The Dark Tower

In the small store-room of the monastery stood a large oak chest, adorned with bands of copper and held together with tiny brass bands nailed in place with small iron nails. Inside this chest lay a green-leather book, its pages yellow with age and as brittle as a leaf on a cold autumn morn. On these pages, in dark blue ink, had been scrolled the annals of the "Age of Shadows" and of the fate that befell the monastery of Draghag at the hands of marauding orcs.

The book told of a time when there was a bitter struggle between humans and orcs, of a time when the "Dark Lord" was slain and the orcs put to flight. It also told how many of the orcs split into small bands and spent their time roaming the countryside intent on pillaging and looting. One such band had attacked the monastery and stolen, amongst other religious artifacts, the legendary "Golden Chalice". They had then retired to the safety of the "Dark Tower", a secure citadel situated somewhere beyond the Shadow Mountain. They also took with them the leader of the unicorn herd and after subjecting the poor creature to barbaric treatment, turned it loose in the forest.

One day the abbot sent for you and informed you that even though you were but a mere novice it had befallen you, as the youngest and the bravest, to seek out the orcs and their infamous "Dark Tower" and to recover the the stolen items. You were also instructed to find the unicorn, as that would be your only means of returning to the monastery.

The abbot and several of the monks accompanied you as far as the edge of the forest, but when an orc archer was spotted amidst the trees they all turned tail and left you to your own resources.

You wandered around aimlessly for a spell, then suddenly spy a wisp of smoke rising lazily over the treetops. Striding northwards, you head in the direction of the smoke...

Notes

In order to put an item into a container simply input PUT HORN INTO BARREL or PUT APPLE INTO BAG. You can also PUT ALL INTO BARREL or GET ALL OUT OF BARREL. That is provided that you can find the barrel and something to put into it. Use RAMSAVE (RS) and RAMLOAD (RL) to store a position to MEMORY, but always use the standard SAVE and LOAD to store a more permanent record to TAPE. It is also possible to use the following commands - STUFF, PUSH, TURN, SPIN, PADDLE, POINT, STRIKE, RUB, MOVE, READ, EXAMINE, SEARCH, CLIMB, OUT and even to GET ALL EXCEPT followed by the name of the item you do NOT wish to pick up.

Hints

Nests serve more purposes than just keeping eggs warm - sacks can prove very useful for disguising things - a mantelpiece is a good place to store things.

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