temple in ghedahre

GHED�AHRE:
WARNING: If you have stakes in your inventory, you can accidentally kill the vampires (one for each stake). The vampire at the entrance to town sells various items, one vampress has a quest for you, and the vampires in the Cathedral have information for you. Vampires essential to winning the game, as well as one who can join your party, are not �stakeable�, but it is your choice whether to stake all the others.

Explore Ghed�ahre thoroughly, and talk to all the Vampires and Vampresses. You will meet Te�ijal, a Vampress who longs to leave Ghed�ahre and explore the world, but can�t do so because she doesn�t have any super-strong Sunblock (remember this!). As you explore, you will also find two vampire boys who yearn for Elephant Garlic. If you explored Halloween Hills thoroughly as we suggested, you already have the item needed; if not, then head back to the southwestern part of Halloween hills and dig to find it. Once you have the Garlic, give it to them and watch a �humorous� scene. Pick up the resulting ashes and head to the Cathedral near the town�s entrance. You might want to step through the door to the right of the entryway and check out the Temple of Darkness and Rashnu�s frozen body, but this isn�t necessary. Talk to the Cathedral Vampires and then play the organ. This opens up a door to an underground area of the Cathedral, so head through it. When you come to a room with many coffins, search them, and you will discover a hidden ladder to an underground maze. Climb down the ladder and continue exploring. You will find a room with four coffins, three enemies, and a door. On the other side of that door are four monsters in a big hall; search this hall for Leyrvo�s Lamp. (Remember the name � it will come in handy later.) This area also has one of the best areas for levelling up in this part of the game: fight the vampires and bats, step through the door, fight the other group, step through the door, fight, etc. If you start running out of Restorative items, you can leave and buy more. You will level up very quickly doing this. (tiniponi: I used Elini�s Ravwyrn Summon, which usually killed the entire enemy party at one zap � the others just rode �pickup�, in case her spell didn�t quite finish the job. I went from level 31 or so to level 51 or 52 in a short time.)

Once you�ve levelled up to your satisfaction, exit the Cathedral and search/dig in the Graveyard beside it (you need the shovel, obviously). You will discover a secret passageway, climb into the hole, and Leyrvo�s Lamp and the Vampire Ashes will automatically be used to reveal the hidden door to the Crypt Maze. In Aveyond gamefiles downloaded from amaranthia.com on July 13 or later, the Crypt Maze is short and fun. In earlier gamefiles, the Crypt maze is more difficult and much longer. This walkthrough is based on the shorter Maze.

All but two switches you activate open a door; tripping them a second time has no effect. (Those two odd ones are in the Color Block Puzzle room.) To start, trip the two switches on the eastern end of the maze � one opens a door in the southwestern part, so head there then. (Note: don�t neglect the side passages � they contain treasure chests and monsters to fight.)

If you think you�ve tripped every switch and have explored every area, but haven�t found the Color Block Puzzle, then you missed something. There are times when you need to backtrack ... For instance; you need to go through the horizontally-rolling boulders at least four times. Keep exploring until you find your way through.

To get past rolling boulders merely requires getting the timing right. (Exactly when to move is partly computer-dependent, based on how quickly the party moves in response to your command.) One of the wonderful things in Aveyond is that you can save anytime, anywhere (except during battle, of course), so make liberal use of that � save often, and in multiple slots. There are 20 save slots in Aveyond version 2 � make liberal use of them. There is a path through the opening and closing black holes, in case you don�t want to try timing your steps to get through them. When you do make it to the Color Puzzle room, read the plaques above the empty block holders to get clues about which block is to be placed in each. Slide the appropriate colored one into place. (Note: try to not slide them against the wall if not necessary � one of them has a bug that can crash the game.) When you�re satisfied you have them all in the correct place, flip the switch just above the central empty block holder. If you have the puzzle set correctly, and new block will appear. (If it doesn�t, or if at any time you want to restart the puzzle, flip the switch beside the door to reset it.)

Step on the new block to be transported to the area behind the doors at the eastern end of the Maze. You will find yourself between two locked doors and in front of two switches. The left switch operates the door leading back to the Crypt Maze entrance � you will need to use it after defeating Zarich if you don�t Rune out. The right switch opens the door to the final part of the maze, where you must complete four Word Puzzles. The answers to those are as follows:

1) Vampire
2) Werewolf
3) Ghost
4) Leyrvo

Aright! Just a bit more of exploring, and you will find the daeva that took you so much time and effort to reach � Zarich, whose attack is almost totally magical. Have Lars cast while Rhen and Elini just do the worst damage they can with their most powerful spells. Lars can cure whenever necessary. After a while Zarich will fall�


- Saving the Druid -


Now that you�ve defeated Zarich, you can collect the Soul Orb (just press spacebar while facing, and standing adjacent to it), and take it back to Rashnu in the Darkness Temple, through the eastern door of the Cathedral entrance area. He will thank you, and join your party as a guest. Once you take him back to Aveyond, you can choose a gift from his treasury. You get to choose between a bag of silver coins and sun block. � Wait. Sun block � Sun block?? Now, didn�t a really charming vampress just ask for that so she could venture out of the dead city of Ghed�ahre?

GHED�AHRE:
WARNING: If you have stakes in your inventory, you can accidentally kill the vampires (one for each stake). The vampire at the entrance to town sells various items, one vampress has a quest for you, and the vampires in the Cathedral have information for you. Vampires essential to winning the game, as well as one who can join your party, are not �stakeable�, but it is your choice whether to stake all the others. Explore Ghed�ahre thoroughly, and talk to all the Vampires and Vampresses. You will meet Te�ijal, a Vampress who longs to leave Ghed�ahre and explore the world, but can�t do so because she doesn�t have any super-strong Sunblock (remember this!). As you explore, you will also find two vampire boys who yearn for Elephant Garlic. If you explored Halloween Hills thoroughly as we suggested, you already have the item needed; if not, then head back to the southwestern part of Halloween hills and dig to find it. Once you have the Garlic, give it to them and watch a �humorous� scene. Pick up the resulting ashes and head to the Cathedral near the town�s entrance. You might want to step through the door to the right of the entryway and check out the Temple of Darkness and Rashnu�s frozen body, but this isn�t necessary. Talk to the Cathedral Vampires and then play the organ. This opens up a door to an underground area of the Cathedral, so head through it. When you come to a room with many coffins, search them, and you will discover a hidden ladder to an underground maze. Climb down the ladder and continue exploring. You will find a room with four coffins, three enemies, and a door. On the other side of that door are four monsters in a big hall; search this hall for Leyrvo�s Lamp. (Remember the name � it will come in handy later.) This area also has one of the best areas for levelling up in this part of the game: fight the vampires and bats, step through the door, fight the other group, step through the door, fight, etc. If you start running out of Restorative items, you can leave and buy more. You will level up very quickly doing this. (tiniponi: I used Elini�s Ravwyrn Summon, which usually killed the entire enemy party at one zap � the others just rode �pickup�, in case her spell didn�t quite finish the job. I went from level 31 or so to level 51 or 52 in a short time.)

Once you�ve levelled up to your satisfaction, exit the Cathedral and search/dig in the Graveyard beside it (you need the shovel, obviously). You will discover a secret passageway, climb into the hole, and Leyrvo�s Lamp and the Vampire Ashes will automatically be used to reveal the hidden door to the Crypt Maze. In Aveyond gamefiles downloaded from amaranthia July 13 or later, the Crypt Maze is short and fun. In earlier gamefiles, the Crypt maze is more difficult and much longer. This walkthrough is based on the shorter Maze. All but two switches you activate open a door; tripping them a second time has no effect. (Those two odd ones are in the Color Block Puzzle room.) To start, trip the two switches on the eastern end of the maze � one opens a door in the southwestern part, so head there then. (Note: don�t neglect the side passages � they contain treasure chests and monsters to fight.)

If you think you�ve tripped every switch and have explored every area, but haven�t found the Color Block Puzzle, then you missed something. There are times when you need to backtrack ... For instance; you need to go through the horizontally-rolling boulders at least four times. Keep exploring until you find your way through. To get past rolling boulders merely requires getting the timing right. (Exactly when to move is partly computer-dependent, based on how quickly the party moves in response to your command.) One of the wonderful things in Aveyond is that you can save anytime, anywhere (except during battle, of course), so make liberal use of that � save often, and in multiple slots. There are 20 save slots in Aveyond version 2 � make liberal use of them. There is a path through the opening and closing black holes, in case you don�t want to try timing your steps to get through them. When you do make it to the Color Puzzle room, read the plaques above the empty block holders to get clues about which block is to be placed in each. Slide the appropriate colored one into place. (Note: try to not slide them against the wall if not necessary � one of them has a bug that can crash the game.) When you�re satisfied you have them all in the correct place, flip the switch just above the central empty block holder. If you have the puzzle set correctly, and new block will appear. (If it doesn�t, or if at any time you want to restart the puzzle, flip the switch beside the door to reset it.)

Step on the new block to be transported to the area behind the doors at the eastern end of the Maze. You will find yourself between two locked doors and in front of two switches. The left switch operates the door leading back to the Crypt Maze entrance � you will need to use it after defeating Zarich if you don�t Rune out. The right switch opens the door to the final part of the maze, where you must complete four Word Puzzles. The answers to those are as follows:

1) Vampire
2) Werewolf
3) Ghost
4) Leyrvo

Aright! Just a bit more of exploring, and you will find the daeva that took you so much time and effort to reach � Zarich, whose attack is almost totally magical. Have Lars cast while Rhen and Elini just do the worst damage they can with their most powerful spells. Lars can cure whenever necessary. After a while Zarich will fall�


- Saving the Druid -


Now that you�ve defeated Zarich, you can collect the Soul Orb (just press spacebar while facing, and standing adjacent to it), and take it back to Rashnu in the Darkness Temple, through the eastern door of the Cathedral entrance area. He will thank you, and join your party as a guest. Once you take him back to Aveyond, you can choose a gift from his treasury. You get to choose between a bag of silver coins and sun block. � Wait. Sun block � Sun block?? Now, didn�t a really charming vampress just ask for that so she could venture out of the dead city of Ghed�ahre?