Quest For Glory Epic Let's Play Parts 118 and 119: Marcus' Third Fortune and Castle Borgov

In Which Our Hero learns a little more about his future and breaks into the castle.







The first video in this update covers Marcus' third fortune, where he learns about the mystery woman from the previous visions. She's a magic user, powerful but interested in more power. Her plans are grandiose but will ultimately fail - which may be good, because they are somehow linked to the Dark One as well. Who is this woman?

Marcus also hears about the Destiny Spell - something Erana's staff still contains. It is said that the staff has the power to bring the dead back to life, and that a loved one will bring a dead person before the staff to trade his (or her) life for the dead person's. Apparently no one has taken the staff up on the offer though, as it still stands in the center of town.

Then Marcus rests up for his big night ahead, then goes to the cemetery where he, ahem, enters the Borgov family crypt. A brief and obvious puzzle later and he's in the castle, where he is privy to a very interesting conversation between someone with crazy hair and..

Oh no...

Can it be?

Ad Avis.

That must be the foreigner in the funny hat.

Shit just got real, yo.

Quest For Glory Epic Let's Play Parts 112 and 113: Marcus' Second Fortune and Freeing the Rusalka

In Which Our Hero learns more about his future and defeats Janos' wraith, frees the Rusalka, gets a little action for his troubles and meets the OTHER girl he likes. What a night!







This update contains one of the most memorable scenes in any Quest for Glory game, and it's only available to the Paladin: freeing the Rusalka.

But first, Marcus starts at the gyspy camp, where Magda tells his fortune. This one is about the man from the original fortune: someone who was once powerful, but is now an angry thrall to a Master. A powerful magic user. I wonder who that could be.

After the reading, Marcus fights a couple of monsters and waits for darkness to fall, which isn't long. Then he heads to the graveyard, combines the Rusalka's hair with the hand broom and sweeps Janos' grave with it. Janos isn't too happy at being disturbed, and it's a bitter fight but Marcus prevails. Barely.

Now it's off to the lake, where Marcus must perform one last task to free Elyssa: give her what she desires, which is a kiss. It's a touching scene. He kisses her, and she disappears, free at last.

Back to town where Marcus meets the other woman in his life. Katrina's waiting for him outside the gates. She flirts a little and tells him very little actual information, except that she lives in the castle and shes afraid of her parents finding out about her and Marcus. Which is where we leave off for next time.

Quest For Glory Epic Let's Play Parts 110 and 111: Elderberry Pie and Good Humor Bar

In Which Our Hero bakes Baba Yaga a pie and escapes from Baba's clutches with a new sensahuma.







Marcus starts off this series with a set of stunning deaths in the swamp. One of them is mere seconds after I decided to be smart and save, which just goes to show the old adage of adventure games: SAVE OFTEN.

Out of the swamp and it's time to make Baba's pie. We've already got the first ingredient and the second one is right around the corner, so we pick up yet another vial of Grue Goo. Next stop: the Elderberry Bush. It's a bush. With eyes. And tentacles. A veritable Cthulhu bush it is.

It's not hard to get the berries. A couple of well-thrown rocks knock a branch off, and our Monkey Island item acts as a fine bait. Bam, the berries are ours. We've got ourselves a pie.

Back at Babas, we mix the berries, goo and bonemeal together (after remembering where we left it and figuring out how to get it out.) The pie is cooked by the skulls and it's off to present it to Baba.

She's happy to take it, after a brief bout as a hedgehog we're happy to give it and get the hell out of there.

The second video is a little short, as the next update will have another fortune, which is long.

Quest For Glory Epic Let's Play Part Ninety: Friends New and Old

In Which Our Hero is kicked out of a camp and meets someone he left hopping mad.





We open with Marcus wandering through a pleasant forest, ruminating on his surroundings and the history of Sierra when he is suddenly beset by that most fearsome of Mordavian monsters. I really don't want to spoil the surprise but it is an epic struggle and if you watch one video for the Shadows of Darkness portion, make sure it's this one for the thrilling and exciting combat.

After vanquishing this fearsome beast Marcus finds a gypsy camp, where he is told in no uncertain terms to 'go away.' Even his normal attempts at charm fail, and he eventually leaves, tail tucked. To find the other unexplored corner of the valley, hidden by a magic bush.

On the other side, there's a hangman's tree, a talking skull with a very familiar gem in it, and a particular hut on chicken legs that we've seen somewhere before.

Oh right, Baba Yaga, the ogress who cursed Spielburg valley and we defeated by turning her into a frog!

I'm sure she'll be tickled pink to see us.