Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos

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Lands of Lore

Developer(s)	Westwood Studios
Publisher(s)	Virgin Interactive
Release date(s)	1993
Genre(s)	computer role-playing game
Mode(s)	Single player
Platform(s)	MS-DOS

Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos was the first installment of the Lands of Lore series.

[edit] Plot

King Richard LeGrey is the noble leader and 40th heir of the Gladstone Keep and the White Army. Gladstone is the base of operations for all of the civilized areas. The King is worried about Scotia, a vile old hag and ruler of the Dark Army who has recently acquired the Nether Mask, which is a magical item of extreme power and can now assume the shape of any living creature... or horribly unreal beast.

King Richard gathers together his armies and seeks a champion to go see Roland at his manor and retrieve the Ruby of Truth.

The player has to choose among 4 playable pre-made characters: Ak'shel (a 'Dracoid', an ancient race of dragon-lizard hybrid origin, specialized in magic over might), Kieran, (a 'Huline', another ancient race of human-feline hybrid origin, specialized in dexterity), Michael, (a human specialized in strength and fighting) and Conrad (another human, who is a well-balanced combination of all).

Note: The sequel will rotate through all four characters, showing a different portrait of the former hero, each time you install/restart the game.

When you finally make it to Roland, it is too late. Roland is near death and the Ruby is stolen. Returning to Gladstone you realise that you are again too late: a battle has resulted in the poisoning of the King. And now it is up to you to visit the Draracle and find the ingredients of an elixir that will save King Richard.

Having the recipe for the elixir, the heroes must now traverse the Lands to obtain the required ingredients, while simultaneously learning as much as possible about the Nether Mask in the hopes of defeating Scotia.

[edit] Versions

The game was critically acclaimed and was followed by two remakes: a CD-ROM 'talkie' version in 1994 which featured an additional narrative history of the Lore of the Lands by Patrick Stewart (who also voices King Richard), and a Special 'White Label' European Release in 1996