THE DAVENTRY CHRONICLES

KING'S QUEST IV: THE PERILS OF ROSELLA

SCI WALKTHROUGH

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This walkthrough was written by Frodo

for The Daventry Chronicles

　

　

　

LAND OF TAMIR

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After the intro, you begin your adventures on the beach of Tamir.

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Walk up 1 screen, and the right twice, to the bridge. Notice how

there’s something glinting under the bridge? Walk to left side of the

bridge, and LOOK UNDER BRIDGE - you see a small GOLDEN BALL,

which you automatically take with you.

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If you see the flute-playing Pan, ignore him for now. We can deal with

him later.

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Walk right again. Oh, there’s a quaint little house here, built into the

tree. Walk up to the door, KNOCK DOOR, and then OPEN DOOR, and

enter. Hmm, there’s 7 place settings on the table - this must be the 7

Dwarves cottage. It’s rather messy though, so CLEAN HOUSE. When

the dwarves come home - one by one - they are grateful to you for

tidying their house. But when the leave, you must once again CLEAN

HOUSE. Notice that blue thing on the table? LOOK TABLE, GET

POUCH, and then LOOK POUCH, to see that it’s full of diamonds. Oh

my! The dwarves must have left this behind by mistake. Better return

it to them.

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Leave house, and go down one screen. You’ll find the Dwarf mine here.

Walk up the path and enter the mine. Inside the mine, try to talk to

any of the dwarfs if you like, but they’re too busy. Walk down the

ramp, and right into the next screen. Now approach the dwarf on the

far right, and TALK DWARF. He seems to be in charge around here, so

GIVE POUCH to dwarf. He’s touched by your honesty, and tells you to

keep the diamonds. He also gives you a spare LANTERN. That’s all you

can do here, so leave the mine.

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Walk right one screen - you should see a bird here, pecking at a worm.

Walk up to the bird to scare it away, then GET WORM.

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Walk right to the mountain path. Follow the path right one screen -

Lolotte’s goons will grab you and bring you before Lolotte herself. She

accuses you of being a spy, before telling her goons to take you to a

cell. This is the evil witch who stole Genesta’s talisman. You can’t

escape, so just wait for a while. Lolotte’s goons will soon return, and

bring you before Lolotte again. It seems, she will let you go on

condition that you capture the unicorn from the meadows for her.

Then her goons fly you back to bottom of the mountain path. We’ll

deal with the poor unicorn later.

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From the mountain path, walk left once, and up twice, to the spooky

house. OPEN DOOR and enter the house. Inside the house, walk left

into parlour. Walk over to bookcase on the right, and LOOK BOOK.

The Shakespeare one looks interesting, so GET BOOK. Now LOOK

PICTURE of the young girl above the fire place - her eyes seem to be

staring at wall on the left. LOOK LEFT WALL to discover a latch, then

FLIP LATCH. A-HA! A secret door.  Enter through the door.

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You find yourself at the bottom of a very tall staircase. There’s a spade

here, so GET SPADE.  Now SAVE YOUR GAME HERE. Make your way

to the top of the stairs, being careful not to fall.

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At top of the steps, is an organ. Walk over to the organ, SIT on the

bench, and PLAY ORGAN. Wow, who knew Rosella could play like

that?  Anyway, when you’ve finished playing, STAND up, and walk to

top of the stairs. SAVE YOUR GAME HERE, and make your way back down the stairs.

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Explore the rest of the house if you want, but you can’t do anything

else here at the moment. When you’re ready, leave the house.

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Outside the house, go left to the cemetery. READ GRAVESTONEs if

you want.

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Go left again, to the pond. LOOK POND to see a frog sitting on top of

a lily pad (it‘s middle-rightish)… and it’s wearing a crown! Hmmm, if

he has a crown, he must be a royal frog!Now try as you might, you

can’t get near him - he just hops away.

 

Remember that gold ball you found under the bridge earlier? So I

nstead, face the pond, and THROW BALL IN POND. The frog jumps in

to retrieve it, and then sits at far end of the pond. Now you can walk

over to the frog, and GET FROG. Now if you remember the old fairytale,

you know what’s coming. There’s no way round it, hehe. KISS FROG.

The frog turns into a prince… but what a jerk he is! Still, at least he

gives you his GOLD CROWN before he leaves. Before you forget, GET BALL.

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Walk up twice, to the pond. Wow, it looks so beautiful and so peace-

ful. SAVE YOUR GAME HERE. Wait for a while, and Cupid will fly in,

and take a dip in the pool (you may have to leave the screen, and

return a few times). Doesn’t he look sweet, playing in the pool. Walk

over to him, but he gets scared and flies away. So GET BOW.

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Go down once, and left twice, to the fisherman’s house. Walk left,

along the pier, and TALK FISHERMAN, but he’s not feeling very

chatty.  Follow him back to his house (you must let him get in front

of you on the pier), then KNOCK DOOR, OPEN DOOR, and enter the house.

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The fisherman is sitting at the table, while his wife is cooking In the kitchen. TALK FISHERMAN again, and he’ll tell you how he’s not

having much luck with catching fish. Maybe you would have more luck,

Rosella? GIVE POUCH TO MAN, to buy his FISHING POLE, then leave

the house.

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With your newly acquired FISHING POLE, walk left along the pier, till

you get to the end (careful not to fall in). BAIT POLE with your worm,

and then FISH. Keep FISHing, until you get a tug on the line. You end

up with an old DEAD FISH. How lovely!

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Since you are here, LOOK OCEAN - it stretches out before you. Maybe

you should explore it. SAVE YOUR GAME HERE. Jump into the ocean,

and swim left a few screens until you reach Genesta’s island. If you

getswalled by the whale, reload your game.

　

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GENESTA’S ISLAND

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There are lost of peacocks strutting around.  Explore the island until

you see a peacock feather, then GET FEATHER.   Explore the palace if

you like. Genesta is in the tower, but she’s too weak to talk to you.

So just go back to the beach at bottom-right. SAVE YOUR GAME

HERE. Go into the sea, and start swimming right. Now we want a

whale to swallow us (don’t ask).  The whale is random, so you may

need to swim back and forth a few times before it appears. Also, you

need to have seen Lollotte, before it will appear.

　

　

　

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WHALE

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Okay, the whale has swallowed you, and you find yourself trapped in

it’s giant mouth. There’s a BOTTLE here that keeps floating about, so

GET BOTTLE. Now LOOK BOTTLE, OPEN BOTTLE, GET NOTE, and

READ NOTE. It’s a plug for another Sierra game, lol.

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Now we have to get out of here. This bit is frustratingly hard, so save

your game at every progress. Swim over to the right, then climb up

onto the tongue. Navigate up & left, until you are in middle of the

screen. See that black thing hanging down? That’s the whales uvula -

the thing that hangs down the back of the throat. When you are near

the uvula, TICKLE WHALE with the feather. The whale sneezes,

sending you back into the ocean. Swim up to the small island.

　

　

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SMALL ISLAND

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Notice that pelican on the left? He looks hungry. THROW FISH to

pelican, who greedily catches it. As he does so, something falls from

his beak. Walk over to where the pelican was perched, and LOOK

SAND.  Now GET WHISTLE, but resist the urge to blow it.

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Walk over to the right side of the island, in the middle of the boat

wreck, and LOOK GROUND. You see a golden BRIDLE, which you

automatically pick up. .

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BLOW WHISTLE to summon a dolphin (ltop right of island), then

RIDE DOLPHIN back to Tamir.

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LAND OF TAMIR

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You’re back on the shores of Tamir now. Walk down to the

fisherman’s house.

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Walk right, and then down, to the minstrel. If he’s not there, leave the

screen, and come back again. TALK MAN, and he’ll play you a song. He’s

awful, isn’t he? GIVE BOOK to the minstrel, and he’ll be so impressed

with Shakespeare’s work, he’ll not want to play the lute anymore. He’ll

give you his LUTE before walking off.

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Now you may have encountered a flute-playing Pan before. Let’s go and

find him again. Go up twice - Pan should be here. PLAY LUTE to get his

attention. He watches you for a while. GIVE LUTE to Pan, and he gives

you his FLUTE in exchange, then happily dances away.

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Go down 3 screens, and right 4 screens, so you are at the waterfall. Try

to swim through the waterfall, but the current is too strong for you.

Okay, WEAR CROWN. You turn into a frog, and easily swim through

the current. Behind the waterfall, there’s an old board next to the

entrance, so GET BOARD. There’s also a little cave here. SAVE YOUR

GAME HERE. Enter cave, and wait a moment. If the troll is coming,

leave quickly. If he‘s not coming, great.

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GET BONE from the cave entrance. It’s dark in the cave, so LIGHT

LAMP. SAVE YOUR GAME HERE. Now this part is like a maze, so go

slowly, and save often. I’ll guide you through the maze, but always

watch out for the troll. You can tell it’s nearby when you hear the

fanfare. Go down one screen, then right twice. Now stop as soon as

you enter this room, and SAVE YOUR GAME HERE. There’s a chasm

here (see the light in the distance). Edge right very slowly, and when

you lantern picks up the edge of the chasm, stop, and SAVE YOU

GAME HERE. PUT BOARD OVER CHASM, and SAVE YOUR GAME

HERE again. After successfuly crossing the chasm, you automatically

retrieve your BOARD. Now slowly, head up towards the light, and then right towards the light. You find yourself at the edge of a swamp.

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SAVE YOUR GAME HERE. You have to use those tufts of grass to get

across the swamp. Walk to edge of the land, and then JUMP onto the

tuft of grass. If necessary, adjust your position, then try JUMPing again.

Now use the F3 command to repeat JUMPing until you get to that last

tuft of grass. The jump here is too much for you, so PLACE BOARD, to

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use as a bridge onto the island. But beware the cobra here! PLAY

FLUTE to hypnotise the cobra, then quickly cross over onto the island,

and GET FRUIT - but keep your distance from that snake! This is the

fruit that will save your father’s life! If only you could give it to him

right now. But you have to save Genesta first, before she can send you

home. After you have the fruit, SAVE YOUR GAME HERE. Carefully

walk back over the board, onto the tuft of grass. Remember to GET

BOARD again. Now JUMP onto the next tuft of grass, and use the F3

command to repeat JUMPing until you reach the other side.

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Enter the dark cave again. Walk down one screen, and SAVE YOUR GAME HERE. Edge your way forward until you see the chasm, and PUT

BOARD DOWN. Once you’ve crossed the chasm, SAVE YOUR GAME

HERE, then go left to next screen. Go left twice, then up towards the

cave entrance. Finally, go back through the cave entrance, so you are

behind the waterfall again. Now simply walk left, through the water-

fall. Phew, bet you never want to do that again!

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Now we should really deal with that unicorn that Lolotte is wanting.

Walk left 3 screens, and down one screen - wow, the unicorn really is

lovely. SHOOT UNICORN with Cupid’s arrow, and it will no longer be

afraid of you.  Walk up to it, and PUT BRIDLE ON UNICORN. Now

RIDE UNICORN, and, you both return to Lolotte’s castle.

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But Lolotte isn’t satisfied. Now she wants the legendary hen that

lays the golden egg. It’s kept by the ogre, unfortunately, but it’s up to

us to get it for her.

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Walk left 2 screens, and then down one screen, to the ogre’s house.  Make sure the ogre or his wife are not nearby, then SAVE

YOUR GAME HERE. OPEN DOOR, and then enter the house. Wow,

that dog looks big. And mean. And hungry! Quickly THROW BONE

to the dog.

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Phew, that was a close call. Now go upstairs, LOOK ROOM, and GET

AXE. Go back downstairs and SAVE YOUR GAME HERE. There’s a

closed door to the right of the stairs - OPEN DOOR, and enter the

cupboard. When you hear the ogre coming home, LOOK KEYHOLE to

spy on the ogre, until he falls asleep. SAVE YOUR GAME HERE, OPEN

DOOR, and then walk over to the table and GET HEN. Now you’ve got

the hen, you just have to escape, so SAVE YOUR GAME HERE. The

hen will wake up the ogre.  Type OPEN DOOR, but don’t press Enter

yet. Head towards the door, and when you are close enough, press

Enter to open the door and leave the house. Now quickly make your

right to the spooky forest. The ogrewill be to afraid to chase you here,

but make sure to keep away from the trees! SWING AXE to scare the

trees (who knew trees could be

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scared?). SAVE YOUR GAME HERE.

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Head up once and right once. Now walk right up the mountain path -

Lolotte’s goon will grab you again, and take you to her. She takes the

hen from you, but she’s STILL not satisfied. She wants Pandora’s Box.

Well, I guess we have to find it for her then.

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When the goons put you back down on the mountain path, walk up

4 screens, until you reach the skull cave. SAVE YOUR GAME HERE.

Enter the cave, but keep your distance from the 3 witches. One of the

witches will approach you - let her come close, but not TOO close!

Notice that eye the other 2 are tossing to each other? Navigate

towards them, and then GET EYE at the correct moment. When you

have it, leave the cave, avoiding all 3 witches.

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Wait for a few moments, then enter the cave again. The witches

will plead for their eye. They throw you a scarab, so GET SCARAB, and

LOOK SCARAB. THROW EYE TO WITCHES. You’ve done all you can

here, so leave the cave.

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Head down twice, to the cemetery. It’s beginning to get dark now -

wait until the moon comes up, and then go left to the spooky house.

All the ghouls and ghosts will be out soon. But thanks to the

protection of the scarab, they can’t harm you. Now OPEN DOOR, and

enter the spooky house. You have to appease all 5 ghosts in the

house.

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1. You hear a baby crying upstairs, so head upstairs and enter the

bedroom on the left, then walkthrough doorway on the left into the

nursery. The crib is rocking. LOOK IN CRIB, but there’s no-one there.

Spooky! Head back down the stairs, and leave the house for now.

Outside the house, walk left to the cemetery. READ TOMBSTONE

(ignore the ghosts, they can’t harm you) until you find one at the back-

left, for Hiram Bennett, a 6-month old baby boy. DIG a hole next to the

grave, and find the RATTLE, which you automatically take with you.

Head right, back to the house. OPEN DOOR and enter the house. Go

upstairs to the bedroom, and then the nursery. GIVE RATTLE to the

baby in the crib. The baby is at peace now.

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2. Now you can hear moaning and rattling, coming from downstairs.

Go downstairs, and watch the ghost float past. Follow ghost into

room on the right, and LOOK GHOST to see it’s an old miser who is

looking for something. Leave the house, and head back to the

graveyard on the left.

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In the graveyard, READ TOMBSTONE near the front-left corner, until

you find one for Newbury Will. DIG a hole in the grave, and auto-

matically get a BAG OF GOLD COINS. Take the GOLD COINS back to

spooky house on the right. OPEN DOOR, and enter the house. In the

house, search for the ghost again, and then GIVE COINS to the ghost.

Another satisfied customer.

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3. Now you hear more crying from upstairs. Go up to bedroom on the

right to investigate. There’s a woman in the rocking chair. LOOK

GHOST to see that she is heartbroken.

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Leave house, but this time, go to cemetery on the right. READ

TOMBSTONE in lower-left area, for Betty Cowden. DIG a hole, and

automatically get a LOCKET. Head back to the house, then up to

room on the right, and GIVE LOCKET to the ghost. That gives her comfort, and she vanishes.

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4. You now hear wailing from downstairs, so go down to investigate.

This ghost is Lord Of The Manor. Leave the house, and head for

cemetery on the left. READ TOMBSTONE at lower-right area, for Lord

Coningsby, who served his country well. DIG HOLE, and automatically

get MEDAL OF HONOR. Return to the house, and GIVE MEDAL to the

ghost. He’s satisfied now, and leaves.

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5. You hear a little boy giggling. Go upstairs, and enter bedroom on

the right. You see the boy climb up the ladder, so SAVE YOUR GAME,

and CLIMB LADDER after him. LOOK GHOST, to learn that he wants a

toy to play with. CLIMB LADDER again, leave house, and go to

cemetery on the right. READ TOMBSTONE at top left, for the little

boy,Willy. DIG HOLE, and automatically get the toy. Your SPADE

breaks here, but you won’t need it again. Return to house, CLIMB LADDER up toattic, and GIVE TOY to the ghost. He leaves, to play

with his toy.

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That’s all the ghosts dealt with. Finally! OPEN CHEST that he was

sitting on, LOOK IN CHEST. You see some sheet music, so GET SHEET

MUSIC.

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CLIMB LADDER to leave the attic, and make your way back to the

entrance hall. Walk left into the library, and left again into the secret

room. Remember all those stairs? SAVE YOUR GAME HERE, then

navigate up the stairs to the top. Go over to the organ, SIT, and then

PLAY SHEET MUSIC. Bravo! Encore!

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When you’ve finished, a secret drawer will open, so LOOK IN DRAWER,

and GET KEY. STAND, SAVE YOUR GAME HERE, and navigate back

down the stairs. Now leave the spooky house.

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Go right to the cemetery, and walk over to the crypt. UNLOCK DOOR,

OPEN DOOR, and then enter the crypt. LOOK ROOM, to see Pandora’s

Box in the corner. Notice that bit of rope on the platform? GET ROPE,

only to discover it’s a ladder. SAVE YOUR GAME HERE, then CLIMB

LADDER to climb down. A mummy will appear, but will be repelled by

the protective power of the scarab. GET BOX, then CLIMB LADDER,

and leave the crypt.

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Time to give Lolotte what she wanted. Head down twice to the

mountain path, and then follow the path right. Lolotte’s goons will

grab you again, and take you to her. But this is something you never

expected - she wants you to marry her son, Edgar.

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You find yourself locked in Edgar’s room, with all your stuff missing.

Wait for a while, and Edgar will bring you a rose. GET ROSE, and

LOOK ROSE to find a GOLD KEY hidden in amongst them. Edgar is

trying to help you escape, that’s nice of him. GET KEY then UNLOCK

DOOR and OPEN DOOR. SAVE YOUR GAME HERE.

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Make your way downstairs, being careful not to disturb the sleeping

guard. Walk right to the dining room. Go through the uppermost

doorway, and then head right into the kitchen. OPEN CUPBOARD on

the right - all your stuff is here, so GET ALL. SAVE YOUR GAME HERE.

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Go left to dining room. Carefully go to lower doorway, and then right

into the throne room. Continue right up the stairs, and then SAVE

YOUR GAME HERE. Climb the stairs all the way to the top, then SAVE YOUR GAME HERE. You are outside Lolotte’s bedroom. UNLOCK

DOOR WITH GOLD KEY, OPEN DOOR, and enter. LOOK WATCH, to

seeshe’s wearing Genesta’s TALISMAN. You can’t just take it from

her, as she will wake up and kill you. You need to find another way.

Remember Cupid’s BOW? SHOOT ARROW at Lolotte. Hmm, not quite the reaction you were expecting. All that sweet, pure love was too much

for evil old Lolotte, and she died.

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Edgar appears, and is happy to be free of his mother’s evil influence.

He gives you free reign of the castle. Walk over to Lolotte, and GET

TALISMAN, before leaving the room.

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Climb down the stairs one flight, and enter room on the left. Wow!

The goons are bowing to you now! There is a wooden door here, so

OPEN DOOR and enter the room.

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Pandora‘s Box is on the chest at the back wall. GET BOX, and GET

HEN.  Now go downstairs, and leave the castle.

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Enter stables, and you see the unicorn here. Poor little unicorn.

Approach middle stall, and OPEN GATE, so the unicorn can be free

again. Leave the stables, and SAVE GAME HERE. Make your way back

down the mountain path, being careful not to fall.

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You should return Pandora’s Box where it belongs, so it can’t cause

any harm. Go up 2 screens, and enter the crypt. CLIMB LADDER, walk

tocorner of the room, and PLACE BOX. . Now CLIMB LADDER, and

leave the crypt. Make sure you LOCK DOOR, and slide the key under it, so no-one can get in here again.

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Walk left, and continue left, all the way to the beach. Now head up

twice to the fisherman’s cottage. Walk along the pier, and SAVE YOUR

GAME HERE. Jump into the water, and swim left, to Genesta’s island.

　

　

　

GENESTA’S ISLAND

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Walk left once, then head up into the castle. Go into tower on the left,

and climb stairs up to the top. Poor Genesta is still lying here, to weak

to move. Walk over to her, and GIVE TALISMAN to Genesta. She opens

her eyes, completely healed, now she has her talisman back.

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Now sit back, and watch the final cutscene.

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Congratulations Rosella. You have saved Tamir, as well as saving your father.