DEVIL'S SCEPTRE
Walk Through by Dorothy Millard (Spectrum Version)
Scenario
The realm of Kriador has been taken over by marauding demons from the underworld. There is only one
way to banish the demons and that is to recover the Devil's Sceptre and return it to the Temple
of Zardune.
Notes
1. In some forest locations you may be killed by a giant spider. However, these locations can be
avoided.
2. The spelling leaves a lot to be desired.
Walk Through
(Start in desolate forest), NW, N, W (foot of hill where you see a door), OPEN DOOR, N
(woodman's hallway), N, N (living room), N (chimney), E (sooty tunnel where you see a cuddly
teddy bear but leave it as it is a red herring - do not go any further east as there is no way
back), W, U (chimney), U (dense forest), W, W, W, W (foot of Temple of Zardune), N (hallway), E
(priest's room where there is a unkempt altar), EXAMINE ALTAR (find a golden cross), GET CROSS,
EXAMINE CROSS (has a magic ability to repel demons), W, S, E, E, E, E (dense forest), D, D
(chimney), S, S, S (back to foot of hill), E, S, SE, E, S, S (lush green wood), S.
W (outside ruined castle), N (castle courtyard), E (bottom of stairs in east tower), U, U (dusty
corridor), S (servant's room), EXAMINE TORCH (notice a man-made cack in the stone wall), PULL
TORCH (a hole opens in the south wall), S (small flight of stairs), D (underground cavern), W, W, U
(majestic clearing - note you cannot retrace your steps through the tunnel), N (waterfall), ENTER
WATERFALL (you enter a cave where you see a vampire bat demon eyeing you hungrily), HOLD CROSS (it
disappears), E (dank cave), TAKE KEY, W, S, S (back to clearing), SW (dense forest), S, S, S, SE
(bridge), EXAMINE BRIDGE (has holes here and there), DROP CROSS, CROSS BRIDGE (safe if not carrying
the cross), S, E, E (outside castle).
N (courtyard), E (bottom stairs), U, U (dusty corridor), E, S (princess' bedchamber), EXAMINE
MIRROR (one thing that is eerie is the absence of dust), ENTER MIRROR (you step into a magical
portal to a strange room where you see a casket), EXAMINE CASKET (padlocked), UNLOCK CASKET WITH KEY
(see dagger), DROP KEY, GET DAGGER, EXAMINE DAGGER, CUT WRIST WITH DAGGER (note wrist must be
singular... you arrive in Hades), N (junction in the tunnels), U, E, E, SE, S (massive cavern where
you see a maggot-ridden dead head), GET HEAD, EXAMINE HEAD (severed), N, NW, W, W, D (junction), W,
W, N (room full of dead carcases where you meet the grim reaper), GIVE HEAD TO REAPER (gives you a
scythe in return), EXAMINE SCYTHE, S, E, E, S, S, S (dead end where you see a rope hanging from the
ceiling), PULL ROPE (nothing happens), PULL ROPE (nothing happens), PULL ROPE (hear a noise above).
CLIMB ROPE (silent cavern), W (burning cavern where you meet a fire demon), KILL DEMON WITH SCYTHE,
DROP SCYTHE, W, S (dark room where you see a strange glowing bottle), GET BOTTLE, EXAMINE BOTTLE
(label reads Mr. S. Todd), N, E, E, E, E, SE (large cavern where you see the devil's sceptre),
GET SCEPTRE, EXAMINE SCEPTRE, NW, W, W (silent cavern), D (rope), N, N, N (junction), U, E, N (south
side of a gaping crevasse full of lava), EXAMINE PLAQUE (says "Greed was the downfall of you
all"), PULL BRONZE LEVER (a magical bridge appears - note do not pull the silver {stuck in
eternity} or gold {causes explosion} levers), N (across the burning river), D, D (cavern), E, S
(meet an ugly-looking devil), GIVE DEVIL THE BOTTLE (must be carrying sceptre - you are granted life
once more and find yourself by the edge of a turbulent river).
E, E (outside castle), E, E, N, W, NW, N, W (foot of hill), N, N, N (woodsmith's chimney), U, U
(dense forest), W, W, W, W (Temple of Zardune), N, N (dome shaped room), N (must be carrying the
devil's sceptre to pass through the forcefield to sacred chamber... well done you have
retrieved the devil's sceptre from the realm of Hades itself... your quest is complete).
SCORE 100%
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