CONQUESTS OF CAMELOT 1 Introduction, Camelot 2 Forest Perilous, Glastonbury Tor 3 Ot Moor, Southampton, Gaza, Desert 4 Jerusalem Bazaar 5 Fatima, Catacombs, Endgame 6 Riddles of the Stones, Answers CONQUESTS OF CAMELOT Part 1 INTRODUCTION In CONQUESTS OF CAMELOT you play King Arthur, legendary warrior and king. For most of your reign, the kingdom has known prosperity. Now, however, a blight has appeared and hunger stalks the land. A vision has revealed that the blight will not end until the Holy Grail is found. Your three best knights, Launcelot, Gawain, and Galahad, have left in search of the Grail. Yet they have not been heard from for many months. It is time for the King himself to go out and search for both the Grail and his knights. CAMELOT The first thing to do is to get ready for the journey. After the introductory cartoon is over, hit RETURN to enter your room. Here you will find your traveling clothes, a purse, and your trusty sword, Excalibur. CHANGE CLOTHES and TAKE PURSE, and you will be suitably attired for travel. Walk out the door, and into the castle hallway. Walk northeast, to the Queen's Bower. (Again, hit RETURN to enter.) Here you find what remains of a beautiful garden, and your lovely, if unfaithful, wife, Queen Gwenhwyfer (called just plain "Gwen" by fumble-tongued Saxons such as Arthur). Since the Queen is, er, a good friend of the missing Launcelot, she might know where he is. ASK GWEN ABOUT LAUNCELOT. She tells you that Launcelot went off to talk to the Lady of the Lake at Ot Moor. Before you leave the bower, pause to look at the garden. Everything has withered and died -- except for one lone rose. LOOK AT ROSE. Gwen will tell you to take it as a gift. TAKE ROSE. Gwen explains that the rose will "guide you through danger if you recite the Message of the Rose." File that fact away in your kingly brain, and take your leave of Gwen. Give her a smooch or two for the road, and leave the bower. It's time to talk to the mysterious wizard, Merlin. Walk southeast to the Treasury. Skip the Treasury for now: Continue on to Merlin's room. Enter Merlin's room and take a look around. What a collection of stuff! If you LOOK AT RUG, you'll be informed that the symbol on the rug, the pentagram, helps keep out evil spirits. If you READ SCROLL, you'll discover the fascinating fact that mules are expensive in Jerusalem. Memorize these esoteric items: They will be vital later in the game. Also be sure to note the chest in one corner of the room. Being a curious adventurer, OPEN CHEST. Inside is a lodestone (compass,) which will come in handy on the road. ASK MERLIN ABOUT LODESTONE, and he'll tell you what it is and how it works. Now, walk over to the giant map of Britain Merlin has on the wall. LOOK AT MAP. The display will change to a close up of the map. Selecting a location will give you the location's name and a little information about it. Fix the locations of the following three places in your mind: Glastonbury Tor, Ot Moor, and Southampton. Last of all, talk to Merlin himself. He can't tell you much about the missing knights, but he does tell you who would know. If you ASK ABOUT GAWAIN, he will tell you to ask the treasurer. If you ASK ABOUT GALAHAD, he'll tell you to ask the castle guards. And if you ASK ABOUT LAUNCELOT, he'll tell you to talk to Gwen. (Big deal! You figured that out already!) Leave Merlin's room and walk southwest to the Treasury. Here you'll find your glittering treasure horde, and your formidable treasurer. Before you go out on the road, you'll need to get some cash. ASK ABOUT MONEY. The treasurer will tell you to give him your purse, so GIVE PURSE TO TREASURER. He'll ask you what sort of coins you want. You'll need all types, so GET GOLD, GET SILVER, and GET COPPER. Now you have a full bankroll. In addition to the treasure in the room, you may have noticed some bundles in the corner. ASK ABOUT BUNDLES. The treasurer will tell you that they belong to Gawain. ASK ABOUT GAWAIN, and he'll tell you that Gawain had headed out to Glastonbury Tor to look for the Grail, and that he took copper with him. Before leaving, type HAM AND JAM AND SPAM A LOT, and the Knights of the Round Table will demonstrate that they can do far more than fight. What talent! Walk over to the westernmost tower. Time to meditate a bit in the Chapel. Walk over to the cross and KNEEL. Just praying isn't enough, however. As you will discover in this game, supernatural forces are just as interested in material things as people are. To put some leverage behind your prayer by offering some money. (Control-O in the IBM version.) If you give one gold, you'll be rewarded with a vision of the Holy Grail and a blessing. STAND and walk over to the symbol of Mithras. KNEEL and offer another gold piece. You'll receive a vision of the three missing knights, all of whom seem to be in serious trouble. STAND, leave the chapel, and walk to the outer courtyard. You'll find your warhorse and a pack mule waiting for you. While you're here, walk over to the guard at the lower left-hand side of the screen. ASK ABOUT GALAHAD. The guard will tell you Galahad went to Southampton and took a ship to the east. Now it's time to go rescue your knights. Walk over to your warhorse and MOUNT HORSE. Ride off through the castle gates (don't worry, the mule will follow you.) It's a good thing that you made those offerings back at the chapel: If you hadn't, you would have been crushed by the portcullis while exiting the gate. After leaving Camelot, you will find yourself on a large map of Britain like the one you saw in Merlin's room. Selecting a location will move you there. Select Glastonbury Tor, where Gawain disappeared. CONQUESTS OF CAMELOT Part 2 THE FOREST PERILOUS Before you can get to Glastonbury Tor, you must pass through the Forest Perilous, which is, well, perilous. The first thing you come across is a dilapidated shrine dedicated to some obscure god. Ride a little closer to it. A strange spirit, Windershins, appears and begins to rant about copper or tin. It's best to appease the little guy, so give him a copper coin or two to keep him quiet. With him out of the way, exit the screen off the left side. Here you'll find a hunter selling his wares. TALK TO MAN. Strangely enough, he doesn't get much business in the spooky, deserted forest, so he's in dire financial straits. ASK ABOUT PELTS and he'll tell you what swell furs he's selling and what a poor fellow he is. You're a kind, generous soul, so buy the pelts. More interesting than those ratty furs is the spear standing behind the hunter. If you ASK ABOUT SPEAR, he'll tell you it's the only thing that can defeat the boars in the neighborhood. You'll need to kill the boars to get to the Tor, so BUY SPEAR. Exit off the left side of the screen, and prepare to do some pig-sticking! (By the way, you will have noticed that your mule has bolted. Don't worry about her; she'll reappear when the time is ripe.) Next comes the game's first arcade sequence. Three boars come trotting out in succession, and you have to stick them with your spear before they gore you with their tusks. Be sure to set the arcade difficulty to EASY before starting the sequence. (Hey, if you wanted to do things the hard way, you wouldn't be reading this!) Save your game just before the sequence begins so you can easily restore. Hitting the spacebar causes Arthur to jab with the spear. The trick is to wait till just before the boar reaches the horse before hitting the spacebar. If you're having no luck, try hitting the spacebar a little earlier; it takes some time for Arthur to jab. Having offed the porkers, continue to the next screen. A nasty black crow perched above a skeleton is waiting for you. TALK TO CROW. The crow informs you that the invincible Black Knight has wounded Gawain. The crow asks if you want to joust with the Black Knight? Bravely say YES, and the crow will fly off to make the arrangements. What could have happened to our skeletal friend here? LOOK AT MUSHROOMS. Looks like Bony did not heed his mother's warning about eating strange fungus. LOOK AT SKELETON. Nothing left of Bony except one piece of silk. TAKE SILK. Why, this silk sleeve is still in mint condition! There is "Magick" at work here. Exit the screen, and prepare to meet the fearsome Black Knight. When you meet on the jousting field, the Black Knight seems like a reasonable chap. He offers to let you go at the cost of Gawain's life. Since you are a noble and selfless king, however, you decline; instead, you must joust with the Knight. If you unseat the Black Knight three times, you may pass, and Gawain goes free. If the Black Knight unseats you three times, you die. (Well, he never said it was a fair trade.) Accept the Black Knight's challenge. The joust itself is an arcade sequence. Again, be sure that you are in EASY mode, and be sure to save your game just before it begins. Do a dry run of the joust just to familiarize yourself with the keys. Note that when the Black Knight gets close to you, a small skull appears on his shoulder. This is his vulnerable spot: If you hit him there with your lance, he will be knocked down. My strategy was to lift up the lance, then move it down and to the left so that it hit the skull as the Black Knight rode by. I also kept my shield up at all times. I don't know if it helped, but it certainly didn't hurt. After practicing a couple of times, restore and do it for real. Knock the Knight on his wazoo three times, and then go off to save Gawain. You'll find Gawain on the next screen, badly wounded and chained to a large tree. You need to get him down first. So, ride over to the tree, and BREAK CHAINS WITH SWORD. TALK TO GAWAIN. Gawain tells you that he believes the Grail is on the Tor, and that you should beware the Mad Monk. Gawain is in no condition to go Grail hunting, however, so PUT GAWAIN ON HORSE. The horse will take Gawain safely back to Camelot where he can get medical attention. (Don't leave the screen before putting Gawain on the horse; otherwise, when you return, he will be dead.) Of course, now you're out one prime war horse, but that's a small price to pay to save a friend. Exit off the right side of the screen. Here, amidst a small scale version of Stonehenge, you will meet a witch. She demands that you give her what she most desires, or else she will turn you into a rock. You don't have much _to_ give, but try GIVE SILK TO HAG. Zap! The ugly green witch is transformed into youthful Lady Elayne. Apparently she gave this sleeve to her lover a long time ago. Thrilled by her transformation, Lady Elayne runs off to search for her long-lost love. Is she in for a surprise when she finds Bony in the forest! You will notice that something has appeared on the pedestal on which the witch was standing. READ PEDESTAL. There's a rhyme about five poets being turned to stone, ending with the line, "To pass through the middle, you must ask for a...." The rest is illegible, but I'll tell you confidentially that the last word should be RIDDLE. Exit the stone circle through the gate to the northwest. Why, here's your mule! Why not walk over and give her a pat on the head? Hm, there's this small problem of an invisible force field in the way. And what about these 5 strange stones? Perhaps they have something to do with the rhyme on the pedestal. Walk over to one of the stones. Making sure that no one is watching, TALK TO STONE. Sure enough, the stone asks you a riddle. Answer all five of the riddles and the force field disappears. Each time you leave the screen the riddles will be different. So, if you can't answer the batch you were given, exit the screen to the right, and return to get a new batch. (There are 25 different riddles in all. The text of all of the riddles and their answers are given in Part 6 of this walkthru.) After having answered all five riddles correctly, the force field vanishes, and you are free to climb the Tor. Just walk past the stones, and...whoops, looks like you've been teleported to the top of the Tor. That saved a long, hot climb! GLASTONBURY TOR You have been magically transported to the ruins atop the Tor. Head south from where you materialized. You'll enter a screen with a tree, a well, and a monk sitting peacefully in the corner. LOOK AT TREE. Looks like the Grail may be here! After your tournament with the Black Knight you could use a nice cold drink, so LOOK AT WELL. Unfortunately, the well is locked so you'll have to save that drink for later. Last, but not least, TALK TO MONK. He seems like a reasonable enough fellow, not at all mad. ASK MONK ABOUT GRAIL. It seems the monk is rather touchy on this subject. He rushes off the screen after threatening violence. Follow him off the screen. Catching up with the monk you find not one monk, but three! The monk has created two illusionary doubles, and all of them are out to get you. The two illusions are harmless, but the real monk can kill you. Draw Excalibur and prepare to fight. You can tell which monk is real because he shouts "Kill! Kill! Kill!" before attacking, and yells "Ouch!" when you hit him with your sword. If you keep your eye on the real monk and stab him before he gets too close, you should be able to dispatch him easily. Killing the monk is only the beginning of your troubles, however. After the monk breathes his last, the Old Ones -- mysterious inhabitants of the Tor -- appear. Apparently the mad monk was their servant, and you have been drafted as his replacement. You may not ever leave the Tor unless you somehow appease the Old Ones. Sure enough, if you try to find a way off the Tor, you will find that you are trapped within the ruins. To appease the Old Ones, walk back to the screen with the tree and well, and head south. Here you'll find an altar. Hm, perhaps the Old Ones are just as materialistic as the gods back in the Chapel at Camelot. Open your purse and offer five silver pieces. The Old Ones will not only accept your offering, but they will give you a gift of a key. TAKE KEY and head north to the well. UNLOCK WELL. You can drink from the well, but that won't do you much good. Instead, SEARCH WELL. You will _not_ find the Grail, unfortunately, but you will find a crystal heart. Merlin tells you that the crystal heart is what was causing you to be trapped on the Tor, and that now that you have it, the spell is broken. You are free to go. Head south twice, and you will be reunited with your trusty mule. Head west to leave the Forest Perilous behind. It's time to go to Ot Moor to rescue Launcelot. CONQUESTS OF CAMELOT Part 3 OT MOOR From the map screen, select Ot Moor. Brrr, it sure is cold here in the north of England! Over the frozen moor you can see a palace in the distance. Head east through the snow. You find yourself on the shore of a frozen lake. Head north, but stop as soon as you appear on the next screen. Save your game and try walking across the ice. This ice is too treacherous to cross unaided! Wait a moment...what did Gwen say about help in a dangerous place? Restore your game. USE ROSE, then recite the Message of the Rose from page 7 of your manual. A whirlwind of rose petals will appear. The whirlwind will begin to move across the ice. If you walk within the whirlwind, you will be able to cross the ice safely. (If you don't have the rose but you do have the heart, USE HEART. The heart will change color when you get near thin ice. If you don't have either the rose or the heart, you'll have to go to Glastonbury Tor and get the heart before you cross the ice.) After crossing the ice you arrive at the Ice Palace. Enter the palace. Here you will meet the Ice Maiden (apparently the Lady of the Lake frozen over for the winter). The Ice Maiden has imprisoned Launcelot in a pillar of ice just because he gave her the cold shoulder. TALK TO WOMAN. The Maiden will tell you that you have something that belongs to her. What do you have that would suit a frosty female? The crystal heart is rather chilly, so GIVE HEART TO WOMAN. The Ice Maiden will tell you that to find the Grail you will have to go to Gaza, then to Jerusalem. This is helpful, but there's still the matter of your deep-frozen friend. Demand that the woman FREE LAUNCELOT. The Ice Maiden takes you to a tree growing incongruously in an ice cavern. She says that you can free Launcelot if you take a simple test. ASK ABOUT TEST. She explains that if you take the test, Launcelot will go free if you pass, but if you fail you will die. She offers to let you go if you recite the Message of the Rose, but if you pick this option, Launcelot will be doomed. Say NO to this suggestion, and BEGIN TEST. The test consists of a series of riddles. You must figure out the answer to the riddle, match the answer to the appropriate flower using the information on page 7 of your manual, then select the correct flower on the tree. So, if the answer to the riddle was "laziness," and the flower that symbolized laziness is the dandelion, you would select the dandelion on the tree. Simple, no? The following are the first lines of the riddles and their answers. It's up to you to match the answers with the appropriate flowers. "In times of grief it gives relief...": CONSOLATION "When light is dim and courage fails...": HOPE "Oh, it is splendid...": HAUGHTINESS "For its sweet sake...": TRUE LOVE "If a dream is abandoned...": WITHERED HOPES "Surrounded by giants...": MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD "Wise are those who seek it...": TRUTH "It alleviates all pain and sorrow...": DEATH "Known to the priest...": CELIBACY "It can be sweet on the tongue...": FALSEHOOD After passing the test and saving Launcelot, the Ice Maiden will transport you back to shore. Walk west two screens and you will be back to the map display. The next item on the agenda is to go abroad in search of Galahad. So, select the port town of Southampton. SOUTHAMPTON Once in Southampton, walk over to the harbormaster and TALK TO MAN. If you ASK ABOUT GALAHAD, the harbormaster will say that Galahad has indeed sailed to the East. Following the Ice Maiden's advice, you intend to follow him. ASK ABOUT PRICES. Sure enough, boats sail to Gaza. BUY PASSAGE TO GAZA. This will cost you 3 gold pieces. Get in the boat, and prepare to sail to the mysterious east. (Incidentally, you can buy passage to a number of other places, but sailing to anywhere but Gaza results in your death.) GAZA You arrive in Gaza with your mule and a tremendous hangover. On the dock you find two guides competing for your business. A slightly shady character named Jabir warns you that you are not safe in Gaza, and offers to guide you to Jerusalem. A small boy (whom your mule seems to like) insists that you must first see his master before journeying to Jerusalem. Jabir looks a bit menacing, so FOLLOW BOY. The boy leads you to his master, Al-Sirat. Al-Sirat kindly invites you to refresh yourself, so EAT FIGS and DRINK. After all, you don't know when you'll get your next square meal! If you ASK ABOUT GALAHAD, Al-Sirat tells you that Galahad has gone to Jerusalem. Now, ASK ABOUT GRAIL and ASK ABOUT GODDESS. Al-Sirat tells you that the Goddess has the Grail, and that he (Al-Sirat) is the first of 6 guardians you must pass to get to the Grail. Next, ASK ABOUT each of the Goddesses listed on pages nine and ten of your manual. Al-Sirat will draw the symbols for each of the goddesses for you. Be sure to write these symbols down; you'll need them later! After thanking Al-Sirat for his information, STAND, and exit the screen. The boy will lead you to the outskirts of Gaza. Here you will find the sneaky Jabir again. Jabir tells you that you could not possibly make it across the desert to Jerusalem on your own, and offers to be your guide. Jabir isn't trustworthy, but you don't have much choice, so HIRE JABIR. DESERT Follow Jabir through the desert. He will lead you to an oasis. After that long, hot walk, a nice, cool drink seems in order. But wait: Your trusty mule refuses to drink. Suspicious. And what about that camel skeleton? ASK ABOUT SKELETON. Very suspicious! Apparently Jabir is waiting for you to drink the poisoned water so that he can loot your corpse. You won't let him get away with it. Draw Excalibur. This is enough to frighten away the cowardly Jabir. You do need to find some fresh water before you die of heat dehydration, however. (Shades of LEISURE SUIT LARRY III!) Exit off the right side of the screen, then exit off the top side. You have found a structure of some sort. The girl you frightened away is evidence that there is civilization nearby. Walk down the steps on the right side of the screen. You have found the Pool of Siloam. Your trusty mule will drink from the pool, so it must be safe. DRINK WATER. Now that you're refreshed, climb back up the steps, and head north. In the distance you can see Jerusalem. At this point, Jabir may reappear and attempt to knife you. If he does, draw Excalibur and dispatch him with a blow. Continue north. At last! You are at the gates of Jerusalem; however, a group of guards bar the way. Walk over to them and TALK TO MAN. The leader of the guards says that you must enter by another gate, and demands a bribe to pass. Offer him 5 copper pieces and he'll let through. Exit to the west, go north, then west. Be careful not to fall from the embankment. Now you find yourself outside the Jaffa gate. A disreputable fellow named Yasser will attempt to extort money from you. He's a puny specimen, and all alone, so you will be able to frighten him off just by drawing Excalibur. After doing so, walk through the city gates. Here in Jerusalem you will find the object of your quest. CONQUESTS OF CAMELOT Part 4 JERUSALEM BAZAAR As soon as you enter Jerusalem, a thief will steal your purse. Don't bother to chase him; you'll deal with the thief later. Instead, walk over to the fellow closing up his shop, and TALK TO MAN. Mohammed, the weapons merchant, seems to be interested in your mule, and your mule seems to like Mohammed well enough. Remembering what the manuscript in Merlin's room said about the high price of mules in Jerusalem, SELL MULE. Mohammed will give you a new purse full of money, and explain the monetary system in Jerusalem to you. Having restored you to solvency, Mohammed (and your trusty mule) depart. The next thing to do is to explore the city. The best way to do this is to just walk around. Be sure to TALK to everyone you see. (A few people walking in the street won't respond: Don't worry about this.) The following is a list of whom you'll meet in the Jerusalem Bazaar. The directions given are relative to the weapons store. Here "top," "bottom," "left," and "right" are used instead of "north," "south," "east," and "west," as the screen exits do not match the compass directions you'll get from Merlin's lodestone. (If you don't understand what I mean here, make a map of the Bazaar.) Exit RIGHT: Farabi, a pot merchant; Hayam, a fish merchant; and a nervous grain merchant you won't be able to talk to. RIGHT, RIGHT: Achmed, proprietor of the Star of Allah Inn. You'll have to KNOCK ON DOOR before he'll talk to you, then all he'll say is that he's closed because his cousin won't sell him a broom. RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT: A beggar. Be sure to give him a copper or two. BOTTOM: Ibrahim, a textile merchant, and Sarah, the originator of fast food. There's also a starving boy here, drooling over the felafels. Since you are a generous man, BUY A FELAFEL (it costs one copper) and GIVE FELAFEL TO BOY. BOTTOM, RIGHT: Tariq, a lamp merchant, and Tamra, an apple seller. BOTTOM, RIGHT, RIGHT: Ismail, a dealer in dubious relics, and Fawaz, a surly butcher. (If you look carefully, you may get a glimpse of Fawaz's daughter in the buff through a window. This makes Fawaz REALLY surly.) BOTTOM, RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT: A large, elaborate, locked door. Having toured the neighborhood, return to Tamra the apple seller, and TALK TO WOMAN. Tamra will tell you Galahad has been in Jerusalem, and tells you to buy an apple. ASK ABOUT APPLE. She will give you a choice of apples. Give her one gold for her top-of-the-line apple. She tells you that after eating the apple, everyone will be compelled to tell you their most urgent need. It's up to you to fulfill their needs. After eating the apple, head over to the textile merchant's shop. It's time to begin your job as a medieval Mary Worth. Walk up to Ibrahim and TALK TO MAN. Ibrahim pours his heart out to you. Evidently, he had a brief encounter with a woman named Mari, which he now regrets. The problem is that he gave Mari a veil he had promised to his wife. Now his wife wants it, but Mari refuses to give it back. It's up to you to get the veil back. But who could Mari be? You haven't met any women by that name in the Bazaar. Ah, but wasn't there a woman closing a window above the weapons shop when you first walked into the city? Walk over to the weapons shop. Since the doorbell has yet to be invented, YELL to get the attention of the second floor occupant. Mari will stick her head out the window to see what the shouting's all about. ASK ABOUT VEIL. Mari tells you that she will give the veil to you only if you give something to her that allows her to "see great beauty as other see it." Walk over to the shop of Farabi the pot merchant and TALK TO MAN. One of the things he sells is mirrors. Just the thing for a vain woman like Mari! BUY MIRROR (it costs 2 silver) and walk back to the weapons shop. GIVE MIRROR TO MARI. Oops, easier said than done. Pray that Mari doesn't have butterfingers, and THROW MIRROR. Mari will drop the veil down to you. Take the veil back to Ibrahim's shop, GIVE VEIL TO IBRAHIM, and watch his steamy reconciliation with his wife. Time to do some good in another part of town. Walk over to the shop of Tariq the lamp merchant. TALK TO MAN. Tariq tells you that he's had a falling out with his cousin Achmed because he broke an oath. If you ASK ABOUT OATH, Tariq tells you that Achmed had promised to give Tariq a relic of a saint. If you walk over to the Inn and ASK ACHMED ABOUT BROOM, Achmed says that, because he broke his oath, Tariq refuses to sell him a broom. This one is easy to patch up. Walk over to the antique shop and ASK ABOUT RELIC. The antique dealer will sell you a relic for whatever saint you like. (You can enter anything for the saint's name; I used St. Rosella.) The relic will cost 1 gold, but remember, it's all in the cause of furthering goodwill and understanding. Ignore the dealer's offer to sell you the Grail: His grails are just as phony as his relics. After buying a fake relic, walk back to Tariq's shop. GIVE RELIC TO TARIQ. Tariq believes that his cousin Achmed has finally sent him the relic he promised. Overjoyed, Tariq will give you a broom to give to Achmed. Take the broom over to the inn and GIVE BROOM TO ACHMED. Achmed will offer to let you stay the night. (You can do so if you like, but it won't help you in your quest.) For your next good deed, go talk to the beggar. The beggar reveals that he needs charcoal to keep warm. Trot over to Tariq's lamp shop and ASK ABOUT CHARCOAL. Sure enough, Tariq sells it, so BUY CHARCOAL (cost: 2 copper). Go back and give it to the beggar. Walk over to the fish market and TALK TO HAYAM. Apparently, Hayam has an odor problem. That is, Hayam's fish are stinking up the marketplace and angering the neighboring merchants. Indeed, it's the fish smell that makes Fawaz the butcher so surly. You need to find a way to cover up the smell. Go back to the lamp shop. Hanging in the shop you'll notice some sweet-smelling herbs -- just the thing to cover up the smell of those nasty fish. BUY HERBS and walk back to the fish market. GIVE HERBS TO HAYAM, and viola! Bet you didn't know that King Arthur invented air fresheners. Who says games aren't educational? Now, walk over to Sarah's felafel stand. TALK TO WOMAN. After years of munching on felafels Sarah longs for some lamb to nibble. Walk over to the butcher's. Now that Fawaz is no longer surly, it's easy to BUY LAMB (cost: 6 copper). Walk to back to Sarah's and GIVE LAMB TO SARAH. Sarah is so overcome by your generosity that she decides to adopt the poor starving kid. Mary Worth would be proud! You're almost done with your social work. Walk back to the weapons shop. What's this? A girl (who you have seen before walking along the street) has lost her doves. The doves are perched atop the shop and refuse to go back in their cage. After your other good works, this one is a breeze. Walk over to the grain merchant's shop. The grain merchant has calmed down considerably since the fish smell went away. BUY GRAIN (cost: 3 copper). Go back to the weapons shop. PUT GRAIN IN CAGE, and the doves will happily fly back into the cage to get the grain. At this point the girl, named Ione, reveals that she is in fact one of the guardians of the Goddess. She tells you to go back to talk to Tamra again. Tamra tells you to find someone named Fatima "at the star and cross," and gives you an apple that will remove hunger, thirst, and weariness. Hold onto the apple for the moment. Finding Fatima isn't that difficult: There's a star and cross on that house with the big locked door next to the relic shop. Walk over there and KNOCK on the door. You're about to meet the mysterious Fatima! CONQUESTS OF CAMELOT Part 5 FATIMA The door opens, and you enter the house. Within, you meet the sinuous, sensuous Fatima ("Fats" to her friends). Type LOOK AT FATIMA for a closer look. Fats offers you, er, a good time. Instead of becoming her love slave, just say NO. After all, you're in a rush to save Galahad, not to mention your kingdom. For a fun death, though, save your game, and say YES. What a way to go! Fats then attempts to appeal to your materialistic side, offering you immortality and power. Being a faithful and humble knight, say NO. Fatima t hen tells you that her temptations were all just a test, which you passed brilliantly. ASK FATIMA ABOUT GALAHAD. She reveals that he has "entered the catacombs," wherever they are, but that he did not have "the gift of the hierophant," whatever that means. Fatima then asks, as a final test, for you to give her your purse. Walk over to her and GIVE PURSE TO FATIMA. Fatima opens a door on the right side of the screen. It seems there's one more test to go through. (Yes, another one.) Walk over to the right side of the screen. The test begins. To pass it you'll need the symbols that you got from Al-Sirat in Gaza, and the information about the goddesses given on pages 9 and 10 of the manual. After jumping through this hoop, Fatima tells you to seek out the hierophant. If you ASK ABOUT HIEROPHANT, Fatima tells you he is "shunned by fools who fear his guise." After thanking Fatima for this gem of wisdom, leave her house. (The OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY, by the way, defines "hierophant" as "an expounder of sacred mysteries." And here I thought it was an Egyptian elephant.) CATACOMBS The only inhabitant of the bazaar who is shunned for his appearance is the leprous beggar. Walk over to him and TALK TO BEGGAR. If you ASK ABOUT CATACOMBS he will warn you about the poisonous rats in the catacombs, and give you a vial of poison antidote. Don't waste it: There's only one dose in the vial. Then, exerting his mysterious hierophantic powers, the beggar will open a secret door. Those dark steps lead into the catacombs. Take them down. You find yourself in the catacombs. On the wall is a mural of Adonis and a bull. In the catacombs, north isn't necessarily the top of the screen, nor west the left side, etc. To get your bearings down here you'll need to use the lodestone. Just USE LODESTONE and remember that the needle always points north. The following is a "map" of the catacombs. Directions are relative to the room with the mural of Adonis and the bull. Remember: To use these directions, you'll have to USE LODESTONE in each room to get your bearings! The name of each room comes from the symbol on the wall, or from the room's most prominent characteristic. BULL ROOM. Exits: North to Hippolytus room. East to 8-pointed star room. 8-POINTED STAR ROOM. Exits: North to Sarcophagus room. East to Mithras room. West to Bull room. MITHRAS ROOM. Here you'll find a small mummy with a medallion around its neck. If you try to take the medallion with your hand, you'll be bitten by a poisonous rat. So, draw Excalibur and TAKE MEDALLION WITH SWORD. If you LOOK AT MEDALLION, you'll notice that it has a pentagram on it. Back in Merlin's room you learned that pentagrams were good protection against evil spirits. Exits: North to Galahad. West to 8-pointed star room. GALAHAD. Here you'll find Galahad, and no matter what you do, you'll be bitten by a rat. Galahad is dying from rat bites, but now, so are you. As you are a selfless knight, you GIVE ELIXIR TO GALAHAD. Galahad tells you to "give Aphrodite the..." before passing out. Exits: South to Mithras room. HIPPOLYTUS ROOM. Exits: East to Sarcophagus room. South to Bull room. SARCOPHAGUS ROOM. Here you find a strange sarcophagus. A gruesome hand appears, and the "Thing" invites you to come closer. (This is apparently before Thing got his regular gig on THE ADDAMS FAMILY.) Protected by your pentagram medallion, walk right up to the coffin. The Thing will flee when faced with the pentagram. LOOK IN COFFIN. You'll find a nice golden apple. Exits: West to Hippolytus room. North to Pygmalion room. PYGMALION ROOM. Exits: South to Sarcophagus room. West to Statue room. STATUE ROOM. A statue of Aphrodite dominates this room. Her hand is outstretched. Exits: East to Pygmalion room. Having made your way to the statue room, you are inspired by the facts about Aphrodite you read on page 10 of the manual. You GIVE GOLDEN APPLE TO APHRODITE. The statue begins to talk! Touched by your devotion to the Grail, the statue asks you to...take a test. (Yes, ANOTHER one. Is Aphrodite the Goddess of Schoolmarms as well as the Goddess of Love?) The statue will ask you six questions about Aphrodite, which you answer using the information given on pages 10 and 11 of your manual. After passing the pagan S.A.T., the statue gives you a clay dove, and tells you that after proving yourself by sword and shield, it will be time to use the dove. The statue then gives you instructions on how to leave the catacombs. Now, you have two choices. You can carefully copy the compass directions the statue gives you, and USE LODESTONE in each room to find your way out. Or you can cheat (after all, you are using a walkthru!) and just exit the screens in the following directions: top, top, left, right, left, left, left. ENDGAME After making your way out of the catacombs, you find yourself in a ruined temple. EAT APPLE, which will give you a boost and counteract the effects of the rat poison for a while. Now wander around the temple until you find the Saracen. The Saracen challenges you to a duel: Take him up on it, but be sure to take the helmet he offers first. This is the last arcade sequence. It's simple to win, provided: a) the arcade difficulty is set to EASY; b) you ate the apple before beginning the fight; c) you read the instructions on pages 21-23 of your manual carefully; and d) you don't try to make too many Great Blows. After whipping the Saracen, he transmogrifies into a dove, and flies away. This reminds you that after proving yourself by arms you are supposed to use the dove. Walk to the screen with the stairs leading down and USE DOVE. Aphrodite will appear and tell the you that the Grail is somewhere in the temple. She refuses to tell you where, exactly, but mutters something about "standing where you should stand and turning as you should turn," and disappears. LOOK AT STAIRS. You'll be told about the significance of the left-turning spiral seen by devotees of Aphrodite as they exited the temple. Hm...stand looking down the stairs and turn to Arthur's left. Then count off 6 columns. (Just to confuse you, this will take you off the right side of the screen.) Empty sockets where columns used to be count, too. You'll find yourself at the second-to-last column on the screen to the right of the stairs. MOVE COLUMN. There it is! The Grail! Your body is cured and your quest is ended! You still need to get out of this place, though. Walk over towards the stairs. Your old friend, the thief, steals the Grail! Follow him to a blank wall where he tries to climb a rope. The rope breaks, putting him at your mercy. You have to decide whether to kill him, or just take the Grail and let him be. You are a forgiving man, so TAKE GRAIL. Now sit back and watch the conclusion as the Grail deals with the thief, Galahad, and the matter of curing your kingdom. Thanks to your courage, devotion, and purity of heart, your kingdom is peaceful and prosperous once more. Of course, there are still a few problems. Launcelot is still fooling around with your wife, and there are strange rumors about this new young knight Mordred...but that's a tale for another time. For the moment, take pride in your accomplishments while you wait for the next installment of CONQUESTS OF CAMELOT! CONQUESTS OF CAMELOT Part 6 THE RIDDLES OF THE STONES 1. Three lives have I. Gentle enough to soothe the skin, Light enough to caress the sky, Hard enough to crack rocks. What am I? 2. Lighter than what I am made of, More of me is hidden Than is seen. What am I? 3. When I am filled I can point the way, When I am empty Nothing moves me, I have two skins One without and one within. What am I? 4. If a man carried my burden He would break his back. I am not rich, But leave silver in my track. What am I? 5. My life can be measured in hours, I serve by being devoured. Thin, I am quick Fat, I am slow Wind is my foe. What am I? 6. To unravel me You need a simple key, No key that was made By locksmith's hand, But a key that only I Will understand. What am I? 7. Weight in my belly, Trees on my back, Nails in my ribs, Feet I do lack. What am I? 8. If you break me I do not stop working, If you touch me I may be snared, If you lose me Nothing will matter. What am I? 9. I turn around once, What is out will not get in. I turn around again, What is in will not get out What am I? 10. I am only useful When I am full, Yet I am always Full of holes. What am I? 11. You can see nothing else When you look in my face, I will look you in the eye And I will never lie. What am I? 12. I drive men mad For love of me, Easily beaten, Never free. What am I? 13. Glittering points That downward thrust, Sparkling spears That never rust. What am I? 14. When set loose I fly away, Never so cursed As when I go astray. What am I? 15. When young, I am sweet in the sun. When middle-aged, I make you gay. When old, I am valued more than ever. What am I? 16. I am always hungry, I must always be fed, The finger I lick Will soon turn red. What am I? 17. Each morning I appear To lie at your feet, All day I follow No matter how fast you run, Yet I nearly perish In the midday sun. What am I? 18. Bright as diamonds, Loud as thunder, Never still, A thing of wonder. What am I? 19. You heard me before, Yet you hear me again, Then I die, 'Til you call me again. What am I? 20. Lovely and round, I shine with pale light, grown in the darkness, A lady's delight. What am I? 21. Until I am measured I am not known, Yet how you miss me When I have flown. What am I? 22. All about, but cannot be seen, Can be captured, cannot be held, No throat, but can be heard. What am I? 23. I am seen in the water If seen in the sky, I am in the rainbow, A jay's feather, And lapis lazuli. What am I? 24. I go around in circles But always straight ahead, Never complain No matter where I am led. What am I? 25. At the sound of me, men may dream Or stamp their feet At the sound of me, women may laugh Or sometimes weep. What am I? RIDDLE ANSWERS 1. WATER 2. ICEBERG 3. GLOVE 4. SNAIL 5. TORCH 6. RIDDLE 7. SHIP 8. HEART 9. LOCK 10. SIEVE 11. MIRROR 12. GOLD 13. ICICLE 14. ARROW 15. GRAPE 16. FIRE 17. SHADOW 18. WATERFALL 19. ECHO 20. PEARL 21. TIME 22. AIR 23. BLUE 24. WHEEL 25. SONG CONQUESTS OF CAMELOT is published and distributed by Sierra On-Line. Downloaded From P-80 Systems 304-744-2253