BRIMSTONE:  THE DREAM OF GWAIN
James Paul (Synapse Software/Broderbund 1985)
Walk Through by Dorothy Millard (C64 Version)


Notes
1. This game plays very very slowly.
2. Pressing SPACE and then RETURN will give clues.
3. If you have to leave the computer for any length of time then PAUSE the game, as it continues in
your absence and there are some timed situations which can end in our demise.
4. Use AGAIN to repeat commands.

Walk Through
It is the Eve of All Hallows in the Kingdom of Camelot. You are Sir Gawain, Knight of the Round
Table. As you lie on your bed listening to Sir Bedivere playing his lute you become very drowsy,
SLEEP.

CHAPTER ONE - THE DREAM
(In a dream you are on a hill), N (you see a banner on top of castle tower), WAIT (until wind blows
harder and the banner spreads out and flaps in the wind), EXAMINE BANNER (it has an emblem of a
horn), N (see many statues and at the top of the stairs you see statues of a lion and a tortoise
flanking the door), EXAMINE LION (it has a gold tooth in its mouth), GET TOOTH, EXAMINE TORTOISE
(see a tiny handle on its back), PULL HANDLE (a small door opens and you see a silver key in a
chamber), GET KEY, UNLOCK DOOR WITH KEY, N (to marble floored room), N (see a large glass case),
EXAMINE CASE (contains knight in armour and a sword - inscribed on case is a question), READ
QUESTION (what emblem was on banner), HORN (the case disappears leaving the armour and sword), GET
SWORD (the armour falls to pieces as you get the sword), GET ALL (you collect all the pieces), WEAR
ARMOR, WEAR GLOVES, WEAR SHEATH, E (a little girl asks who you are), GIRL, "SIR GAWAIN"
(she says her name is Enitharmon and that she will guide you in your dream... "What animals
guard the door?"), GIRL, "LION AND TORTOISE" (she asks what treasures did each
hold?), GIRL, "GOLD TOOTH AND SILVER KEY" (she says to bring them to her), GIVE TOOTH AND
KEY TO GIRL (she claps her hands and a door opens in west wall), W, N (meet Adam, your old
squiremaster), FIGHT ADAM WITH SWORD, AGAIN, AGAIN (he says you may proceed), N (balcony where
looking down you see a feast in progress but there is an empty chair which is King Arthur's...
Queen Gwenivere asks you to come down and take his place), N (as you step down the stairs give way,
you are caught by demons and you realise you have been tricked as it is in fact a courtroom and you
are put on trial).

CHAPTER TWO - THE CONDEMNATION
(You are charged with usurpation. "How say you innocent or guilty," says the judge),
JUDGE, "INNOCENT" (Morgan le Fay appears, "Disguised as Gwenivere I asked you to take
King Arthur's chair and you accepted. How say you?"), JUDGE, "INNOCENT" (you are
dragged to the bench), WAIT (you are found guilty, your sword is taken and turned to ashes), WAIT
(you are taken to a cell where there is a fat man), GET ALL (coin, feather and handkerchief), WAIT
(until the fatman ask you if you want to see him juggle), WAIT (until he juggles), FAT MAN,
"YES" , WAIT (until he offers you a drink), FAT MAN, "YES" (you take a drink),
FAT MAN, "HELP" (he says call for Fum and he will get you out), CALL FOR FUM (a door opens
and a grotesque creature arrives, Fum says to go with him), N (steep spiral staircase), D, N (meet
Lord Hodge who asks who you are), HODGE, "SIR GAWAIN,  (he asks if you have any money), HODGE,
"NO" (he tells you that you have one night to leave the underworld, if you awaken during
this time then one part of your body will remain forever "pass dreamer"... Fum goes
north), N (Fum goes north), N (Fum disappears over the edge of the cliffs into the fiery depths
below), READ SIGN (If the fool would persist in his folly, he would become wise), N (you fall and
fall for an eternity).

CHAPTER THREE - ICE
(You land in hell frozen in the ice), THINK OF SPRING (press SPACE and RETURN for hints), THINK OF
FLOWERS (press SPACE and RETURN for hints), THINK OF SUMMER, WAIT (until you are free, standing in a
slushy pool, but finding it difficult to hold your breath), U (you rise to the surface), READ SIGN
(travelers may spit here), SPIT (it burns a hole in the ice and you hear the word "MAL"),
E (looks as if ice had been broken by hammering feet), S (north end of vale of Titans), S (the
statues continue), S (ground becomes marshy with strange plants), READ SIGN (expect poison from
standing water), S (small sunken place with a pool, you hear the voice of Adam "Three fathoms
down laid in a nest of eels is your sword"), DIVE INTO WATER ( as you descend you see nest of
eels and your sword), GET SWORD (swarms of eels attack you), KILL EELS WITH SWORD (you kill many
eels), AGAIN (you finally kill them all), U (a huge eel chases you, as you break the surface you see
Fum holding out his hand), GRAB HAND (Fum pulls you out but the eel follows you), KILL EEL WITH
SWORD (it falls back into the water and Fum disappears),

N, N (vale of Titans), W (steep bluff), W (shoe prints), W (arched gate), N, N (north/south track),
N (sign), WAIT (until apes are approaching), WAIT (apes run away - note if you go in the cave and
the apes come in then you will wake up and game ends), N (into cave where one ape is still asleep in
bed), APE, "WAKE UP", AGAIN, AGAIN (the ape says a strange word "HONI"), E, E, E
(east/west track), E (see gold door in northern cliff), OPEN DOOR, N (into golden vault where you
see a gold bowl containing a golden apple), EXAMINE APPLE (it has a leaf), EXAMINE LEAF (it is
inscribed), READ LEAF (remember your quest, Gawain), S (as you leave a flame appears and writes a
word "SOIT", if you had taken the apple this would not have happened), W, W, W, WAIT
(until apes approach), WAIT ( until apes run away), W (into cave), S, S, S, S (arched gate), S (arch
of mill gate where you see a ladder), D (see rows of machinery), S (see the large machine which runs
all the others), PUSH RED SWITCH (the machines stop), S (you follow the stream to banks of a river),
S (you easily reach other side of river and come to a path), S (top of hill).

S (you come to door of white cottage), READ NOTE (says "If I am here, I will answer"),
KNOCK ON DOOR (it swings open), S (to central room of house. If Blake is not here then WAIT until he
arrives and says "hullo"), BLAKE, "HELLO (he asks if you have a sword), BLAKE,
"YES (asks if you have a token of love), BLAKE, "YES (show me), SHOW HANDKERCHIEF TO BLAKE
(he asks if you have a pen he will give you a word), GIVE FEATHER TO BLAKE (he gives you the word
"PENCE" and asks if there is anything else), BLAKE, "WHAT ABOUT WORDS" (there
are five words, anything else), BLAKE, "HOW DO I LEAVE ULRO" (you must pass through the
FURY and then traverse the realm of GUARDIANS, anything else?), BLAKE, "WHAT IS THE FURY"
(it is the entrance to the fiery realm, anything else?), BLAKE, "NO (he ushers you into the
bedroom and opens the bookcase which reveals steps leading down... you must now follow his
instructions), PUT SWORD IN LEFT HAND, PUT HANDKERCHIEF IN RIGHT HAND, W (dark landing), D (entrance
to tunnel), E (dark tunnel), E (chamber), U (narrow platform beneath whirling cone of flame), PUT
TIP OF SWORD IN FLAME.

CHAPTER FOUR - FIRE
(You are swept up through the flames into the fury), U, N, E, D, W, S, U, U (you are thrown clear of
the fury and land on something soft).

CHAPTER FIVE - THE GUARDIANS
(You are lying in an orchid), D (you descend to the ground), ORCHID, "HELP ("who has
disturbed my sleep", says the orchid), ORCHID, "SIR GAWAIN, ORCHID, "WHAT ABOUT WORDS
(the last word is the longest and the first begins with "H"), W (to where you see cloven
hoof prints), WAIT (until Fum falls from the sky), FUM, "TELL ME A WORD (repeat this until he
tells you the word "QUI"), E, E (you come to a river), WAIT (until you see the ferry
coming, if it is not already here... when it appears Charon will ask if you have any money), SHOW
COIN TO CHARON (he comes to the bank), GIVE COIN TO CHARON (you board the boat and sit next to a
woman who asks if you will grant her a wish if she helps you), WOMAN, "YES", WAIT (she
says follow her when you get off), WAIT (you land), FOLLOW WOMAN (she disappears), AGAIN (the woman
is here, she asks to go with you when you reach the overworld and she will help you), WOMAN,
"YES" (she enters a cave), FOLLOW WOMAN (it is dark in the cave but you can smell the
woman near you), WOMAN, "HELP" (she says that your sword can light your way), SWORD,
"LIGHT MY WAY" (it flashes with a brilliant emerald light).
S (the woman follows - you can hear a steel blade scraping stone), S (the woman follows - you are on
a ledge, before a bridge that spans a chasm of fire... on the other side a green knight sharpens his
axe), S (on the bridge," Be it blade or bare hands," says the knight.), GREEN KNIGHT,
"BARE HANDS" (you both discard your weapons), HIT GREEN KNIGHT WITH FIST (he charges at
you), JUMP ASIDE (you roll over fighting, he appears to be getting the upper hand... he woman says
to use magic, remember the five words), SAY, "HONI SOIT QUI MAL PENCE (you are alone on the
bridge, which is near collapse), U (see the knight who says you will meet again on Earth then
disappears.. the woman and Fum appear, "Ascend and leave," says the woman), U (as you
reach the top you see the light of Earth), E (you step out into the fresh morning air... you are in
Camelot, Fum disappears into the distance,  the old woman removes the shawl from her head and you
see it is the beautiful enitharmon... suddenly you awake... you have slept the whole night through,
it was as though your journey had never occurred, except for the odour of "brimstone."

THE END



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