Walkthrough by Doug Bradley
October 2000

Introduction

The story, briefly: You are Wales (pronounced Wells), a scientist inventing a
time machine. You manage to get it working, and it transports you 800,000 years
into the future, when it disappears. You need to find it and repair it in order
to return home. The people here do not die, they become older or younger at the
whim of Khronos, who controls everything. You must learn your way around this
strange environment, and overcome fierce opponents who have no use for
strangers.

Take some time to get used to walking and navigating. You can press the
up-arrow continuously, and at the same time, control your direction with the
right and left arrows without stopping. It is a bit unnerving at first,
watching the overhead view, and confusing when Wales is walking toward you,
because the left and right arrows rotate the walker relative to his point of
view, not yours. Think of the hero rotating or turning left or right, not
necessarily going left or right on the screen.  It is VERY IMPORTANT to become
good at moving around early in the game, when no one is attacking you.

The spacebar is the main action key and is used to accomplish things such as
open doors, pick up objects you find, use them, and to start conversations with
people. To open a door, walk right up to it, face it, and press <space>. To
talk to a character, stand close to them and press <space>.

The spacebar also uses inventory items. An example would be using the oilcan to
fix the rusty grate. You retrieve the item from inventory (press the <I> key to
open inventory, find the object, <enter> to select it, <esc> to return to the
game), face the grate, and press <space> to actually use the object. If you are
using an item on yourself, you can be facing any direction.

Throughout the game you will acquire a few weapons and several magic spells.
The main object of this game is to discover which combination of weapons and
spells help you to survive most efficiently. If you find the most appropriate
means of offense or defense, it is possible to come through most situations
uninjured, or nearly so.

Episode One: Grave New World
Episode Two: In the Monastery
Chapter Three: Much work to do.
Episode Four: Get out of Jail
Episode Five: In the Rebel Camp
Episode Six: Watch your step!
Episode Seven: Home again
Episode Eight: Ready for Battle
Episode Nine: In the Mines
Episode Ten: Watch your Back
Episode Eleven: The Final Conflict

Episode One: Grave New World

At the end of the opening movie you wind up stranded in a city 800,000 years in
the future. Pick up the Nautilus (hold down the spacebar to pick things up;
they go into your inventory automatically.) On the lower left of the screen
appears a Nautilus shell with two areas: the outer white segments represent
your "Jad Garrul", or the amount of raw energy you have. Each time you cast a
spell or save a game, you spend some of your Jad Garrul. This is unfortunate,
because it compels you to not save as often as you would like. Don't be too
stingy, though. It's vital to save. The inner, green area is your "Sand." This
represents your health, and you lose it by being attacked. Keep an eye on this
area when you are under attack. First it shrinks, then it turns yellow
(warning) and shrinks again, then turns red (Imminent death) and shrinks
rapidly. When it's gone, you die, and you must restart a saved game. I suggest
hitting <esc> before you are really dead, and you can get to the menu much more
quickly.

Go around to the left, talk to the boy. Always exhaust all dialog with all
characters who will talk to you. You may find an old man in this area who will
speak with you. He has a backache and wants you to help.

Go through the alley to the right into Hourglass City. Explore and talk to
whomever you meet. The only one who will speak to you is the gardener. Everyone
else is too busy to talk, and they tell you to go see the priests.

The city is semi-circular, with a giant hourglass at the center, surrounded by
exits which are mostly locked at the beginning. The area is Hourglass Square.
Look all around. When you go toward the exit that is two doors to the left from
the entrance, an Event (a Time Wave) occurs that changes you into a child.

Go into Temple Square, around the temple to the far side and enter the temple.
Talk to the priest inside. Go into the sphere and talk with the Lemur.  Touch
all three crystals to learn spells. The second Nautilus lets you practice
without cost while you are inside the sphere. Approach the Lemur and choose a
spell. He will teach you about it. Do it with each spell, and do it again until
you are sure he has nothing new to say.

Learn how to set up the hotkeys. The numerals above the keyboard 1 through 9
can be hotkeys assigned to either an object or a spell. They can be reassigned
at any time. The numeral 0 puts away the object you are carrying. You need to
understand how to get to the spells and weapons, and how to use them, sometimes
in a hurry. If you are not proficient, and need to repeat a spell in real life,
it costs you energy points each time you cast one.

You should also memorize the layout of the interior of the sphere; you will
enter several more of them, and they are all laid out the same. Sometimes you
will be in quite a hurry. Explore beyond the third prism to find the middle
area with the bridge, look for a small cul-de-sac opposite the crystal
formation beyond the bridge, and look into the farthest chamber, where the
golden stalactites are. There is nothing to do in this first sphere, but you
will need to navigate quickly in future ones.

Talk to the Lemur again on your way out. Go outside the sphere, talk to the
priest again, and exit the temple. Go left (remember it looks like you are
going right on the screen) and find the second altar that is in the shadows; go
around to the left end of it and pick up the wrist Jadgar. This is your
"ray-gun." To use it, you must be holding it in your hand. That is, go to the
inventory screen, highlight the object, and press Enter. Recommended: highlight
the Jadgar, and press a numeral (1 for example) to assign a hotkey to it. With
a hotkey, you can access the Jadgar immediately by pressing <1>. To shoot it,
press <ctrl>. Be sure you are facing the character you want to shoot at..

Then go talk to the grumpy old woman at the booth. You need to steal the object
behind the counter. Cast the invisibility spell on yourself, and go pick up the
Vissahid Ointment. Go around the temple to the other altar that you can see
close-up. Around to the left end of it is a bowl that you can take.

Optional: you can go down the alley past the merchant, and visit with the
guards near the city gates.

On the way back to the U-shaped street where the boy was, find the gardener and
talk to him He will give you some sand herbs. Talk to the old man with the
backache. Trade him the ointment for the compass. If you have the sand herbs,
you can trade them to the old merchant for an Hourglass of Ashes. (The old
woman will give you herbs for the hourglass, but you should keep the hourglass,
it is much more valuable.) If you have the bowl, you can trade for a knife. If
not, you will find a knife later, when you need it.

Go to the city gates  (beyond the old woman's booth) and you see an automatic
sequence with the guard zapping a child. If you visited here earlier, you could
talk to two guards. The guard then decides to attack you. You need to activate
magic abilities. If you become invisible you can approach the guard. The closer
you are, the more effectively you fight. You can either sock him with the
de-harmonizing spell, which costs you Jad Garrul, or select your Wrist Jadgar
and shoot. He's not armored, two good shots will do it. You can approach the
Tripodon and touch it for a ride to the monastery.

Episode Two: In the Monastery

The Tripodon carries you across the Deadly Desert to the top of a chasm.
Descend, walk up to the sign and read it (spacebar), listening to the six
sounds. You see an inscription and above it, six icons. The pictures represent
the sounds you hear cycling, only once through. To hear them again, step back
and read the sign again. I found it helpful to go to the game options and turn
the music volume way down, and the sound effects volume up a little. Otherwise,
they are easy to confuse, because sometimes the musical sounds resemble the
effects. The sounds are Nautilus (wave of time), Gong (from the big hourglass),
Temple (escaping steam), Mine Entrance (machinery), Organ, and Nautilus again.
The idea behind crossing the bridge-maze is to step on the proper sequence of
transporters.  If you are exploring, you have the option of walking down
another staircase, taking you to the mine entrance. There is nothing to do down
here, but it's worth the walk because you get a better view of the Web of Time
(bridge-maze).

The first platform you come to is the Nautilus. Carefully step off the platform
onto the wooden  area, one step at a time, and listen. You are looking for the
Gong sound. When you hear it, you are going the right way. Walk ahead and be
transported to the "Gong" platform. Don't hurry, you'll misstep.

Each time you arrive at a new platform you need to gingerly test the exits to
find the right one. You must do it by ear. I cannot give you directions,
because the sequence is randomized each time you restart! If you can't hear the
sounds, or tell them apart, enlist the help of someone who can. Remember, you
started on Wave. The order from there is Gong, Steam, Mine, Organ, and Wave.

[A word about the randomization. Apparently, several of the game's variables
are adjusted at random when you begin a new game. Inside the next area, the
Monastery, you should find it easy-going. There is a guard on the first floor
who will talk with you, and a Chronomancer near a big clock who is relatively
friendly. If either of these characters attacks you without provocation, the
aggressiveness of your attackers will be more than you can handle. I suggest
quitting and beginning a new game. You can get through Episode one fairly
rapidly, now that you are familiar, and the only real pain is crossing the Web
of Time again.]

IMPORTANT:
Cast the warp (invisible) spell on yourself BEFORE you take the last step (to
Wave) and get your nautilus out of inventory and into your hand. When you
arrive at the Monastery, there is someone standing there. If he can see you, he
will shoot, if you are invisible, he won't. He is an illusion, but his weapon
inflicts real injury so don't just stand there. Just walk forward briskly and
USE the Nautilus on him. He will disappear.

Go right in, and look around. Like the Spheres, it is a lot bigger inside than
outside.  Read the informative panels on the wall.  You will find three
stairway-exits. One is guarded, another takes you up to a catwalk, and the
first one you want to enter takes you into a factory-like chamber called the
Salt Processing Room. To find it, start at the main entrance and walk to your
right (looks like left, right?) Take the first stairway you come to. Go in
there, turn left, right and right, and go up stairs to some worktables. Take
the oil can. Go back down the stairs; do not touch the copper machine up there;
you'll get an electric shock. Go back down the steps and talk to the
Chronomancer Woman. She is a slave and does not have much to say. You can talk
with the Chronomancer Monk (in green).  If you show him inventory objects he
will teach you about them. Do not attack him now. You could deharmonize him,
but that identifies you as being 'smarter' than you are expected to be, and
will set up problems to come. Pick up the salt crystal from the table at the
foot of the stairs.  You can use it on yourself to regain Jad Garrul if you
need to. And use the "Ointment" spell to recover your sand before you regain
your Jad Garrul.

If you poke around near the door, there is a small passageway you can fit
through, but an adult cannot. Try it, but you can't get out the other end. Go
back out to the main chamber, down the steps and turn right.  Go back past the
main entrance until you come another stairway, (not the one with the guards,)
and enter. Go across the catwalk and into the area on the left. Do not talk to
the monk and do not depress the lever yet. If the monk attacks you for no
reason, you might survive by using your Wrist Jadgar, but it's not easy. Go
left, behind the stairway and examine the duct grate near the floor. It needs
oiling. If you go in, you find that this is the other end of the passage in the
Salt Room. You don't need to go in now, but oil it so  you escape through here
later.

The Cylinder of Knowledge is here. You can examine it to learn some history. To
the right of the entrance to this area is a table containing a sand sphere.
Pick it up and use it if your sand (green spiral) is low. It will restore your
sand points. Save it for later if your sand level is okay now. Don't forget you
can cast the Hourglass spell on yourself to do the same thing, using a little
Jad Garrul in the process. Go back through the center area and into the sphere
area. Look left and find a charged (green) hourglass on the table. It can
increase your Jad Garrul, or it can be traded for a spell.

Go back to the center area and pull the lever just to the left of the catwalk
you came in on. This starts up the clockwork. If you pulled it already, the
monk talked with you, and you don't need to do it again, just don't go into the
sphere until you have done these other things.  The other uncharged hourglass
can be charged now, that you have turned on the chronomantic clocks. "Use" the
hourglass on the clocks and it becomes activated. If you show the uncharged
hourglass to the Monk he will tell you to use the clocks. You have two charged
hourglasses. If your strength resources are very low, you can use on hourglass
on yourself. If you are still "in the green," you could wait. You will need to
survive a couple of fights. The hourglasses will please the Lemur in the
crystal. He trades spells for them.

Do Not touch the blue crystal near the sphere entrance. It unlocks the sphere
and lets the ghost out. You haven't befriended him yet, and he will zap you. Go
into the sphere and talk with the  Lemur. There are three crystals to find, but
the first one you come to won't stand still. It jumps away when you try to
touch it. Wander far back into the cave to find the other two. Use the spells
on the Lemur to learn about them. It is important to know what works and what
doesn't against various opponents. Cast the Stop Time Spell on the first prism
to make it available.

Offer an hourglass to the Lemur. He will offer you a spell in exchange… Select
the spell Eye of Jad Garrul. This spell will be required soon. If you wish, you
can trade another hourglass for a spell; either the Grip of Khronos or Sand to
Ashes would be a good choice. Or you can keep the hourglass for your own use.
Your choice.

SAVE YOUR GAME BEFORE YOU EXIT THE SPHERE. Chances are, you will need to
practice the next scenario a few times.

When you go out, converse with the monk, after which there is an automatic
sequence with Tetradon. He will try to kill you. Step towards the Chronomantic
Lock, the glowing crystal in the pole. Touch it to open the sphere and release
the Lemur. The Lemur will fight Tetradon, distracting him long enough for you
to escape through the duct to the salt processing room. There is a good lesson
here: you can't defeat Tetradon, it's good to get others to fight him.

If Tetradon attacked you enough to deplete your strength, you might consider
repeating the scene until you come through it with most of your resources left.
You will need to fight the monk in the salt room. I would help to save again
before stepping into the duct. Be ready to deharmonize the monk quickly. You
could have attacked the monk earlier, but it is much easier when you can
paralyze him with the stop-time spell.

Go up the steps, turn the wheel, and turn around and jump into the mine car
before it leaves without you. If you miss it, another one will come. You will
descend to the chasm. On the way down, another Time Wave turns you into an old
man.

Chapter Three: Much work to do.

Notice that your strength is automatically replenished. Find the stairs and go
up, ride the Tripodon back to the city. Talk to the Farmer, who will take care
of the Tripodon for you. Speak with him again until he offers to take you to
the city. If you try to go alone, you won't survive.

Go into Temple square. If you don't have a knife from chapter one, do this
first: Go to Hourglass square and exit into the U-shaped street you started on.
Talk to the gardener on the way through. Be careful, there are two new exits
open from Hourglass square that take you back into Temple Square. These streets
were blocked before. Talk to the boy to learn he threw out a little girl's doll
by mistake. You will be retrieving it for her. To the left of where you talked
to the boy you can enter an alley and find Hamiata's house. Look around. Talk
to her and pick up the knife. Examine the Chest. It is locked. Now make your
way back to the new street that goes to Temple Square. It's an L-shaped road
called crossover 1, and at the corner you will find some crates and a cactus.
Use your knife to cut some honey-cactus.

How to Use Crates: You will have several scenes throughout the game where you
need to use the wooden crates to accomplish your purpose. To move a crate, walk
up close to it and hold the spacebar. This makes you grab onto the crate. Then
you can push it with the up arrow, or pull it with the down arrow, holding the
space during the process. You can usually pull or push a crate from any side
you can get to. Most of the time, after moving a crate you will want to climb
on it. To climb, walk up close to it and tap the spacebar once quickly.

You need to rearrange the crates in order to climb over the wall. Climb up on
the big crate furthest to the left. Pull the large crate that is on your right.
Get down and climb back up on the other side of this crate. Push it completely
to the left. Get down and pull out the little crate in the middle. Don't pull
it too far. Push this crate against the wall so as to extend the crate that is
on the other side. Step in between the big and small crates to climb over the
wall. You will find a Tripodon pen. The doll is in there, on the ground. The
Tripodon won't let you take it because he is hungry.  Put some cactus heart in
his trough and he is content. Take the doll, and return it to the little girl
who lives in the house with the open door. The door is hard to see, but don't
wander far, she lives in the same alley where the crates are. Talk to her, give
her the doll, and she gives you an Effahid Flute in return.  Pick up the Sand
Herbs on the window sill. Pick up the uncharged hourglass on the other window
sill.

Head to Temple Square. The priest is busy hiking around in circles like he's
got nowhere to go and nothin' to do when he gets there. Stop him and talk. Also
go to the merchant woman and talk. She has lost her sandscraper (one of those
little jumpy animals) and implores you to find her some new sandscrapers. If
you catch seven or more, she will reward you with a tuning fork. This quest is
optional.

There is also a pushy kid in Hourglass Square who wants you to gamble on a game
of "Rainy Nautilus" It's a sort of beanbag toss, played in the Crossover
street. You can win some sand herbs, or a charged hourglass. This quest is
optional.

There is a chisel in Hourglass Square that can be used to rectify the stone
plate inscriptions. The Adhamid will sculpt, and give a Black Salt Gem. This
quest is optional.

Talk to the man in the dead-end alley in Crossroad 2. He tells you need to find
the Hierarch's seal. It's in the lockbox at Hamiata's house.

You need to find some Merthweed leaves. Hamiata likes her tea, but she doesn't
quite have the ingredients or the knowhow.  (Must be the Joy of Cooking is out
of print). Go to Hourglass Square, almost all the way to the left, and find a
bucket containing the fresh leaves. While you are right there, exit into the
crossroad and find the old woman at the pump. Talk to her about her bad back.
The pump isn't working correctly and she has to carry heavy buckets. You need
to repair the pump. Activate the lever to the lower position. You can hear the
machinery working now. Then go around the left side of the machine and turn the
wheel (space-left arrow). You don't need to hold the control down, he knows how
far to turn it. Then go around front again and climb upon the right-hand crate.
Find the adjustable spanner (called a pipe wrench in the US) and use it on the
leaking pipe. Go turn the wheel to the left again. Back around front, go behind
the left-hand crate and pull it to the left. Then go around the other side of
it, in between the two crates and push the left crate further left. Now you can
get to the new leaking pipe and fix it. Talk to the woman again. Her back isn't
any better, but she is grateful enough to give you one of the two keys you need
to unlock the box in Hamiata's house.

To get the other key: you need to dry the leaves and find another piece of
cactus. The cactus is in the same crossroad you are in, and the place to dry
the leaves is in Prison square. You probably haven't been there yet. To find
it, go back to the U-shape road you first came in on and look for a new open
door. Near the entrance to Prison square is a large metal plate with nuts
drying on it. Place the leaves on the tray and wait. You can hear them
sizzling. They are done when the noise stops. Don't look around too much yet,
the guards will be impatient (read: zap) with you. Now you can go to Hamiata
and make her some cactus-merthweed tea. She gives you the second key. Open the
chest and take the Hierarch's Seal.

Go back to Prison Square, and make your way around the perimeter until you are
beneath the stairs where the guards are standing. You will overhear their
conversation. When they finish, free the prisoner by going up on the platform,
lower the small right-hand lever, then lower the three larger levers at the
right end of the platform. They need to be pulled down twice. Then turn the
wheel to the left (space; left arrow). Hurry. When the guard says he will
"freshen up" he will come to the fountain for a drink, see you, and . . . Zap!
You can avoid getting zapped, but you must make yourself invisible two or three
times, costing you Jad Garrul, but that's life. You can shoot the guard if you
want to, or just avoid him.

Go to the second crossroad and ring the bell by the red door. The guard wants
to see your seal. Show him and go in. Look around. There is a table with a sand
globe and black salt gem for you to take. If you have an uncharged hourglass,
you can charge it at the clock. Talk to Vel Subek. He won't speak to you until
you show him your Nautilus. Read the high-up scrolls by pulling the library
steps. Ow! They squeak. They need to be oiled.

Be sure to talk to Vel Subek until he wishes you well and has no more to say.
Enter the Sphere to learn two new spells (Voyage of the Arch and Veil of the
Nautilus). Since the Lemur wants to keep the Voyage of the Arch spell, he hides
the real prism among three fake ones. If you touch one of these fake prisms,
you will lose points. So, cast an Eye of Jad Garrul spell and you will see the
fake prisms disappear. If you touch a fake prism, you will lose Sand and Jad
Garrul points (they will be deducted from your highest scores).

Exit the sphere and leave the Sanctuary, an automatic scene unfolds, where you
are arrested.

Episode Four: Get out of Jail

You are in prison with Ashamira. Speak to her until a Time Wave occurs and you
are both changed into children. The guard has stepped away for a moment and
dropped his key by the door. You have very little time. Pick up the key, unlock
the door and exit to the right. Go into the cell two doors down by unlocking
it. Watch the guard return and go into your cell to search. To exit your new
cell you must put the key away (<zero>) or you will lock yourself in. Exit to
the left, walk promptly to your old cell, get out the key and lock the guard
inside. This scene is easier if you assign a hotkey to the key. An alternative
method is to knowingly lock yourself in the cell where you are hiding, then
unlock to exit. This way uses precious time, and is not very logical.

Go back past your hiding place, and through the door by the bell, into the next
cellblock. Go up to the first cell and unlock it. The child imprisoned there
turns out to be the man you freed from the torture machine. His memory needs to
be restored. Give him a salt crystal. He has a plan to help. He will distract
the guards for you. Talk to Ashamira. She wisely says we haven't much time. You
must wait until the guards "Inspect the Cells." Then exit, go to the guardroom
and pull the lever to close the gate. Now you really haven't much time. Suggest
you save immediately, the following scene is hard to survive until you have
practiced it a few times. Position yourself near Ashamira. Get the "Stop Time"
spell ready, and cast it on the woman when she enters. Immediately get the
Jadgar ready, and walk toward the woman, zapping her. If you are close enough,
twice should do it. Take stock of your life resources. If you don't have about
half of your Jad Garrul left, you can't make it through the next part. In that
case, go back to your saved game and get through this scene more efficiently.
There are four doors in the guardroom. Exit the door to the far right (not the
one the woman came through).

Get the "invisible" spell ready, and use it as soon as Ashamira exits. Push the
crate to the left far enough to clear the other crates, then push it through
the door. Near the end of the pushing process, you will be shielded by the
other crates or by the wall, and the guards stop shooting at you.  Once you
clear the door you are safe, for a while. You need to find a way out of the
enclosure.

Push the crate against the other nearby crates and climb all the way up to the
roof. Ashimira will follow you. Go jump on the lift platform. (That is, walk up
to it and tap space.) She will automatically hoist you up. Go across the roof
and jump across the gap to the other roof, and touch the plank. The plank is
now a bridge. Go back to the two crates and cut the rope. Bring the crate (you
can only move one of them) across the bridge and push it up against the
abutment at the far end, so you can climb onto the next roof. Touch the new
plank and it makes a bridge that is too short. Push the big crate onto the end
of the plank to secure it. Climb over the crate to the plank, jump to the
gatehouse, and turn the wheel. Ashamira rides up. Get on the lift; she lowers
you. Now go get the original crate you brought with you and put it on the lift.
She brings you and the crate up. Take the crate off the lift and turn the wheel
again, to lower the lift and bring up the weight. Put the crate on the
counterweight and you all escape.

Episode Five: In the Rebel Camp

Go find the Tripodon. He won't have anything to do with you because he is
thirsty. Fill your bucket with water and pour the water in the trough. Tripodon
is happy now, and will take you to the Rebel Camp. Talk to everyone. The
Tripodon-keeper will tell you things, and give you a nip of Ash-Fire (moonshine
in our time) when you show him some cactus. Dahjaroun, the man working at a
table is suspicious of you, but he feels better after you recharge his wrist
Jadgar. Talk to him more, and he gives you a Sounding-Stick. Go into the big
tent, and no wonder Ashamira said she could help you find the arch. It's in her
tent, that little vixen! Turns out she's in charge around here. Talk to her,
pick up the salt gems, fire up the arch, and step through.

Episode Six: Watch your step!

No, Toto, this doesn't quite look like Kansas; more like the Deadly Desert. You
need to cross this expanse. Use the Sounding Stick, and don't ever step past
the area cleared by the stick. When you come to a canyon with a gravel floor,
you can put away the stick. Go to the rock wall with a hole in it, and observe
the Lemur on the other side. You will need to crawl through the hole and deal
with the Lemur. Play your flute to calm him down.

Suggestion: The following scenes are difficult indeed. The first Lemur will be
charmed by the flute, but the second one, which you meet while trying to climb
the ledge, will attack you mercilessly, and you must kill him before he does
you in.  If you have not been using the hotkey feature yet, this is the time
for it. Put the flute on a hotkey, so you can get to it immediately. Put the
wrist Jadgar on a hotkey as well. Remember: to play the flute, hit the hotkey,
then the space. To fire the Wrist Jadgar, hit its hotkey, then the Ctrl. key.
You can also put spells on a hotkey, perhaps one to shield yourself, and one to
slow down the lemur. The invisible spell doesn't fool them, nor does the Stop
Time Spell have any effect. You've heard of Shake 'n Bake, or Surf 'n Turf,
right? Well, this is Flute 'n Shoot!

After you dispatch the nasty Lemur, you can climb over the next set of ledges.
Down to earth again, and look sharp! There is an object right there in the
path, but hard to see. The Shell of Time is good for restoring your Jad Garrul.
You have two paths to choose: straight ahead into the mountain is a Lemurs'
Lair. You can flute the first three, but don't dawdle. They will not only shoot
at you, they will cast a spell that drains you away. Watch out for a red glow
that looks like a funnel over your head. If that happens, escape to a saved
game. If you are really agile, and not too close to the Lemur throwing a spell
at you, you might be able do dodge (<alt>) left or right and not get hit. You
can also run (<shift>). You can use the counterspell that cancels out spells
put on you, but only if you survive long enough to use it.  I decided to kill
the first two. That way you don't have to deal with then on the way back out.
You will come to a chasm which is really an illusion. Fix the illusion with a
spell, and you can cross the bridge. Don't take too long, the Lemur over your
shoulder doesn't stay charmed forever. Past the chamber on the other side of
the bridge, there will be a cluster of crystals on the right side. Across from
the crystals, there is an alcove on the left which is difficult to see. Turn in
there, and pick up the Chronophore from the floor.

Go further and charm the last Lemur, the Old Woman of the Caverns. Charm her
again, go behind and steal the charged hourglass. Chances are, you will need to
use it on yourself just to survive the chapter. Charm her again, put the flute
away and talk. Note: be sure to continue the conversation (space) before she
finishes the first long speech. It helps to have the captions turned on. It
seems if you allow her to finish her speech, you are unable to restart the
conversation. Keep talking to her until she gives you the Spectral Body Spell.
Then she won't attack you when you leave. After you leave her, don't return or
she will have a change of heart and throw a deadly spell at you.  If you left
any Lemurs alive on the way in, the best technique is to run past them so
quickly they don't have time to do you harm.  Whew!

Go down the canyon, charming the Lemurs on the way. Hop from rock to rock,
playing the flute in between each hop. Go to the far right to pick up the
crystal flask. Be very careful to face the right way when jumping off this rock
and the next one. It is possible to fall into the chasm. You probably should
shoot the Lemur who attacks you. You can get past him by playing the flute
between each jump, but you need to be precise for each jump. It's hard to make
headway because you must be standing on exactly the right spot each time you
want to hop. If you have "been there and done that" enough times to memorize
the route, you can make it out of there solely on your charm.

Go to the end and climb down. Stay close to the wall, work your way around to
the right in between two pillars and find another Shell of Time. Pick it up and
watch the automatic sequence. If you get too close to the water before finding
the Shell, you can't get back to it.

Episode Seven: Home again

You are an adult again. Cast the Veil of the Nautilus Spell on yourself as soon
as possible. The mermaids' song will do you harm. Remember the Sirens of
mythology? Go the Mermaid in the center of the scene, show her the flask and
talk to her. She will agree to help you, and gives you the Conch of Khronos.
Take it and watch the automatic sequence. You blow a note on the Conch, causing
a wave. It affects the guards, and the rebels are unhurt. The conch turns to
sand, and it's time to go to work.

Episode Eight: Ready for Battle

Head for the temple. Suggestion: Save your game right before entering the
temple. You will have a tough battle in there, and will want to practice your
strategy. Avoid the battles on the way through town.  Enter the temple, and
vaporize the Chronomancer as soon as possible. You will need to use the
Chronophore on him. If you couldn't find the one in the Lemurs' cave, there is
one on the far side of the big altar in the temple. Cast Warp on yourself to
become invisible, so you can get to the Chronophore. He is tough to beat. One
way is to stay invisible until you can get right up close to him, and cast the
Stop Time spell. Then shoot. It is more effective to fire the Chronophore
slowly and deliberately, because each time you fire it, it discharges twice.
One thing to watch for, is when you enter the room, you can't see the
Chronomancer yet, but if you hear him cast a protective spell on himself
(sounds like drawing a sword) try again. You can't spell him if he's protected.
After the Chronomancer is toast, you can relax until you leave the temple. Talk
to the Effahid. He happens to be the deaf guard from the sanctuary. He will
give you the key to the red door, the same one where you needed the Seal
before.  Walk around to the far back of the room and try what looks like a back
door. Something strange here? Erase the illusion and get a charged hourglass
for your efforts. If you were exploring carefully back in Episode One, you
found this "strange" spot, but couldn't do anything about it. Or you might have
found it in Episode Three, when you had the 'Eye' spell.

Go to Vel Subek's Sanctuary. You will need to get by the guard at the red door.
The same technique (invisible, stop-time, shoot) works pretty well. Inside the
walls are two more Shekandars who have nothing better to do than shoot at you.
If you are invisible, and if you know the way, you can get past them into the
Sanctuary door unscathed. Vel Subek will talk to you and reveal something.
When he is done talking, explore. You can find sand crystals, salt globes, an
hourglass, and if you position the stairs correctly, a "Vapor Thrower" on top
of the bookcase.
Go to the city gates and see the machine. Don't step into it. Go back and see
Vel Subek. He created the machine and will help you to destroy it.

Go back and approach the machine. Use your adjustable spanner to open the
central panel of the machine. Pull out the middle cable, which releases
Ashamira. Go to the palace gates where you will find Ashamira engaged in battle
with the guards. She can't quite pull it off without your help. Make yourself
invisible, go up the steps and paralyze and shoot the guard who is not
fighting. Then do the same with the other one.

Enter the throne room by pulling the levers together. Ashamira shows you how.
The Heirarch is in there, and he is one tough dude. His only desire is to
eliminate you. It turns out the best way to get the better of him is the lesson
you learned before. Run away from him, lurking in the shadows for a while.
Ashamira will fight him while protecting herself.  She keeps the Heirarch
occupied while you can sneak up and use the Chronophore. Three or four good
shots should do it. When he vaporizes, you can relax for the time being. Pick
up the black salt gem on the table, if you didn't already get it while Ashamira
was doing your dirty work. Go into the sphere, where there is an unpleasant but
harmless Lemur. If you try to take the spells, he transports you out. Carry the
flask with you, and the Lemur is repelled. Two good spells: The Mermaids' Song
to cause your opponent to be insane, (works on Lemurs) and the Chronomantic
Armor to cancel spells cast by your opponent.

Now to find Ulmoreth: he is trapped behind the secret door. Examine the four
statues with hourglasses. You need to activate them in the correct order. If
there has been a clue to the proper sequence, I haven't recognized it. The
order is: woman, old man, child, Shekandar. The secret door will open. Go in
and talk to Ulmoreth, ultimately to exit and talk to Vel Subek. You will return
to the Mine-Monastery area.

Episode Nine: In the Mines

In The Mine:
The key lets you into the mine entrance. When you step forward, you see the
sequence with the Chronomancer woman and a worker, after which she attacks you
immediately. You must have a strategy in place. The new armor spell protects
you alright, but it only lasts two or three seconds, and costs a whopping two
and a half Jad Garrul points. The stop-time also delays her, but not for long.
It will be a fight. My best results were this method: Save immediately inside
the door, before you take a step forward. Have the Armor spell ready to cast
the second the movie ends (or if you escape it). It only lasts long enough to
approach her. Use the Stop-Time as soon as you can, followed by the
De-Harmonize Spell. Then shoot with the Chronophore. If you time everything
optimally, you will only lose the Jad Garrul necessary for the spells, and keep
all your sand. It's worth practicing this fight, because your resources are
precious.

Don't go look at the robot (you can see it in the movie, so you know where not
to go.) Go to the controls, and the furthest one straight ahead gives you
control of the robot. It is standing on the bridge and must be moved back. The
control nearest the entrance controls the bridge.  The middle one, which the
woman turned off, is the power to the mine cars and lifts. We need to destroy
the robot, so do this: back up the robot so it is not standing on the bridge.
Retract the bridge. Move the robot forward until it falls over the bridge into
the mine. Turn the power back on Put the bridge back and cross it, looking
around to the left until you find the lift. Take it downstairs, find the
smashed robot, examine it and retrieve the Disrupter. Talk to Semireth. He
gives you a clue how to get to the Monastery.

Take the lift up to the third level, with the disrupter ready. Use it
immediately on the robot so it doesn't attack. Go across to the controls, put
the robot on the lift, and take it back to the second floor. Now exit the lift
to your right, find the gap in the guard rail, and wait for a conveyor. Hop on,
and ride to the third floor. (Don't forget to turn toward the floor) Jump off,
control the robot to push the mine car.

Call the lift with the red button and take it to the bottom floor. Take a
conveyor to the second floor and jump into the mine car. (Don't forget to turn
toward the car.)

In The Monastery:
You will ride to the salt processing room. Go around the stairs to the control
station. Zap the warrior before he gets to you. Play with the control stations.
The one straight in from the door only arouses your curiosity. The one to your
left is a surveillance station, and gives you more views than you have had
before. Be sure to watch carefully when Tetradon controls the robot. The one to
your back is the control for the transporter maze. Activate it to repair the
Web of Time. If you have observed the maze carefully, you found that it is
constructed in the shape of a nautilus. The maze is rebuilt, and Ashamira and
the Rebels cross the maze. A Time Wave occurs and you are old.

You can pick up another Salt Gem before you leave the processing room. Go back
to the Chronomancer's room, and walk into one of the transporter beams. You are
challenged to a duel where all your weapons are deactivated, and you must use
only spells to fight. You should get the first shot. Stop-time him ASAP, put on
your armor, and deharmonize him. It is possible to survive with your powers
intact.

After this battle, go up the stairs into the control pulpit and take control of
the robot. Deharmonize the guards if you can, and fight the other robot. Both
robots blow up.

Go to the organ room, where the guards used to be. You enter, and see Tetradon
control a flying robot to entrap Ulmoreth. You step forward, and Tetradon traps
Ashamira. You must find the controls to the robot. Go straight ahead, through
the area where Tetradon's pulpit is, and run around the metal catwalk until you
find the entrance to the room where the Shekandar is apparently controlling the
robot. Deharmonize him. In each of the four corners there is a robot control.
You must get to each corner and activate the lever without getting hit by the
robot's ray. Creep along the walls. The sequence is unimportant. The robot is
finished, and Tetradon reappears. Armor yourself before he attacks you and go
to Ulmoreth's trap and turn the wheel to free him. (<space/left arrow>) When
you release Ulmoreth, Tetradon hides in a secret room and you will have to
figure out how to open the passage to the room. The key is playing notes on the
"organ" in the correct sequence.

Go to the circular area across from the robot control room.  The three levers
control the organ's functions. The keyboards are the big semicircles. Don't
worry, you don't need to play Amazing Grace here; just five notes in the right
order.  Do this: as you approach the organ area, the three control levers are
all up. Put the center one and the right one down. Then, let's call the right
semicircle A and the left one B. Go to the right half of A (closest to you) and
play the note once. Go to the left half of A and play the note once. Turn
around and go to the left half of the B side (again, closest to you) and play
the note twice. Then to the right half of B and play once. The door should
open. If you goof up, start over by cycling the control levers.

Inside the room is an arch, decorated with eleven pyramid-shaped holes. Around
the perimeter of the room are fourteen busts with pyramids above. Therefore,
three must be traps. To place a pyramid in the arch, just go touch it. To avoid
being injured by the traps, protect yourself with the Spectral Body spell.
Activate the arch by going around the back side of it and casting the arch
spell. You are back on the beach.

Episode Ten: Watch your Back

Talk to the Mermaid. She gives you the Foam Key and some advice, and leaves
with Ulmoreth. Before you leave, be sure you have filled the flask with water.
The place to get it is on the far right, right at the edge of the water. Pick
up the Shell of Time.

Go through the pillars. You and Ashamira are in a cavern. Right behind you is
another Shell of Time. Explore the perimeter until you find a stone lever in
the wall, just to the left of the stairs. When you approach the stairs,
Tetradon appears, and Ashamira is cornered by a pair of Lemurs. Tetradon wants
that key. Give it to him. Unfortunately, he uses it in the wrong keyhole, and
joins the Sands of Time.

[A brief note about a glitch: If you repeat the above sequence more than two or
three times, the game may lock up. Tetradon won't respond when you try to give
him the key. If that happens, quit and restart. You may have to reboot.]

You need to operate the lever, closing one-quarter of the door to the Lemurs'
nest. You also need to survive. For safety, you can always run up the steps
into the pillars. They can't get to you there. It gives you time to prepare.
Don't take too long, new Lemurs keep appearing. From your safe place, you can
throw a Mermaid spell at a Lemur, confusing him. You can cast Spectral on
yourself, making it easier to get to the next lever. If they put you into slow
motion or cast the Grip of Khronos, you need the Counterspell handy. Put it on
a hotkey, so you can make it back to the pillars. There is a Shell of Time
behind the pillars. You must close all four levers.

If you wish, you can fight the Lemurs at any time. If you destroy them,
Ashamira can accompany you. If she goes with you, she will die in the next
episode anyway. So if you wish, you can just abandon her here. Your choice.

In the pillars, use the Nautilus to discover the correct keyhole. Retrieve the
Foam Key that Tetradon left in the wrong keyhole. Use it on the proper one and
be transported to the Sanctuary of Khronos.

Episode Eleven: The Final Conflict

There is a Shell of Time on the barrel. Examine the clock with the quartz hand.
Go up the platform to inspect the Chronoeider. Tetradon Logor Shar is back, in
the form of a Lemur. He is not in the best of moods. When he starts to attack
you, run back to the clock, and take the hand. (You cannot take it until the
fighting begins.) You automatically throw it at him, causing him to labor in
slow motion for a while. Attack Logar Shar and Deharmonize him. Be sure your
health is strong before you begin. You will need all your resources. The
Chronophore is the weapon of choice.

When Logor Shar evaporates, stand still and restore your well-being. When you
move back to the Chronoeider, Khronos himself appears. After a dialog, you are
invited to destroy Khronos in order to save the Universe. Khronos is easily
defeated, he has no power, but the Chronoeider tries to defend him. The fight
is easily won, and you return to your original world in the closing movie.  A
job well Done!