Siege of Avalon Walkthrough By Steven W. Carter (scarter831@earthlink.net) July 17, 2001 ***************************************************************************** * INTRODUCTION * ***************************************************************************** This is a guide for playing Siege of Avalon, an "episodic computer game novel" from Digital Tome. Currently, you can only purchase the game from the Siege of Avalon web site (http://siege-of-avalon.com). Right now this guide is incomplete, and it will probably always be incomplete. There are some unique quests for each class, and while I played as a warrior my first time through, and while I'm playing as a wizard while writing this walkthrough, it's more than a little possible that I won't play as a scout, and so I'll miss some of the quests. However, I'll try to include as much as possible. ***************************************************************************** * GAMEPLAY NOTES * ***************************************************************************** The easiest path through the game is probably to select the warrior class, train as a warrior for the first two chapters, and then to train as a wizard for the remaining chapters. When you create your character, you don't need to spend your training points. In fact, it's better to wait so you can visit the trainers right away and learn some spells and skills. Gold is not very important, so don't waste a lot of time making trips to the castle to sell stuff. ***************************************************************************** * COMPANIONS * ***************************************************************************** Chapter 1 --------- None ***************************************************************************** * TRAINERS * ***************************************************************************** Chapter 1 --------- Elarath (northeastern corner of Outer Keep, level 2) Mage Craft (+1 perception, +2 mysticism, +2 recharge rate): 5 TP Basic Energy Management (+5 mana): 3 TP Minor Meditation (+1 recharge rate): 3 TP Fireball Spell: 2 TP Frost Spell: 2 TP Heal Spell: 1 TP Hold Spell: 1 TP Mudam (southwestern corner of Outer Keep, level 2) Path Finding (+2 coordination, -1 restriction, +3 stealth): 5 TP Center of Balance (+2 defense, -2 hit recovery): 3 TP Basic Camouflage (+2 stealth, -1 restriction, +1 perception): 3 TP Field First Aid (+2 HP, +1 healing rate): 2 TP ***************************************************************************** * CHAPTER 1 * ***************************************************************************** Starting Out ------------ Talk to your brother Corvus and then examine the room. There are two chests inside, and you can use them to pick up and wear an extra pair of pants and a vest. Be sure to coordinate your colors so you can impress the castle babes. Then head outside, talk to Deman, and start looking around. There are several rooms to explore and a few chests to loot. This isn't an Ultima game and you're not an avatar, so take whatever you think will be useful (most of it won't be, but you can always sell it). Also talk to the people you meet and read the journal entries you find, so you can learn about the world you're in and the current climate in the castle. Quest: Letter of Commission --------------------------- The Quartermaster's office is to the east of the barracks in the center part of the level. Head there and talk to Winchell the Quartermaster. He'll give you some equipment and mention you might be able to get more from Lucan the Blacksmith at the Southern Gate. Quest: The Rose and the Letter (1 TP) ------------------------------------- Find Madden in the central corridor and talk to him. He'll tell you that somebody stole a love letter and a dried rose from him. (Don't worry, it wasn't you.) Then talk to Kent, who should be nearby. Kent will admit that he stole the items and hid them in his room. If you haven't found the items yet, they're in the room in the southeastern corner of the level. Just grab them from the chest in the room and return them to Madden. He'll let you keep the rose (+5 charm). Talking to Elarath (1 TP) ------------------------- Elarath's room is in the northeastern corner of the level. Just talking to him will net you a training point, and he'll also be able to teach you some spells. You should learn fireball and heal as quickly as possible. Talking to Mudam (3 TP) ----------------------- Mudam's room is in the southwestern corner of the level. Moving On --------- Once you've talked to everybody, go down the stairs to the Outer Keep, level 1. (There isn't anything you can do on level 3.) Then head west to the kitchen and dining areas. Quest: The Grain Thief (4 TP) ----------------------------- Find Bonnie in the dining area and talk to her. She'll tell you about seeing a "shade" in the basement while retrieving grain. Davet (a guard in the same room) wouldn't help her when she asked, and he won't help you if you ask, either. So go into the kitchen and talk to Anora, and she'll give you permission to go into the basement and put an end to the thieving. In the basement you'll find a dozen beetles. They'll be easy to kill -- a single fireball will do the job -- but remember to turn on combat mode if you're going to attack them with a weapon. When they're dead, go back upstairs and talk to Anora, then Davet, and then Anora again to finish the quest. You should also talk to Bonnie again to let her know the basement is safe. The Monks --------- Now go to the eastern side of the level and do some more exploring and talking. In the barracks room you'll find some robes, rusty chainmail, and a cracked buckler. (Hey, it's better than nothing.) Brother Mo will trigger the herb quest, and Brother Crosby will heal you if you need it. When you're ready, leave the level through the door in the middle of the southern wall. Outer Bailey ------------ Do some more walking and talking. You should receive two quests: to rescue Corvus (from Penrith) and to retrieve some steel bars (from Freeman). You should also meet two merchants, and you can take the opportunity to sell whatever excess items you're holding. Quest: Captain Avarous (4 TP) ----------------------------- The training grounds are on the western side of the bailey, and that's where you'll find Captain Avarous. Simply talk to him, spar with Mulduc for a bit (or not), and then talk to Avarous again to complete the quest. South Gate, levels 1 and 2 -------------------------- Once you're finished in the bailey, go through the gate at the southern edge of the level to arrive at South Gate, level 1. Then do some more walking and talking. Lucan will give you a kite shield, a couple of guards will hint that something is going on in the basement (but you won't be able to investigate yet), Calum will tell you about a scouting party that went in search of Corvus, and Elazar will tell you that he senses Corvus is still alive. Outer Keep, level 2 ------------------- So head over to the Outer Keep, level 2, and find out what the scouting party is reporting to General Roth. The three knights of the party will give you some hints about what you'll be facing outside the castle, and Roth will transfer you to Mudam's command so you can leave the castle. Loot the chest on the western end of the room and then go talk to Mudam (southwestern corner of the level). Mudam will accept the transfer, order you to explore outside the castle, and suggest you talk to Olon. Do some more training if you have the points (either here or with Elarath), and then go to the Outer Bailey (eastern side) to talk to Olon. Quest: Reuniting Pell and Lahren (2 TP) --------------------------------------- Olon will offer to help you -- provided you can help a friend of his named Pell. Pell is in the bailey, too, and you can find her to the west near the horses or the well. Pell will tell you a sad story about her and Lahren (located near Olon), and you'll have to go back and forth and talk to them a couple of times. You'll learn that you need to find a (blue) gift for Lahren to give Pell, and Pell will teach you the shadow spell. "There is no worse fate than to be in love, sir... And yet there is no better fate." -- Pellandrian The gift is a sapphire ring. You can find the ring in the Village (part 2), in a stone house in the northern corner of the map. It'll be carried by an Ahoul scout, and you'll have to kill the scout to get the ring. Once you have the ring, just talk to Lahren and then talk to Pell. Note that completing the quest will accomplish three things: Lahren, with his head on straight again, will be able to translate documents for you; Olon will give you a quest to find a locked chest in the village; and Olon will suggest you talk to Father Massus (Outer Keep, level 1) and Elarath (Outer Keep, level 2) about the village. Quest: The Missing Amulet (5 TP) -------------------------------- Talk to Elarath first, and he'll ask you to retrieve an amulet that was lost during the evacuation of the village. Don't waste your time looking for it, though; it was never really lost, and Elazar has had it the entire time. So go talk to Elazar (South Gate, level 2), get the amulet, and then give it back to Elarath. Quest: The Healing Herbs (2 TP) ------------------------------- Exit the castle and explore the Village (part 1). The bush where the herbs grow is in a fenced-in area on the western side of the level. The bush will be "guarded" by several scavengers, and they'll swarm you if you give them the opportunity. So be careful and try to take them on one at a time, and if that doesn't work, you can take advantage of the poor pathfinding in the game. Simply run into the garden, attract the attention of a scavenger or three, run back out, and then head north. The scavengers will chase you but get stuck behind the fence, and you'll be able to pick them off using spells or ranged attacks while you're safe on the other side. Once the scavengers are dead, go into the garden and find the "rose bush." Click on it and retrieve the two plants, and then take them back to Brother Mo (Outer Keep, level 1). He'll take one plant but leave you the other so you can give it to Corvus when you find him. Quest: The Steel Bars (officer's sword) --------------------------------------- Go back outside and go to the Village (part 3). The steel is located in the basement of a house on the northern edge of the level. You'll find the steel in a chest guarded by about four spiders, but the spiders should be easy to kill, even if they all attack at once. Once you have the steel, go back to the castle and talk to Freeman (Outer Bailey). He'll take the steel but he won't give you your reward. Instead, he'll tell you to talk to Penrith (near the center of the level) and convince him to send some men to collect the rest of the steel. But Penrith won't send any men out until you kill all of the Ahoul in the area. "Amazing. I would have sworn that the blacksmith was a bit touched in the head to be forever spouting that story, but I guess he was right all along." -- Penrith So go back to the Village (part 3) and carefully scour all of the land, killing whatever enemies you find. When you finally kill the last one, your character should announce that the area is now secure, and you can go back to the castle, talk to Penrith, and then talk to Freeman to get your sword. Note: There is an Ahoul in a house behind a closed door that you don't have to kill for this quest, but you will have to kill it for the next quest. Quest: Olon's Chest (2 TP, boots of the shadows) ------------------------------------------------ The house Olon wanted you to find is in the Village (part 3). You might have stumbled across it during the previous quest. The house is located in the center of the level, and inside you'll find a nasty Ahoul warrior. You'll have to kill the Ahoul so you can get a key ring from its corpse and then you'll have to use the key ring to open up the nearby chest. Inside the chest you'll find a pair of boots. Once collected, go back to the castle and talk to Olon. He'll take the key ring, but he'll let you have the boots. (And while you'll receive an adventure log entry about the boots being cursed, I've never had any problems with them. So go ahead and use them.) Quest: The Chalice of Life (10 TP) ---------------------------------- Go to the chapel (Outer Bailey, level 1) and talk to Father Massus. He'll tell you about the Chalice of Life, a religious artifact that was left behind at the Church when the village was evacuated. Then he'll ask you to retrieve it (of course). The Church is located in the Village (part 2) along the eastern side of the level. You'll face a Shamen when you go inside (eventually), so you might want to explore the other areas of the Village first. That way you can improve your character a bit before dealing with the Shamen. For example, next to the Church is a graveyard, and you can gain 3 TP for killing the half dozen voreworms hanging around there. Inside the church you'll find some Ahoul scouts on the first floor. One will have a tower shield. To get to the second floor, you'll have to "operate" a candleholder (near the altar) to open a secret door. On the second level you'll find three more scouts and then the dreaded Shamen. The Shamen is a spellcaster, and your best bet might be to just charge in and attack him with your weapon. That way you'll disrupt his spellcasting. Once the Shamen is dead, pick up two scrolls and the chalice from his body, and then head north through the hole in the wall. You'll find some miners and a tunnel. That's it for the Church; just return the chalice to Father Massus to finish the quest. Note: Once you complete the quest, most people will have new things to say to you, so feel free to walk around and absorb the accolades. "You may be some new hero around here, but I still don't have time for your nonsense. Out of my way!" -- Lord Harold Quest: Investigate the Basement (0 TP) -------------------------------------- Report to Mudam to let him know about the tunnel the Sha'ahoul were digging, and then head to the South Gate, level 1. The two soldiers Ovoron left to guard the stairs to the basement should be gone, so head on down. You'll find some guards to kill, but they shouldn't prove much of a problem - - and you can always run back upstairs if things look dicey. Once you kill the guards, explore the basement and notice that the southeastern cell has a hole in the back. Go through the hole and kill the two miners located beyond it, and then report back to Mudam. He'll thank you for your service and then tell you about a "large humanoid creature" that has been spotted near the Library. Quest: Rescue Corvus (12 TP) ---------------------------- Go talk to Lahren (Outer Bailey) and have him decipher the scrolls you found on the Shamen. You'll learn that Corvus is in the Village Library and that there is some "large creature" with him. (This is a repeat of what you should have just learned from Mudam, but it never hurts to be thorough.) So head out into the Village (part 3) and locate the Library. It's in the southern corner of the level, and you should recognize it from all of the books on the floor inside. Next to it is a building with a set of stairs leading down, and while previously the stairs were blocked by a boulder, now you should be able to go down. Inside you'll find an ogre, and while it looks big and mean, it's not too bad. Once again, if you have trouble, just run back up the stairs and then return once you've healed. Once you've killed the ogre, loot its corpse for some good (but heavy) armor, and then walk around the corner to find your brother. He'll tell you that General Ovoron teamed up with the Sha'ahoul (surprise, surprise) and led the scouting party into an ambush. Corvus will then join your roster, but you won't have to worry about protecting him because as soon as you leave the basement you'll find yourself in the Outer Keep, level 1. General Roth will then speak to you, and you'll get to tell him about Ovoron. The Chapter will essentially be over here, but you should first visit Brother Crosby in the chapel and then visit Mudam again before heading to the Inner Keep (through the doors on the northern end of the level). ***************************************************************************** * REVISION HISTORY * ***************************************************************************** July 17, 2001 ------------- Added the first chapter to the walkthrough. ***************************************************************************** * PERMISSIONS AND UPDATES * ***************************************************************************** This guide may be posted on any web site as long as the text is not changed and as long as I am informed of the posting. I will always submit new versions to GameFAQs (www.gamefaqs.com) first, so if you are looking for the most up-to-date version of this guide, that is the place to look. ***** Copyright (c) 2001 by Steven W. Carter