Wrath of the Gods Page #3

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I found you. And these gems might come in

handy.

The ring and the gems go into your inventory with the

sound of a “ping.”

CHIRON:

Now it’s time for you to make your way in the

world. Venture forth, find your true parents, and

prove yourself.

(gestures)

This is the hero’s path.

CROSSROADS WITH RUINS OF CLASSICAL STRUCTURES.

In the first scene that you enter as you set out on the hero’s

path, you come upon the partially tumbled remains of

some impressive architecture. Although this scene evokes

the glorious spirit of ancient Greece, there were actually no

ruined monuments during the Mycenaean (my-seh-NEE-an)

Age, the probable time setting of the Greek myths.

Ruins

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Shepherd

CLEARING WITH SHEPHERD AND BOULDER

You cross a meadow to find a huge boulder in its midst.

There’s also a Shepherd and some Sheep. If you click on the

Sheep they react, and after the snake in the Shrine scene (next

page) has cleaned your ears, they talk to you:

SHEEP:

Baah! Here’s b-a-a-a-d news. You can talk to the

Shepherd.

If you do so:

SHEPHERD:

What’re you supposed to be? One of them

apprentice heroes?

Clicking on the boulder walks you over to it. Clicking on it

again triggers an animation of you failing to lift it.

SHEPHERD:

Whoa! You’re stronger than you look, but

strength ain’t everythin’.

You notice a branch in the foreground. You pick it up and it

“pings” into your inventory. You select it out of inventory

and click it on the boulder. This triggers an animation of

you prying at the boulder. The branch breaks. The stronger

branch from the Arrest scene (page 17) moves the boulder

around a little, but you still can’t lift it.

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SHEPHERD:

That don’t seem to be getting you nowhere.

If you consult the Info for a free hint, you will learn that it

was by lifting a boulder that Theseus (THEE-see-us), grandson

of the king of Troezen (TREE-zun), first proved himself a hero.

If you read on, you’ll find that Theseus might have lacked

the physical strength for such a feat and used the principle of

leverage instead. But if you didn’t pick up the small stone in

the Avalanche scene (page 20) you’re out of luck for now.

If you have the small stone in your inventory, you click

it on the boulder, which puts it in position to work with

the branch as a fulcrum. Use the strong branch from your

inventory to lever up the stone. Underneath it you find a

sword and a pair of sandals—the very items that Theseus

found beneath his boulder. They had been left there by his

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