The door screams .
Your quest is simple in its impossibility: find the Staff of Ages, hidden somewhere in the labyrinth, and cast it into the Great Fire below the citadel. Only then will the Warlock Lord, who has slept for a thousand years, remain asleep forever. Fail, and the eclipse tomorrow will wake him. And you do not want to wake him. castle shadowgate c64
The first corridor is a lie. It is grand, vaulted, lined with banners depicting beasts that never existed. You take three steps and the flagstone dips . A click. You throw yourself sideways as a blade the size of a dinner table swings from a hidden slit, shaving a hair from your ear. First lesson , you think, heart hammering. Trust nothing. The door screams
Behind you, the Warlock Lord opens his eyes. Fail, and the eclipse tomorrow will wake him
You hold up the torch.