Nethergate Resurrection 7: Annihilating the Fomorians

Well it's been a busy couple of weeks, but at last I got back to the game. It was time for Goagh-Nar, time to annihilate the Fomorians.

This time I was ready. I'm at least twice as strong as I was the first time I attempted this dungeon, and I have all six of Sylak's magic keys, so I can open every possible chest, and the magic keys always hide very very nice items.

My difficulty was how to get the loot out of the castle. Apparently the portcullis does not open for the Celts, and there is no way to open it. That means we have to trek back and forth in the underground, finding the proper stairs to climb each time. It's doable, but only if you remember which way you got in at the very first. At last I remembered that I entered the underground throne room almost immediately, so by finding that each time I was able to find the way out. 

Entry to the Upper Fort. The portcullis does not open for Celts.

I saved a special game just to be sure that I didn't get trapped somewhere and have to do the whole thing again. I was able to defeat the sprites this time, but although I looked everywhere, I never found the special spear that does extra damage to Formorians. Actually, I didn't need it. I'm quite strong enough now to dispatch the giants. There is one huge Formorian that you meet in the hallway if you stay to slaughter everyone and loot the place. He took two heartshock spells and still didn't go down, but it was enough to weaken him into normal status. And from him I got the Shield of Khar! Wow! (actually it's a really good shield that increases melee damage and endurance. nifty.)

So I was able to do the slaughter-and-loot mission after all.

This is one of Jeff's humorous spots. The lower Formorians have adopted an aggressively peaceful, self-sacrificing lifestyle. The also speak with ridiculously flowery language. Nice comic relief.

The throne room for the lower Formorians.

After all this I checked my old hint book and learned that I'd missed a spell I really need: Hero of Old. Apparently you buy  it and and a couple of others from the nasty proprietor of the Vale of the Sould. I have, however, already slaughtered him. Apparently there is no other source for the spell, so I confess that I used the character editor to give it to myself. Yeah, I cheated. But there ought to be a second source for that spell. I'm sure lots of players slaughter the guy. I also probably should have bought a soul from him, but there's no way to remedy that now.

So the game progresses! My next mission is Castle Aethdoc. I know where it is, so the next time I get a chance to play (maybe tomorrow, we'll see) I will go there! Also, there are some major areas I haven't tried yet, so there's still lots and lots to do in the game! Yay!

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