Spectrum 48K/128K+2 THE MINES OF LITHIAD -------------------- Cavilan was upset! No she was more than that, she was livid! Everybody ducked as a two-foot long flame issued from her mouth and turned a nearby table into glowing embers! Cavilan, you see, was a dragon !!! A very big dragon and the sole survivor of the 'great war' that was started by the 'Master', who for his own evil designs had decided to wipe out the entire dragon population. This was very hard to figure out, as the dragons had served the nation well for many, many years. Fortunately for Cavilan she had gone to her cave when the slaughter started, in order to lay her egg and had avoided being put to the sword. When the 'Master' learnt of this he set out at once, with an elite band of Orcs, to complete the job. However when he reached Silvertooth Mountain and located the cave, Cavilan was nowhere to be seen as she was out hunting for food. Incensed and frustrated, the first thought of the 'Master' was to destroy the egg, but after a moment or two of reflection, he decided to take the egg back with him in the hope that Cavilan would follow. Cavilan was beside herself with worry when she returned to find her egg had gone and the marks of Orcs all over her cave. She knew that she would not be able to gain access to the many twisting passageways and tunnels that lay between her and her egg, so she called a meeting of the 'dragon-riders' (both past and present). Glancing around the company her eyes settled on ....... YOU! "Wait for me at my cave on the Silvertooth Mountain and I will take you down to 'Kalem Wood', that is as close as I can go without alerting the 'Master'. I have one or two things to do, so I will see you later!" and with a single beat of her huge wings she was soon airborne and out of sight. "Why me?"... that thought kept repeating itself in your head. I have never gone up against Orcs single-handed before! The rest of the 'dragon-riders' would do better then me." The other 'dragon-riders' seemed envious of this as you left the gathering and headed for the cave on Silvertooth Mountain ...... a meeting with Cavilan weighing heavily on your mind. NOTES ----- The game will end when you meet Cavilan and you are either carrying her egg or the egg is in a container that you have with you. Use RAMLOAD (RL) and RAMSAVE (RS) to store a game position to MEMORY. Useful abbreviations are ... LE (Leave), EN (Enter) SC (Score), Z (Wait). To use containers just PUT OBJECT IN CONTAINER or GET OBJECT FROM CONTAINER, but you cannot use the commands PUT ALL or GET ALL with containers. Zenobi Software Adventures