HEROES' FORTRESS

Quest 5 - Barbarian's Lair

The first thing you notice about this level is the decor.  The walls are covered with trophies from Rohn's life - skins of animals, the shields of defeated enemies, and many, many weapons of war.  You look around, expecting to see the specter of the  former inhabitant of this area.  After several minutes of waiting you are about to give up, when you see a shimmering light on the wall between two shields.  It forms into not one figure but two.  Expecting to see Rohn, you are surprised to see Thorgrim the Dwarf and Galwan the Elf instead.

"The situation is very dire indeed" says Thorgrim.  Guzwil and Manx are aware of your presence here, and are determined to either stop you or achieve their goals before you can stop them.  Manx is on this very level, supervising the search for Rohn's Magical Shield himself.  He is also here because he believes that only he is strong enough to kill you."

"To make matters worse," states Galwan, "Guzwil is attacking our tomb at this very moment.  He hopes to bind our spirits into his service before you can arrive.  Rohn and Bolligar are defending the tomb while we give you this message.  You still have several levels of our Fortress to go through before you get to the last level where we buried those that died in our service.  We too are buried there, and you must hurry to save us.  We will not be able to visit you again; we must use all our strength to resist Guzwil.  Hurry, for time is running out."

With that the two spirits disappear, leaving you alone once again.


Wandering Monster: 2 Skeletons and Zombie


Notes:

A.  This is the entrance to the quest.


B.  When a Hero first enters this room, read "Several Orcs and a Goblin are searching this room.  A large Warrior is examining the walls, looking for secret passages.  He turns, sees you, and yells 'Kill them'.  The Warrior must be Manx The Black."

The Chaos Warrior here is Manx.  His stats are:

Manx:  Movement 7;  Attack 5;  Defend 5;  Body 5;  Mind 3
In addition Manx has a spell scroll of Summon Undead given to him by Guzwil.  Manx can use this scroll anytime during the attack.
Note:  If the Heroes return to this level after killing Manx, he will not reappear.

The chest contains 200 gold pieces.


C.  The chest is trapped with a poisonous gas trap.  If the chest is opened without disarming the trap, any Hero in the room must roll 3 dice.  He will suffer one body point damage for each skull rolled.  The chest is empty.

The Weapons Rack contains a broadsword and Rohn's Shield.


D.  This is the exit from the level.

