HEADING
Written by Phillip Ramsay (Adventure Workshop 1996)
Walk Through by Dorothy Millard (Spectrum Version)
Scenario
You are Tralus. For as long as you can remember, you loved Perina, the beautiful daughter of a local
landowner. Only one cloud blighted this idyllic time; your rival for Perina's affections,
Grakus. When Perina came of age, both you and Grakus proposed marriage. After careful consideration,
Perina chose you and became your betrothed. However, Grakus was a vindictive fellow, he decided that
if he could not have Perina, then no one would. He poisoned her, and then framed you for her murder.
Found guilty by the priests, you were sentenced to death.
The priests bound you and carried out the sentence by throwing you down a deep well, knowing that if
the fall didn't kill you, you would die of thirst, since the well was dry. You survived the
fall, and for hours lay in agony. You resigned yourself to death, when Hades, God of the Underworld,
appeared to you. "Mortal," he said, "I sympathise with the injustice which you have
suffered. However I will not interfere with affairs in the Overworld unless you prove
yourself." Make your way through my realm of Hades. Present yourself to me in the throne room
of my castle bearing the statue of Aphrodite and I will restore Perina to you, and return you both
to the Overworld. Grakus shall, then, take Perina's place. Fail, and you will never see her, or
the Overworld again." The god vanishes. You realise that your wounds have been healed and that
you are no longer at the bottom of the well...
Notes
1. The carrying allowance is based on the weight of objects and is very limited.
2. Red Herrings: Obolos, Bracelet, Vase, Flowers, Rope, Flagon of Ambrosia, Helm of Invisibility.
3. There is a time limit during the first part and if you take too long Artemis appears, tells you
that you have taken too long and your quest is at an end.
Walk Through
(Start on the west bank of the river Styx - if you examine the bank you find an obolos but it will
only be stolen), INVENTORY (wearing a toga and sandals - several shades appear, wailing
desperately), EXAMINE SHADES, EXAMINE TOGA, EXAMINE SANDALS, N, N, N (rocky area), EXAMINE BANK,
WAIT (until shades appear), EXAMINE SHADES (Hecate appears), EXAMINE HECATE (a wolf), TALK HECATE
(says Pan can help you - note that a vortex has appeared to the north), N (you go through the vortex
to Arcadia), N, N (wood), EXAMINE WOOD (you find a bracelet but leave it as it is a red herring), S,
E (edge of wood), EXAMINE WOOD, GET SHOES, EXAMINE SHOES, N (clearing), EXAMINE CLEARING (you find a
vase which is another red herring), E (tranquil part of wood), EXAMINE WOOD, GET COINS, N, N (see
the goddess Artemis swimming in the pool- leave her), S, S, W, N (path in the grass), EXAMINE PATH
(see hoof prints - Pan has been here), N (sunny glade), EXAMINE STUMP (find the Pipes of Pan hidden
it is - leave them, otherwise you will annoy Pan and he won't help you), W (older part of
wood), EXAMINE TREE (find a dead mouse in the undergrowth), GET MOUSE.
N, E, N (leafy glade), EXAMINE GLADE (see flowers - leave them), E (see the sleeping form of a nymph
but if you do anything to her Pan will be upset), W, W (young tree where a owl sits on a branch),
EXAMINE OWL, DROP MOUSE (owl swoops down and eats it before returning to the tree), TALK OWL (it is
really Athene, Goddess of Wisdom - note the name of the lame Smith god), E, N (Pan and a nymph are
here and you are pushed back), WAIT, N (this time Pan is alone), TALK PAN (he will help you if you
undertake a quest on his behalf in the future), GET PIPES, S, S, W, S, S, S, S, S, S (through
vortex), LOOK (if necessary until the shades attempt to steal your coins), THROW COINS (keeping one
for yourself), S, S, E (by ferryboat), BOARD FERRY (Charon takes your coin and allow you to board),
REMOVE SANDALS, WEAR SHOES, WAIT (you disembark on the opposite bank where Cerberus guards the
passage east), PLAY PIPES (he goes to sleep).
E (Asphodel Fields), E, S (entrance to Tartarus - note don't go south as there is no way back),
N, W, N, N, N (to where Aeacus, Minos and Rhadamanthys are holding court and won't let you
pass), TALK MINOS (he says you may pass), W, N (before castle of Hades), EXAMINE CASTLE, N, W (west
courtyard), EXAMINE COURTYARD (find a rope but it isn't needed), E, N (entrance hall), W, N (by
a heavy door), EXAMINE DOOR (you are asked the name of the Smith god), SAY HEPHAESTUS (you go
through to the gold chamber), EXAMINE CHAMBER (find flagon), EXAMINE FLAGON (of ambrosia but leave
it), S, S, E, E (gloomy room), N (by another heavy door), EXAMINE DOOR (you are asked who is the
herald or messenger of the gods), SAY HERMES (it opens and you go north to a crystal chamber),
EXAMINE CHAMBER (find the helm of Hades), EXAMINE HELM (confers upon the wearer complete
invisibility, but don't take it), S, S, W, N (strange room of mirrors - note don't examine
the mirrors or the game ends), N, N, W (hall of pillars), EXAMINE PILLARS (one is the soul of Perina
your betrothed).
E, N (northern end of hall where if you have opened both of the heavy doors there should be a
northern exit), N (meet Persephone, wife of Hades), EXAMINE PERSEPHONE, TALK PERSEPHONE (she asks
you to give a pendant to Adonis and in return will speak to Hades for you), GET PENDANT, EXAMINE
PENDANT, W (through a vortex to an antechamber), N, W, N (blue chamber), EXAMINE CHAMBER (find a
scroll), GET SCROLL, READ SCROLL, DROP SCROLL, S, E, E, N, W, N (altar), E (west of altar meet
Adonis), EXAMINE ADONIS, TALK ADONIS, GIVE PENDANT TO ADONIS (Aphrodite appears and offers you a
statuette), GET STATUETTE (note you cannot carry anything else), EXAMINE STATUETTE (of Aphrodite),
W, S, E, S, W, S, E (through vortex), E, E (end of passage), OPEN DOOR (you enter Hades' throne
room - he sees that you are carrying the statuette, which animates into Peronia...you find yourself
once more in your home country with her).
THE END
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