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Chronicles of the Sword

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Chronicles of the Sword is an adventure game developed by Synthetic Dimensions and released by Psygnosis in 1996 for the PC DOS and Sony PlayStation platforms. There was also a planned Mac OS port which got canceled. The game received largely negative reviews.
Chronicles of the Sword, based on Arthurian legends, tells the story of the young knight Gawain, tasked by the wizard Merlin and King Arthur with vanquishing the evil sorceress Morgana in order to save Camelot. This was the second Psygnosis game that was based on Arthurian themes, the first being Leander (The Legend of Galahad).


Gameplay

Chronicles of the Sword is a third-person, mouse-based point-and-click graphic adventure game, featuring sprite based characters and 2D pre-rendered environments with switching viewpoints (described as similar to Alone in the Dark^[4]). The game's user interface features a context-sensitive cursor for movement and actions, and a classic adventure conversation system based on choosing dialogue options. It also features a few action game elements in the form of simple combat sequences that are interactive only on the Regular difficulty level and automated (shown as a cutscene) on the Easy setting.


Plot

The game's sword and sorcery type story is set in King Arthur's mythical court of Camelot, located in Albion, Sub-Roman Britain, circa 420 A.D. The player assumes the role of Gawain, an apprentice knight about to be ordained by King Arthur who is struggling to uphold virtues of his peaceful and prosperous kingdom. Gawain's quest is to stop the threat of the sorceress Lady Morgana, Arthur's wicked half-sister who plots to destroy Camelot and seize the throne of Albion. Morgana plots to reveal Lancelot and Lady Guinevere's affair to the world, planning to overthrow Arthur and making herself the queen. The game begins with Morgana murdering the court priest of Camelot just as Gawain was about to be given his knighthood.
Early during the course of the game, Gawain discovers Morgana's plan and warns the king. Having been banished from Camelot, Morgana then attempts to kill Arthur before vanishing, prompting the wizard Merlin to send Gawain off to get rid of her once and for all. The young knight ventures to ferret out various objects to give himself the ring of protection from Morgana's spells. This task completed, Gawain finally goes off on the journey to the island Lyonesse on the final mission to kill Morgana. Once in the witch's castle, Gawain has to find not only a way to defeat her and he also to find a way to dispose of her lover and bodyguard, a Saxon vampire named Ragnar. Ultimately, Gawain is unable to end Morgana's life, who instead gets her soul trapped by the Fairy magic and imprisoned in Lyonesse, and swears a personal vengeance against him. In the end, Gawain returns to Camelot as a hero to join the Order of the Round Table.


Characters

• Gawain - The player character, the son of King Lot and Arthur's sister Morgause. Gawain arrived at Camelot just the previous night before the start of the game, after having been nominated by Sir Lancelot to become a knight of King Arthur's Round Table.
• Morgana - The game's main antagonist, Morgana is the King's immoral half-sister who has made many attempts on Arthur's life and is rumoured to be behind many mysterious deaths and disappearances, but never has left any trace of her involvement. She is a witch of great power and learnt much of her sorcery from Merlin himself, but now she and Merlin are bitter rivals and their past intimacy means nothing to them. Beautiful and lascivious, Morgana has many male followers who could not resist her lust for men. She is a master of intrigue and deception, and even without her magical powers she would make a dangerous adversary. When threatened, she can be either ferocious or servile, depending on the power of her enemy and nature of the situation. Like Merlin, she is only semi-mortal.
• Merlin (Merrdyn) - Merlin is a powerful warlock who is several hundred years old and may have been born in Atlantis. Merlin has been an influential figure for a very long time, working towards a greater goal known to no-one but himself. He was advisor to Vortigern, the last great king of Britain. When Ambrosius Aurelianus and Uther Pendragon killed Vortigen and stole his throne, Merlin appeared to change his allegiance and support Ambrosius until his death, and then Uther when he succeeded him. It is rumoured that he and Morgana had a short, explosive affair which may explain the bitterness of their current relationship. Merlin is hard drinking and often sounds callous, even malicious when dealing with other people - but only because he is irritated by the shortcomings of others and resents the need to waste breath explaining himself to those of a lesser intelligence.
• Arthur (Arthus) - Arthur is noble and chivalrous king of Britain cultivating the ideal of the chivalrous knight operating under an honourable code of conduct. He started the fellowship of the Round Table after drawing the sword from the stone, thereby fulfilling a prophecy and proving his right to rule. Years ago, Merlin informed Arthur that the woman with whom he had lain was actually Morgana, disguised by a spell, and the issue of this union was to be the instrument of Arthur's death, and so he sent out his knights to rid of all male children born on the first day of May. This event has left Arthur with deep psychological scars which manifests as an occasional over-assertiveness and sometimes as a frightening hesitancy. He loves his wife, Guinevere dearly, but projects onto her an ideal which she cannot possibly live up to.
• Guinevere - Guinevere, the King's wife, is a very attractive young queen who dresses and walks in a way which would tempt most men at court. She enjoys flirting with young knights, a habit the King finds irritating. Lady Guinevere is intelligent but too young and inexperienced to offer Arthur help and be a confidant.
• Lancelot Du Lac - Lancelot is Gawain's sponsor and the most famous knight of all, fearless, with legendary fighting prowess and exploits. The other knights of the Round Table defer to Lancelot and treat him with a respect verging on awe.
• Ragnar - Ragnar the vampire is a sadistic guard at Lyonesse who is entirely is devoted to Morgana but despises mortals. Ragnar is intelligent, dangerous, unpredictable and very difficult to kill.

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