youÆll have to fight the spider creature. I didnÆt find
it too tough, especailly after fighting the creatures below.