DungeonQuest

PART 1-A

* dark screen *

ASHLEY:
My name is Ashley, but my dad always called me...

* enter name > default = Ashley *

ASHLEY:
I was abandon in a basket when I was just a week old.
ASHLEY:
The man that found and raised me was an honored knight of Cliffhaven.
ASHLEY:
He was also a good friend to King Christopher, and that’s who I’ve come to see today.

*screen brightens*
*Ashley is talking to a guard*

GUARD:
Yeah? King’s on the throne. Go see him.

* start the game with control of your character*
*talk to the king*

PART 1-B

KING CHRISTOPHER:
My dear Ashley! Look at you! It’s been years since I’ve seen you!
KING CHRISTOPHER:
How were your studies in Calanbruna?
ASHLEY:
They were good your majesty. I felt lucky to be there.
ASHLEY:
Thanks for the extra study money. I needed it for those books.
KING CHRISTOPHER:
Are you staying for a visit? I will see to it that you have some quarters upstairs.
No your majesty, I’m here because of your gorgon problem.
KING CHRISTOPHER:
You’ve heard? There is little that can be done I’m afraid.
KING CHRISTOPHER:
Lamia is out for vengeance against me.
KING CHRISTOPHER:
She came here a week ago to murder me in my sleep.
KING CHRISTOPHER:
When I ran to safety, she ended up taking my daughter and slithering off into the night.
KING CHRISTOPHER:
My guards were powerless to stop her and were turned against one another by her magic.
KING CHRISTOPHER:
I fear that the men I’ve sent to rescue my daughter have fallen prey to the same magic.
KING CHRISTOPHER:
I’m just going to have to give myself up to Lamia so she will spare my daughter.

PART 1-C

SIR ELLINGTON:
No your majesty!
KING CHRISTOPHER:
Ah Sir Ellington, you remember Sir Chimmil’s daughter Ashley.
SIR ELLINGTON:
Indeed.
SIR ELLINGTON:
Your majesty, I cannot let you give your life to Lamia. I will assemble a party of men.
SIR ELLINGTON:
We will make one last attempt to save Princess Sylvia.

PART 1-D

ASHLEY:
I’ll stop her, your majesty.
KING CHRISTOPHER:
What? You? You’re untrained, unskilled and well…
ASHLEY:
A girl?
ASHLEY:
Yes, which makes me immune to Lamia’s magical charm.
KING CHRISTOPHER:
I owe it to your father to forbid you to go! Throw her in the dungeon until this is over!
ASHLEY:
And I owe it to Sylvia to save her. We grew up together here in this castle.
ASHLEY:
You said you would sacrifice yourself? I would do the same your majesty.
KING CHRISTOPHER:
Hmmm…
KING CHRISTOPHER:
Then you can join the rescue party with Sir Ellington…
KING CHRISTOPHER:
In the morning.
KING CHRISTOPHER:
I’m sure Sir Ellington will see to it that you get some training with a blade before you set out.
SIR ELLINGTON:
Yes Sire.
KING CHRISTOPHER:
But there’s one more thing my dear.
ASHLEY:
Yes your majesty?
KING CHRISTOPHER:
Here, 400 pieces of gold for your gesture. Thank you for coming.
ASHLEY:
To save a friend your majesty… to save a friend.

*Ashley walks off*

PART 1-E

SIR ELLINGTON:
There’s still time to throw her in the dungeon Sire.
KING CHRISTOPHER:
That’s no place for a lady.
KING CHRISTOPHER:
Go and teach her some basic swordsmanship.
KING CHRISTOPHER:
Then tonight, I will send a mage to cast a deep sleep spell to make sure oversleeps your departure.

PART 2-A

* Learn battle with Sir Ellington *
* Sparing you all dialog of that *
SIR ELLINGTON:
We set out tomorrow morning.
ASHLEY:
(Not if I save her and get back before then)
ASHLEY:
(But I can’t do it alone… I will need to assemble a party.)

* assemble party *
* find and speak to princess sylvia *

PART 3-A

PRINCESS SYLVIA:
Who’s there?
ASHLEY:
Its me! Sylvia? Is that you?
PRINCESS SYLVIA:
Well who else would it be?
ASHLEY:
Sorry, there’s a lot of stuff going on.
ASHLEY:
Four years ago when I left, I never thought I’d end up meeting you in a frozen cave.
PRINCESS SYLVIA:
Is my father coming?
\n:
Why would he be?
PRINCESS SYLVIA:
I managed to get away from Lamia. Get me out of here please!
PRINCESS SYLVIA:
She’s trapped back there between the rocks! Kill her please!
\n:
Anything, little darlin’.

* fight lamia *

PART 3-B

PRINCESS SYLVIA:
Oh it’s good to see you! All of you!
\n:
Hey there darlin’. I’m big \n.
PRINCESS SYLVIA:
Hello there uh big \n.
\n:
I’m the one that put together this party to come save you.
ASHLEY:
Ummm...
\n:
Well no. It was Miss. Ashley that banded us together.
These are my associates \n and \n.
PRINCESS SYLVIA:
Yes, of course warmest greetings to you all.
PRINCESS SYLVIA:
I will see to it that my father rewards you four.
PRINCESS SYLVIA:
Now please let’s go. Take me to him! Does anyone have a return scroll?
PRINCESS SYLVIA:
Otherwise we’ll need to get to that exit crystal over there.

* lamia magically transferred her essence into Sylvia long before you arrived *
* the men sent to save her, died before ever reaching her *
* return to the castle *
* get intercepted by the queen *

PART 4-A

QUEEN KRYSTA:
Sylvia? I’ve been worried sick!
QUEEN KRYSTA:
I’m so glad you’re home! Did she hurt you?
QUEEN KRYSTA:
Do you know that your father was contemplating sacrificing himself for you?
QUEEN KRYSTA:
Then I’d lose you both! Do you know what that would do to me?
QUEEN KRYSTA:
Cliffhaven would be left without a royal family...
QUEEN KRYSTA:
*hug*
QUEEN KRYSTA:
Welcome home.
QUEEN KRYSTA:
Look at you Sylvia! You’re so dirty! Let’s get you upstairs immediately for a bath!
QUEEN KRYSTA:
I may need to call the mages to just insta-clean you.

PART 4-B

KING CHRISTOPHER:
Well. Well. Well...
SIR ELLINGTON:
Sir Chimmil’s daughter.
KING CHRISTOPHER:
Went off by herself to rescue her friend.
SIR ELLINGTON:
That’s quite noble of her Sire.
ASHLEY:
Thank you Sir Ellington.
KING CHRISTOPHER:
It looks like she and her party did your job for you.
KING CHRISTOPHER:
Do you suppose that I should award her your pay Sir Ellington?
SIR ELLINGTON:
If it pleases you, Sire.
KING CHRISTOPHER:
Hmmm... Nay. That is not great enough to celebrate your heroism!
KING CHRISTOPHER:
What I will do...
KING CHRISTOPHER:
Is have a bridge built in your honor!
KING CHRISTOPHER:
On the each side will be depicted an epic battle carved in stone...
KING CHRISTOPHER:
Between your party and Lamia.
\n:
Really? That’s it?
SIR ELLINGTON:
You would scoff at the king’s generosity?
\n:
Calm down... No Sir.
ASHLEY:
Perhaps \n cannot understand the long term benefits of immortality in stone form.
KING CHRISTOPHER:
Think of it... The fame of everyone recognizes your chiseled mug.
KING CHRISTOPHER:
You will be rewarded in ways you can’t imagine.
SIR ELLINGTON:
It’s more than just petty gold that you waste for fifteen minutes of fun in a harem.
ASHLEY:
You have King Christopher’s gratitude my friend. That’s worth a lot more.
KING CHRISTOPHER:
I will have my mages get started immediately on it!

PART 4-C

ASHLEY:
If I may be so bold to ask. Why did Lamia want revenge on you your majesty?
KING CHRISTOPHER:
It seems like a lifetime ago, but when I was a young prince…
KING CHRISTOPHER:
We received word that a gorgon was kidnapping young women from a village.
KING CHRISTOPHER:
My father was prepared to dispatch his bravest men to slay her.
KING CHRISTOPHER:
But I was a brash prince, eager to impress my father.
KING CHRISTOPHER:
The night before the men were sent out, I gathered a party and we set off to destroy the gorgon.
KING CHRISTOPHER:
We did just that, but I was the only one left standing.
KING CHRISTOPHER:
My comrades were left dead around me.
KING CHRISTOPHER:
In anguish, I smashed all of her eggs, so no gorgon would ever be a problem in Cliffhaven again.
KING CHRISTOPHER:
Apparently, I had missed an egg.
KING CHRISTOPHER:
It looks like you followed in my footsteps my dear.
KING CHRISTOPHER:
Not much longer after defeating the gorgon, my father passed away and gave me Cliffhaven.
KING CHRISTOPHER:
Perhaps I should clutch this scepter a little tighter.