- Take Potion of Fortune & 30 Gold Pieces.
- Use Potion of Fortune immediately.
- Tell him you wish to be taken to Nicodemus.
- Allow yourself to be taken away.
- Ignore the old man.
- Attract the guards’ attention.
- Tell them you think you have the plague.
- Take 2 Gold Pieces & Merchant’s Pass.
- Go east down Clock Street.
- Talk to him.
- Fight Sk 5 St 5 Madman.
- Smash ball.
- Place it on your head (+1 Luck).
- Take Helmet (+1 attack strength).
- Enter the house.
- Walk through the archway.
- Attack him with your sword.
- Fight Sk 8 St 9 Ogre.
- Smash it open with your sword.
- Take 15 Gold Pieces.
- Take 2 Gems.
- Leave the house, taking only the gems and the gold.
- Keep walking north.
- Test Luck.
- If fail:
- Lose all gold (-All Gold Pieces).
- If successful:
- Set off west again.
- Keep walking west.
- Enter the shop.
- Offer to sell him gems.
- Accept the offer.
- Take 9 Gold.
- You now wish to inquire about the price of his rings.
- If you have > 10 Gold:
- Take Ring of Fire (-8 Gold Pieces).
- Lose 1 Gold Piece or an item you possess (-1 Gold Piece).
- Walk past him.
- Walk on.
- Take Iron Spike and Meat Hook (-3 Gold Pieces).
- Continue north (you’ve got me).
- Press on.
- Climb down the steps.
- Turn east down Candle Street.
- Continue east.
- Ignore the argument and continue east.
- Climb over the wall.
- Ask to join in their game.
- Test Skill.
- If fail:
- Lose Iron Spike and Meat Hook.
- If successful:
- Take 8 Gold Pieces, Silver Flute, Potion of Mind Control, Chalk & Eye Patch (+2 stamina).
- Toss a Gold Piece into his tin (-1 Gold Piece, +1 Luck).
- Continue along Harbour Street.
- Hide out of sight behind a barrel.
- Walk down the jetty to climb on board the ship.
- Climb the rope ladder.
- Creep along the deck to the stairs.
- Open the door on the left.
- Creep up and try to cut it loose.
- Test Luck.
- If fail:
- Fight Sk 6 St 6 Pirate.
- Fight Sk 5 St 4 Pirate.
- Fight Sk 7 St 4 Pirate.
- Take Black Pearls (+2 Luck).
- Leave the ship & continue your search of Port Blacksand, walking north up Harbour Street.
- Walk east along Clog Street.
- Walk on.
- Continue east.
- Enter the Silversmith shop.
- Talk to the silversmith.
- Pay for arrow (-10 Gold Pieces or 2 magic items or all your food).
- Take Silver Arrow.
- Continue east into Stable Street.
- Pay for potion (-2 Gold Pieces, +1 Luck & +3 Stamina).
- Lift the manhole cover.
- You wish to climb down the ladder.
- Walk north along the tunnel.
- Fight Sk 4 St 4 Rat.
- Fight Sk 5 St 4 Rat.
- Fight Sk 5 St 5 Rat.
- Continue further north along the tunnel.
- You have a Potion of Mind Control.
- Take Hag’s Hair.
- Climb up ladder to continue east.
- Walk back to the junction and turn right into Tower Street.
- Avoid the brawling men & continue north.
- Walk under the bridge & continue east.
- Continue north.
- Hand him over to the town guards.
- Take 5 Gold Pieces.
- You wish to go into the Gardens (-1 Gold Piece).
- Risk picking one of the flowers.
- Use Ring of Fire. Otherwise, Fight Sk 6 St 6 Leaf Beast.
- Take Lotus Flower.
- Walk down the lane.
- Get tattoo (pawn Silver Flute & Eye Patch for 6 Gold Pieces if short on funds).
- Get a silly permanent tattoo on forehead (-10 Gold Pieces, -2 Respect).
- Walk past the trolls.
- You have a Merchant’s Pass.
- Answer ‘no’.
- Let them throw you out of the city.
- You now have everything you need to fight Zanbar Bone and have been tatooed (+2 stamina).
- Fight Sk 4-8 St 4-7 Random Monster.
- If you fought the Ape Man:
- Take Owl Talisman.
- Use your provisions to heal to max stamina.
- Fight Sk 9 St 10 Moon Dog.
- Fight Sk 11 St 9 Moon Dog (I recommend using luck twice for damage against this bad boy).
- Pull on a cord hanging down in front of the door.
- Tell him you’re a lost traveller.
- Explore the tower after waiting a few minutes.
- Climb up to the third floor.
- Climb to the next floor.
- Open the white door.
- Open the sarcophagus.
- You wish to fight the Mummy.
- Use Ring of Fire. Otherwise Fight Sk 7 St 12 Mummy.
- Take Ring of the Golden Eye (+2 Luck).
- Use your provisions to heal to max stamina.
- If you are still low on stamina:
- Walk back to the stairs to climb up to the next floor.
- Carry on up the stairs.
- Fight Sk 4 St 5 Death Hawk.
- Fight Sk 4 St 4 Death Hawk.
- Ask if he can heal some of your wounds (+6 Stamina).
- If you are healthy:
- Enter the black door.
- Walk over to chest.
- You are wearing the Ring of the Golden Eye.
- Fight Sk 6 St 7 Skeleton.
- Fight Sk 8 St 6 Skeleton.
- Fight Sk 7 St 7 Skeleton.
- Test Luck. Fail = Death.
- Try Lotus flower and Hag’s hair.
- Battle weary & hungry, you arrive in Silverton. You are given a hero’s welcome and gift after girt is bestowed upon you. You are presented with a Gold Orb worth hundreds of gold pieces. The people of Silverton are joyous once again.
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