VENOM Written by Clive Wilson (Softel) Walk Through by Dorothy Millard (C64 Version) (Start on an east/west road), EXAMINE RAIL (see thong), GET THONG, W, EXAMINE BUSH (see berries), GET BERRIES, W (by monastery), MOUNT (you dismount from the horse), TALK TO HARG DROP SWORD, GET SWORD, TALK TO HARG WEST, W (inside monastery), TALK TO HARG GET HERBAL ORB (he takes it and seems mesmerised), TALK TO HARG GIVE VARIOL HERBAL ORB (as he does he dies and Variol reaches for the orb& it fills with light and floats above your head), E, MOUNT (you mount the horse). E, E, E, E (copse of trees), MOUNT (you dismount from the horse), EXAMINE MARKS (they are footprints), EXAMINE BUSHES (find a log), MOVE LOG (discover a hole), CLIMB HOLE (into a cave), EXAMINE BERIS (he gives you a parchment then dies), GET PARCHMENT, MOVE BODY (see a wineskin), GET WINESKIN (note the next four moves must be undertaken without delay or deviation, otherwise you will be killed instead of the horse), CLIMB CAVE (back to copse of trees), MOUNT (you mount the horse), E, E (by river where your horse provides a shield for you but is killed by arrows). W, S, E, S (before palace), S, W (council room), GIVE RAGAR PARCHMENT (he returns the parchment and gives you a token and says to take it to Tirlan so that you can see Arrel), MOVE TAPESTRY (see a door but you can't open it yet), E, S, W (to room of Tirlan), GIVE TIRLAN PARCHMENT (he takes the token and pins it on you& he says to meet him outside Arrel's room), E, S, W, W (as you enter Tirlan touches Arrel with the staff& he awakens and tries to get free from his straps), TALK TO HERBAL ORB EXAMINE ARREL (the orb sucks an arrowhead from Arrel's wound), GET ARROWHEAD (you are ushered out). E, N, N, N, N (to westerly shore), W, W, W, W, W, W (monastery), GIVE VARIOL ARROWHEAD, GET AMNESS POWDER, E, E, E, N (into inn), GET FOOD, TALK TO PERSIS (you are captured and taken to the tap room), EXAMINE BARRELS (see a loose hoop), EXAMINE MILKWORT BERRIES IN BARREL (keep taking your inventory until the innkeeper has gone in and out a couple of times with a flagon, then when he next enters), FIGHT INNKEEPER (the drug makes him easy to overcome& Persis comes in and is overcome by the drugged drink), EXAMINE INNKEEPER (you see the parchment), GET PARCHMENT, EXAMINE PERSIS (you see the cowl of venom), GET COWL OF VENOM, MOVE BARRELS (see a trapdoor), OPEN TRAPDOOR, CLIMB TRAPDOOR (see the Statue of Venom with Fangs  if you move either the statue or fangs you are dead  if you pt thong on fangs you find another trapdoor and can climb trapdoor, but you can't get back up and get killed by priests), CLIMB DOOR (back to taproom). E, S, E, E, E, S (before palace), GIVE BASHKA GOLD (he wants more), GIVE BASHKA GOLD (you can now pass), S, S, W (to room of Tirlan), USE AMNESS POWDER (Tirlan's eyes glass over as you throw the powder of forgetfulness at him  note you have a limited time to persuade Tirlan to part with his cloak, staff and key, so don't hang around), GIVE TIRLAN PARCHMENT (he arranges to meet you outside Arrel's room), E, S, W, W (bare small chamber), TALK TO TIRLAN DROP STAFF, TALK TO TIRLAN DROP CLOAK, TALK TO TIRLAN DROP KEY, FIGHT TIRLAN (he's dead), GET CLOAK, GET KEY, GET STAFF, LOCK DOOR, TIE ARREL (you untie him), GIVE ARREL CLOAK, GIVE ARREL STAFF, TALK TO ARREL WEAR CLOAK, LOCK DOOR (you unlock the door, Arrel goes out and is mistaken for Tirlan). E, E, N, N, W (to council room), WEAR COWL OF VENOM, OPEN DOOR, TALK TO ARREL WEST, W (into Ragar's private chambers), EXAMINE STATUE (see a lever), MOVE LEVER (you are injected with the Venom of Awareness& a circlet appears at the base of the statue), USE COWL OF VENOM (the poison has been counteracted), GET CIRCLET (a mist clouds your eyes), GIVE ARREL CIRCLET, TALK TO ARREL WEAR CIRCUIT, TALK TO ARREL EXAMINE WALL (through Arrel's eyes you see within the wall a circle of serpents with a hand in the middle), TALK TO ARREL MOVE HAND (you see a chamber beyond), W. CONGRATULATIONS Arrel is now cured and the land is free of the evil of Traklan the Tyrant.