Ultima VII walkthrough

This is a self-made solution to Ultima VII. It first deals with the main plot, and then the Forge of Virtue, before describing the side-objectives by location. This solution does not include general gameplaying tips (although this can change).

Useful Links

 * Ultima VII Map of Britannia
 * Ultima VII Copy Protection
 * Ultima VII Monster Data
 * Ultima VII Magic Shops
 * Armour Values
 * Weapon Values

UNDER CONSTRUCTION - for now working on the sidequests.

The Main Plot
This is the main quest of the game. Instead of following the wild goose chase with Elizabeth and Abraham, it will go in a more logical order. The solution is not down to the smallest detail.

Trinsic Murders


The game starts in Trinsic, where after the conversation with Iolo you should accept the offer from the mayor and honestly say you haven't searched the stables yet. Do so and you see the bloody murder scene. Take the key and talk to the mayor (who is still around) and show him the key. He suggests asking the human victim's son, Spark, about it. Trying to leave through the eastern gate will wield no result, as Johnson tells you that you need a password and the mayor will only give it to you after solving the mystery of the murder.

Therefore these steps have to be taken to gain all the needed information to puzzle everything together:


 * Johnson will tell you that he found the night guard Gilberto knocked out and that he's currently at the healer.


 * Talking to Spark you learn of a man with a hook leaving the murder scene. You also learn that Christopher had been the blacksmith. Let him join you, as he's a most useful companion. Enter the second floor of the tower and open the chest with the key. Take all thee items (gold, scroll, medallion).


 * Gilberto at the healer confirms what Johnson has said and adds that the ship Crown Jewel had been in the harbour that night.


 * Gargan the shipwright will confirm seeing the man with the hook and that the ship left for Britain.

Now you have all the needed information to give your report to the mayor. Give him your report, stating that the human victim was the town's blacksmith, you found a key, which opened a chest, in which you found all three items. Say you have a suspect, a man with a hook, who escaped by way of the ship Crown Jewel. To get the password, you have to answer a geography quiz that serves as copy protection before you can leave town.


 * See: Ultima VII Copy Protection

Note that before you do so, you should speak with everyone in town and take all you can get. You should also attend the Fellowship service at 9 in the evening to listen to what Klog peaches to the masses about the event. You sadly can't find out what he knows until much later.

Developments in Britain


Once in Britain, go straight to Lord British, who gives you his Orb of the Moons. Afterwards fetch the key from the study and find the hidden lever that frees access to the roof, where you can find the store room with the spell book (magic is absolutely needed in the game). After that is done, talk to Chuckles in the great hall. Agree to his game and only answer with words that have one syllable. Once you've won, read the scroll he gave you until you get his clue at the very bottom that you should talk to a fortune teller in Minoc for another clue.

Now that this is done, go to the main branch of the Fellowship, where you find its founder, Batlin. He's not trustworthy, but to learn more about the Fellowship play along and say you want to join. The quiz Batlin gives you is a sham, as regardless what you say, he'll say you need to join the Fellowship in order to gain spiritual peace and further yourself. Afterwards, Batlin wants you to transport a sealed box to Minoc. Accept this job and get on your way to the city of Sacrifice.

Note that you can open the box and read the scroll inside, but that this has side-effects.

Bloodbath in Minoc


Arriving in Minoc, you'll notice right away that there's a commotion at the sawmill. Talk to mayor Burnside to learn that there had been a double-murder in the sawmill, two of the local gypsies. Entering, you're confronted with a familiar scene. Take the serpentine dagger and look at the candelabra. You can ask around town to learn that the victims were on bad terms with the Fellowship and Xanthia tells you that the candelabra was sold to the Fellowship. However, the local Fellowship leader Elynor will deny any knowledge about the issue, so you can solve the mystery for now.

When you give the box to Elynor, there are two outcomes:


 * Should the seal be intact, she'll give you a reward.
 * If it's not intact, she'll be livid and scream at you.

After that is done, talk to the gypsy fortune teller Margareta. Ask for your fortune and she'll in return reveal some interesting things to you. You learn that there is a dark power that threatens Britannia, but that she doesn't know what exactly it is, since said power tries to block her. You however now know that you'll need the help of the Wisps in order to solve this riddle, so this should be done soon.

As there's nothing more to do, return to Britain.

Entering the Fellowship
Once you return to Britain, again talk to Batlin and, if you opened the box, be honest to him. Batlin will be pleased and sends you off to recover some funds from the dungeon Destard, saying that the dungeon is deserted, which of course is a lie, as it in fact is inhabited by numerous dragons. Once you've found the entrance, the Guardian warns you to not enter, but do so anyway. The only thing you need to do is to find the chest and look inside to see that it is completely empty.

If you want to search the rest of Destard, follow Solution for Destard

Now return to Batlin and tell him that there are monsters in Destard and he'll tell that he's sorry (sure) and says that you can enter the Fellowship during service at the evening. So return after 9 in the evening and talk to Batlin. Your companions will try to stop you from joining, but you should ignore their complaints and Batlin will ask some questions from the Book of Fellowship as second part of the copy protection. Once the questions are correctly answered, you get your medallion and are an official member.

Leave and put the medallion into your backpack, as numerous people won't react well to seeing it. You only need it one time later in the game.

Quest for the Wisp


Make your way to the Deep Forest and search for the Abandoned Fortress where you always find a wisp. However, the being ignores you for now, meaning that you'll need to find a way to attract their attention. So wander further, until you find Yew and Empath Abbey. Entering the abbey, go right to the room of the head monk Taylor, who can tell you a lot about the local flora and fauna. He of course doesn't really believe in the wisps, but tells you that the Emps, who live deep in the forest, seem to be able to attract their attention. Taylor adds that you can bribe them with honey, which in turn is found in the Bee Cave, guarded by said Giant Bees. Therefore, go there next to get as much honey as you can.

For a solution, see Bee Cave Solution

Now that you have the honey, go to the Emp Village. Be always polite to the emps and always give honey when they ask for it (thus why you should take it all from the cave). The one emp you really want to talk to is Trellek, who admits that he can call the wisps, but is unable to help you, until his wife Saralek agrees to him leaving on a quest. She in turn won't give permission until their leader Salamon would be OK with it. And Salamon in return will only give her permission if you find a way to stop the lumberjack from cutting down any more silverleaf trees. Accept the quest and take the contract. Go all the way back to Yew and find Ben the logger, who's unhappy when he learns what his cutting down of silverleaf trees is causing, so he easily agrees to the contract.

So now bring the contract back to Salamon, who now gives her permission, but Saralek now balks and won't let Trellek go, but suggests him making a whistle that can emulate the call. Ask Trellek and he'll make it for you.

Now, finally go back to the fortress and use the Wisp Whistle to attract its attention. Negotiations however turn out to be difficult. The Time Lord wants something from us, but before the wisp releases the information to you, it wants the notebook of Alagner, who lives in New Magincia.

Since you have no choice, that's you next destination.

The Answers to Life and Death
Once on the island, go straight north and enter the house of Alagner to ask him for his notebook. However, as it turns out, things are never easy and he wants you to prove your worth by finding the answers to life and death in Skara Brae from the tortured one. Too bad that Skara Brae has burned down and now is only inhabited by ghosts, but you have little choice in the matter, so buy Seance if you haven't done so already, before leaving for Skara Brae.



Approach the Ferry Station and use Seance to talk to the Ferryman to get onto the island. Go right to Cain and... bummer. Cain doesn't want to give you the answers until the city is saved from the liche Horance and the spirits free to move on. Therefore this is your next task.

Go to Mordra and talk to her to get an understanding of the situation in the town, then take the black, red, and mandrake potions from her house. Also take an iron bar from the cemetery near her home. Afterwards return to Cain's laboratory and put the three potions under the three nozzles of the aperture so that they are emptied, then put an empty flask under the remaining nozzle and fire up the burner to brew the Liche Potion take it with you. Now that this is done, you should first talk with all the people on the island, including Horance (which is enlightening), before solving the next problem.

You now need the Soul Cage, but Trent the blacksmith is in no shape to finish it. So take the music box from his shop and go to the Dark Tower, where you play it in Rowena's presence to get her wedding ring. After showing it to Trent, he'll be more approachable, but still needs an iron bar to finish the cage, which you already have. Only a strong character can get the cage, which you need to use on the Well of Souls behind the liche's dark tower to make it glow and capable of trapping Horance.

Now wait until midnight for the dark service to start in the Dark Tower. Wait until all the beds are occupied, then put the cage over the sleeping Horance and pour the potion on him (not the cage, very important). If all went right, the cage should dissolve and Horance should be back to normal. He'll want you to return Rowena to Trent, so if needed, make room in your party, then escort her back.

Your final task in Skara Brae is destroying the Well of Souls by sacrifice from a spirit, as Hornace tells you now. First ask mayor Forsythe. He wants to chicken out and tells you to ask others first. Ask all the people you can -they all decline- then return to him. In his desperation he now asks you to ask all remaining people, including the Ferryman. That wields the same result and he's finally willing to get through with it. Get him into your party and talk to him once at the Well of Souls. After some stalling, he'll do it to free all spirits. Finally talk to Horance for a reward and then to Cain to get the answers (there are NO answers to life and death).

Destroying the first two Generators
Alagner is pleased and finally gives you the key for his storehouse, where you can get the notebook. See Alagner's Storehouse for a solution to the problem, then first read the notebook. It is very enlightening and finally gives answers about the Fellowship. Return to the Wisp and it'll finally tell you how to use the orb of the Moon to reach the Time Lord and who the Guardian is. However, when you try to return it, you find Alagner murdered and the Guardian finally shows his true face to you.

Use the orb to the southwest to enter the Shrine of Spirituality and talk to the Time lord, who gives you further information on what exactly is going on in Britannia and what the Guardian is doing. He wants you to destroy a generator in a dungeon near Lost Lake that is keeping him imprisoned at the shrine. That done, go to Lost Lake and enter the dungeon. Follow the Dungeon Solution for Despise in order to finally reach the Sphere Generator. However, you're yet unable to enter it thanks to a moongate blocking the way. So use Mark for an easy return and get back to the Time Lord.

The Time Lord suggests that the Hourglass of Nicodemus can breach the defense, but once you talk to Nicodemus near Empath Abbey, he tells you it lost its enchantment and he sold it to Beverlea. So buy it back from her and talk to him again. Sadly, in his current state of insanity Nicodemus is unable to do the job, so you need to fix the magic of Britannia first. Return to the Time Lord again and he'll suggest that Penumbra in Moonglow could know more.

So go to Moonglow, the city of Honesty, next.



You'll notice that Penumbra's house is locked. You need to solve the riddle of the sign in order to pass. To do that, you need to put the following things in that specific order beside it. Your party tells you when the positioning is right when the sign changes to give the next instructions.


 * A hammer - can be found in Addom's house in Moonglow.
 * A gold ring - can be bought from Sean in Britain.


 * A lockpick.


 * A spool of thread - one can be found at the docks of Spektran.


 * 100 gold pieces.

Once that is all done, the sign turns into a key that unlocks the front door. Use Awaken on the sleeping Penumbra. However, she can't help right now because of the twisted ether, so you need something to shield her. Go to Cove and get four pieces of Blackrock from the laboratory of Rudyom. While you are there, also take Rudyom's Wand with you, as you need it later. Place the blackrock on the four pedestals in Penumbra's house and you can finally talk to her. She tells you to get the Ether Ring and bring it to her, in order to destroy a generator in dungeon Deceit, adding that Lord Draxinusom should have it.

Going to Terfin, Draxinusom tells you however that he's already sold it to the Sultan of Spektran. So go to Spektran and talk to the Sultan, Martingo. He's a complete nut but tells you he's nothing against you trying to get the ring (hehe). Of course it is a trap, as the key to the ring is guarded by a Stone Harpy. Destroying this monster is very difficult, the best chance is, to equip Glass Swords and use Mass Might to increase the hit chances. Once the monster is slain, get the key from the corpse that opens the vault and get the ring. Penumbra can now enchant the ring and tells you that you need to destroy the Tetrahedron Generator in order to repair magic in Britannia.

So go to Dagger Isle and follow the Dungeon Solution for Deceit to reach the generator. Now, after magically unlocking the door to the generator room, first use Destroy Trap on the generator entrance to disable the lightning trap, then wear the Ether Ring (remove gloves if needed) before entering the generator. Inside, the huge Ether Monster attacks. Killing it is very difficult, but there are a few options:


 * The easiest is, to command Arcadion in the Black Sword to kill it.


 * Using a glass sword in combination with Mass Might also works.


 * A Triple Crossbow with Magic Bolts is also effective.

Once the job is done, break the prism container in the middle and the generator explodes, restoring magic to Britannia. Do take the small prism (your companions will remind you if you forget) and then leave Deceit.

Since all the mages are now back to normal, return to Nicodemus and this time he has no problem with re-enchanting the hourglass. Now return to the Sphere Generator and easily walk through the moongate to enter the generator. The following puzzle consists in walking through the correct order of red and blue moongates, as indicated by the flashing spheres. The wrong order will send you into a fire pit! Use the combination blue, red, red, blue, red, blue, blue, red to get to the prism container and break it, blowing up the generator. The Time Lord congratulates you on freeing him, but adds that a safety mechanism of the generator shut off all the moongates. Bummer.

Nonetheless, there is one more generator to destroy. So again take the small prism and then leave the dungeon.

Destroying the Cube Generator
Set course for the Meditation Retreat. You can either land the magic carpet inside the walls, or ask Ian for entry (need to be a member of the Fellowship and wearing the medallion). Once inside ignore his orders and do enter the caves. Following the path you'll meet Gorn (unimportant) and Iriale Silvermist, who'll tell you to leave or to die. You have to kill her in order to reach the Cube Generator. However, the generator is protected by a deadly sound, so retreat, use Mark and then talk to the Time Lord over the hourglass to ask for advice. He suggests Caddellite Helmets but you need more information first.

Go to Moonglow and ask Brion in the Observatory for more information. He'll tell you a Caddellite meteor once hit the island Ambrosia in the north-eastern sea, meaning that this is your next destination.

Once on Ambrosia (it is hidden under the compass rose on the map), enter the caves and go to the Hydra Brothers. After lots of laughs, kill the beast and then pass to the meteor and take as many chunks of metal as you need. You need to find a secret wall to enter the area guarded by the hydra. Then go to Minoc, where the blacksmith Zorn can make you the helmets. Return to the Cube Generator and let everyone in the party wear the helmets. Now you can enter the generator without any damage.

The inside of the generator is difficult, refer to Cube Generator Solution in order to solve the problem.

Once the generator is destroyed, the Time Lord warns you that the Guardian will soon enter Britannia through the Black Gate, and that you can gain the needed information with the last (cube) prism on Buccaneer's Den, so take it with you. The small cube has amazing powers and forces Fellowship liars to tell you the true story of what they have done:


 * Klog in Trinsic can finally be forced to spill what REALLY happened and why Christopher was murdered. It turns out that he was unwilling to work on the Black Gate and knew too much.


 * Elynor in Minoc had ordered the death of the Gypsies because they were critical of the Fellowship. She also admits that Hook had been sloppy by leaving evidence behind.


 * Rankin of Moonglow will admit his part in a murder (a side-quest).


 * Quan of Trinsic actually is proven to be innocent and truly ignorant of the Fellowships true goals.


 * Batlin however will flee before you can force him to tell the truth.

However, most important right now is, to go to Buccaneer's Den in order to find clues how to get to the Black Gate.

Buccaneer's Den


You have two things to do: gather information about what is about to happen, and gain the key to dungeon Hythloth.

Mandy the tavernkeeper can tell you a lot about Hook and his history, warning you that Buccaneer's Den is more dangerous than ever. Budo can give you information about the Crown Jewel when you have the cube. Danag will spill practically all the plans of the Fellowship if you approach him with the cube. Gordy can be made to admit that Hook lives in the Buccaneer's Cave when you have the cube.

Having obtained the information, go to Sintag while the House of Games is open. Having the cube, you can force him to give you the key to the door that leads to Hook's hideout. Once there, get the big key that is needed to enter Hythloth. Once you have it, your final destination is the Isle of the Avatar.

The Isle of the Avatar
Enter the Shrine of the Codex and go to the doors west of it. You can unlock them with the key found in Hook's hideout to enter dungeon Hythloth. Now follow the Solution for Hythloth in order to reach the Black Gate.

Once you are there, the Guardian orders his inner circle, Batlin, Hook, Forskis, Abraham and Elizabeth, to kill you in order to prevent you from destroying the gate. Concentrate on Hook first, since his death will cause Batlin, who can't be hurt, to flee. Afterwards it should be little trouble to kill the remaining foes. Now put the three prisms on the corresponding pedestals around the gate in order to shut down the laser beams that block your way.

The Guardian warns you to not destroy the Black gate, as this will leave you stranded on Britannia. Going through the gate will trigger the bad ending! So ignore him and instead use Rudyom's Wand on the Black Gate to destroy it and stop the Guardian for the time being...

Forge of Virtue
The Forge of Virtue can be started at any time in the game, although you should wait until having a big, well-equipped and trained party before doing so, as otherwise, the Test of Courage with its many and difficult battles would wipe you out quickly. Once you are ready, talk with Lord British about the tremor and promise to investigate so you get a peer crystal and a ship deed from him. Also take the Lenses from the museum, before leaving for the Isle of Fire.

Once you have arrived there, take your time to talk with Erethian, but watch out that you don't annoy him. Also talk with Arcadion, a daemon trapped in a mirror, and promise to find the Ether Gem in order to free him, although Erethian will tell you that it won't work the way the daemon imagines it. Now that this is done, it is time for the three tests of the principles.

The Test of Truth
Talk to the statue of the wise Mage to get teleported into the test area.

This test deals with illusions and misleading and at first looks really hard but actually is the easiest of the three tests. Just follow the path and avoid the middle of the big room that follows, as it is trapped. In the western corridor, you see a hood lying on the floor. Search the northern wall until you find a hidden passage and follow the invisible corridor to the chamber that holds the talisman of Truth.

Take the talisman and you've solved the test, gaining 30 INT as reward.

The Test of Love
Talk to the statue of the lovely bard, before entering the southwestern moongate to start the test.

Right from the start, take the bucket, then enter the western mine to take the pick. Afterwards talk to Bollux and promise the golem that you'd help to heal his brother Adjhar, so that he gives you the important ritual book. Afterwards go into the eastern caves and find a small clearing in the south that takes you to a cave near the Stone of Castambre. Now, put the bucket on the southeastern corner of the stone, and equip the pick. Important: you must USE the pick on the TREE on top of the stone. Once done right, you get a bucket full of special blood.

Return to Bollux and put blood on the five stones around the broken golem, then read the book first, then the scroll that falls out. Since a golem-heart is needed, Bollux rips out his own! After getting over the shock, put the heart into the body of Adjhar and read the scroll to revive him. Needless to say that Adjhar is not happy over what Bollux has done, but finally finds a solution in the book (you still need to have it).

Return to the Stone of Castambre one repeat the process. The first time produces a new golem heart, the second the needed blood. Put Bollux's body in the middle of the stone circle, put the heart into him, put blood on the stones and read the scroll. Afterward talk to Adjhar to gain the talisman of Love.

You get teleported back and as a reward, you DEX is risen to 30.

The Test of Courage
Talk to the statue of the courageous fighter, before entering the southeaster moongate.

This test is brutal. Right away, you have to clear out a room of mages, skeletons and golems in order to get the key to the eastern gate. In the next room you first have to flip two switches while constantly attacked by giant spiders, to open the next area. There you take a glass sword from a chest beside a dead body. This glass sword has to be put in front of a crystal ball in an area infested with drakes in order to get the key for the next area. In that area, you have to swap a normal and a magical helmet on two pedestals, while constantly attacked by slimes and gazers.

Finally, this lowered the northern doors and you can enter the boss room. Dracothraxus the dragon however is for now unkillable, but rewards you for your try with the Ether Gem, which you should take (you can trust her). Return to the castle.

Show the gem to Arcadion, then equip it and smash the mirror. Arcadion gets disappointed but you now have a portable daemon. Next go the Erethian and ask for advice about the dragon. Accept the offer of creating a magical weapon and he'll create a forge in the castle. First put the sword blank on the forge, then use the bucket to fill the through with water. Equip the hammer, then heat up the forge until the sword blank is glowing hot. Put it on the anvil and use the hammer on it. Once it has lost most of the glow, put it into the water, then repeat until the Avatar says that this is the best it can get without magic.

Again talk to Erethian and ask what magic could be used, then talk with Arcadion and embed the gem into the sword, creating the Black Sword.

The rest is easy. Return to Dracothraxus, run up to her and then tell Arcadion to use his death powers on her. The key you get opens up the northern teleporter and you can get the talisman of Courage.

You're teleported back and as a reward your STR is risen to 30.

The Talisman of Infinity
Now that this is done, you need to deal with Exodus.

First ask Erethian for help regarding the problem, then get the scroll from his room and ask him again. However, he realizes you want to banish the Dark Core and won't help you. Instead, ask Arcadion and you get instructions what to do. Put the blue lens left of the core and the purple lens right of it. Then put the three talismans on it that they form an almost complete cirle, causing the Talisman of Infinity to appear. Of course Erethian wants to stop you from banishing the core, but his spell backfires and kills himself, while the core vanishes into the void.

Take the lenses back to the museum and then talk to Lord British for the final reward; getting your STR increased to 60.

Side-Quests by Location
These side-quests are not plot-relevant in any way, but help to gain experience and sometimes good equipment. They also help to understand the state of things in Britannia and are a huge part of the atmosphere in the game.

Paws
The Serpent Venom Theft

After entering town, talk to a random citizen to learn that something had been stolen from Morfin, who runs the slaughterhouse. Talking to him, he explains that a vial of Silver Serpent Venom had been stolen. Promise to solve the case and start to ask everyone about it. Talk to Camille and Tobias last (they run the northernmost farm) and once you return to the homeless shelter, Feridwyn comes running and tells you that his son Garritt claims to have evidence against Tobias. Garritt is not helpful, so again talk to Camille and Tobias, before going to Morfin, who doesn't believe the story and gives you a key that Garritt had lost.

Open the chest in the shelter to get the stolen venom. Confront Gerritt and Feridwyn with the evidence, resulting in the confession that Garritt did it, before returning it to Morfin. A last, talk to Camille and Tobias to close the case of the stole venom.

Lovebirds

Polly the barmaid and Thurston the miller very much like each other, but are too shy to talk about it to the other. Transport messages back and forth to get them to act on their feelings.

Britain
Imprisoned for an Apple

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The Lock Lake Law

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Your cheating Heart

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Relationships galore

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Name, Job, Bye

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The unhappy Innkeeper

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Cove
Love for Nastassia

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Yew and Empath Abbey
The false Monk

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Flowers for a Grave

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Back to Nature

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Minoc
The "great" Owen

Listening around town, you get the idea that shipbuilder Owen is some sort of saint and that a statue to his honor is to be errected. However, talking to Jakher reveals quite a different story. So talk to Karl next to learn that Owen's ship are shoddy and have cost lives. Karl's stolen Owen's plans but can't read them. Get the plans to Julia (if she's not in the party) and she'll point out the horrible design. Get word of that to mayor Burnside and he'll cancel the statue. Owen commits suicide once you tell him and everyone turns on him.

Vesper
Bigotry and Racism

Blorn in the tavern is an outspoken racist. Pretending to agree with his views, he claims that Lap-Lem attacked him and that he wants him dead. However, going to Lap-Lem, the gargoyle reveals the real story. Blorn stole a locket from him and he was trying to get it back. Return to Blorn and force him to release the locket, which you then return to Lap-Lem.

Moonglow
The Love Triangle

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The three Brothers

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A Crystal for the Orrery

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Terfin
Conspiracy

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Serpent's Hold
The defaced Statue

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Lady Tory's Baby

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Jhelom
Duel to the Death

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The Serpentine Dagger

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New Magincia
Three stranded Pirates and a Locket

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Buccaneer's Den
Two old Friends

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The fake Avatar

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Dungeons
The two Sisters and the Cyclops

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Garok Al-Mat

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A Band of Terrorists

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Unicorns and Virgins

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(More eventually to come)