Medieval Adventure

A Text-based Adventure

Inventory

Any useful item you find will show up here. "Useful".

Whiskey Bottle

You have 0 bottle(s) of whiskey, all stolen from the same guard, probably.

Key

You have no key, but you don't know which lock(s) it's for.

Coins

You have 0 coins. Shiny!

Settings

View Stats, and save or load stuff.

Introduction

In the beginning, there was nothing, and God said let there be light, and there was light. And then God created guards, and then they threw you into this crummy prison cell. For what crime? You don't know. The point is, you have to escape.

You scan your surroundings in your new 'home'. There's a guard sleeping outside. There is a window in your cell. The wall looks poorly built.

I think I see the light!
He's sleeping while leaning on your cell. You think you can knock him out...
You don't have any tools do you?
Like a sissy! Maybe it'll work?

Freedom! Or not!

You know what is very strong? Iron bars. You know what is not very strong? Your soft, soft, head. It turns out bone does not break iron bars

I think I see the stars!

Down he goes!

Like an ant, he is crushed by your fist. You gently look at his possesions. You see an uniform, a key, and a bottle of whiskey. You pick up the whiskey for later. What do you do now?

Just unlock all the doors and run out!
You can impersonate the guard! (Even though that's a crime in and of itself.)
Maybe you forgot something? But a new guard will come in in his place. Don't ask.
Yeah! Comradery and stuff! Maybe.

Freedom! !

It turns out that walls are not really that sturdy, especially these. You easily knock down these walls. You've escaped!

Unfortunately, your neighbours are making a lot of commotion, and the guards try to pursue the prisoners.

What? Lil' ol' me? Knock down this wall?
What are you waiting for? Run for it!

Prisoners don't have freedom of speech

The guard tells you to hush up, he tells you he'll kill you if you wake him up again.

What now?

He thinks he can restrict your rights? Well, you've taken philosophy! You'll beat him, with words!
Well, if he's going to kill you, you might as well kill him.!
Maybe he'll be nice all of a sudden?

There is more than one guard in this building.

You stroll casually down the hallway, only to run into a guard. A tough-looking one. It turns out that this prison is well staffed, and has a second guard on duty.

He is clearly not amused. His face is full of scars, and his muscles are bigger than your entire body. It seems foolish to face him. What do you do?

Why are you still reading this? RUN!!!
Maybe you have a death wish?

A friendly guard

A minute later, a guard approaches you and casually asks: "What'd you have for breakfast? I was on guard duty"

Perfectly normal... right?
Also perfectly normal... right?
Extremely rare
Poor you

Bacon and Eggs

We don't serve Bacon here! Hoarding meat, that's a crime! To the dungeons!

How was I supposed to know?!?

Maple Syrup - apparently a luxury

Where did you get Maple Syrup? That's a luxury! An expensive luxury! Wasting our budget like that, that's not right! To the dungeons with you!

That's unfortunate.

What is wrong with you? Urgg. That's cruelty! I should throw you into the dungeons in orderto teach you something about humility! To the dungeons withye!

Oops, probably shoulda held off with the whisky.

Pity

Oh, that's depressing. What say we both grab a quick bite to eat in the barracks?

Why not?
Totally not suspicious

Uh oh

How did you know? Wait a minute! You're the new prisoner! Back to your cell!

Well, that was highly inconvienient!
It's you against the entire staff.

What shiny batons!

The guard draws his batons and waves them dangerously close to your face threatening you once again.

Ha ha ha
Gimme those!
Hopefully he'll forgive you?

Ouch...

He punches you, hard. You wake up back in your cell. Was it all a dream? Owww, judging by that bruise on your neck, no it wasn't.

*sigh

Thank you for those batons!

You take his baton and beat him senseless.

Hmmm...

You punch him and he doubles back groaning in pain. He calls his friends and they move in towards your cell.

You got this ...hopefully
This sends you back to the beginning

Headaches4Life

They punch you. Super hard. You wake up covered in sores, in your cell. This was not a dream!

Back to the start

Genius!

He grunts and goes back to sleep. Suddenly, an idea popped into your head

Hmmm...
Careful now...

All those years of fishing finally paid off!

You fish the keys out of his pocket and carefully unlock the cell. What now?

Martial artist
Free everyone else!
As sneaky as an elephant in the room!

Grateful inmate

You unlock the first cell. The first inmate asks, why are you doing this?

I don't really care but I thought it would be cool.
Wow. Just wow.
Do you even know what you're talking about?
What a nice person.

Being the cool dude

You just reply: " I do whatever I wish, and it is in my interest that you are released."

Uh... okay... what next?

You should run for a position in a democratic society... in a few decades

You deliver a rousing speech on freedom, and liberty. That the those in power has oppressed the weak and the powerless for too long. That man has an inalienable right to liberty, and it was your duty to see to it. "Nice liberty you got there, too bad I'll have to take it" replies a guard. It looks like you took too long. They transfer you to another, better built jail, and you rot in prison for the rest of your days. You die of pneumonia. Moral of the story : Don't give long speeches, or else you will die of pneumonia.END:You're gone, but what of your legacy? What of your relatives?

Restart

Anti-empire

You reply that you hated the empire. They've repressed you for all that you could remember, that's why you took up your occupation. Until this happened. "I just want to cause damages to them".

Does this mean you support anarchy?

A debt repaid

My past, let's not say. The future is the only thing that matters now. I had a family, they tried to take it away from me, and I ran away. Still, somebody took me in. I've got a debt that can never be repaid, and I'll try to repay it.

"Hilarious", he replies. "Now, what's the real reason?""I'm dead broke."You say."I'll come along with you, I'm broke too."

Nice

Freeing the others

You continue to unlock each of the cells in turn. Soon, the inmates begin to follow you. There's an impressive crowd behind you. The guards also bunch up. Some of them try to recall their basic training and stand in formation, but others just look helpless.

"I didn't sign up to be a guard for this to happen" remarks one of them.

One of the crowd comes forward, and asks: "Oi, what do you want us to do?"

Don't worry, I got this
Start rioting!!!
Who knew you were such a tactitian?
Retreat!

Hello

You face the guards. What do you do?

Notion of aggression
The peaceful way
Also a notion of aggression

ATTACK

The crowd surges forward, and easily knocks out several of the guards. Soon, you bust out of the prison through a hallway with a hole in it.

Get through the hole

That wasn't very nice or diplomatic

The guards punch you.

I don't think your supporters were very happy with that

Smack

You punch the head guard.

What a boss

On the road to Canonmore

The crowd attempts to comprehend you, but are soon cut down by the slightly more disciplined (1 is better than 0) guards. However, the head guard, for whatever motivation, sees your tactical prowess, assumes that you did it in order to sway yourself in favor of the guards, ie betrayal, and gives you an offer to become a military planner apprentice (they're really short on lackeys for the moment). You accept, as that is the only choice. You set out for Canonmore.

No words

Run!

You easily lose the guards, and escape from a hallway with a hole in it(what kind of lousy prison is this?).

Maybe you should offer some advice for making a more secure prison before you leave?

ESCAPED

You have a bunch of blood-thirsty criminals at your disposal. What now?

Take from the rich and give to the poor!
Long live the insurance
A town... not just any town - A town
This doesn't seem sketchy at ALL

The Three Doors

It turns out that there are more than two guards in this ramshackle jailhouse. You outrun him, but he's on your trail. Suddenly, you hit three doors. Literally. That hurt a lot. Fortunately, there are three doors. Which door do you pick.

Left is always right
Middle is always right
Right is always right
Fight is always right

Surprise

He seemed very surprised at this course of action! But then, he starts charging at you at full speed. What now?!?

Good ol' fashioned fist
I hope this works like in the video games that don't exist yet!
What could possibly go wrong?

DING DING DING - KO

You knocked him out. What do you do now?

I wonder what he has
'Cause that's all I need
Never hurts to have a snack

Hoarding is a prison-wide offence

You took a lot of stuff. The guards approach you, and arrests you for hoarding. Oh well.

But I wanted to keep his flip-flops!

Your "friend"

Well then, you coolly wear his uniform until a 'colleague' of his says "Hey, it's break time, I'll take over for yer' no need to thank me." He's obviously drunk and looking for some time alone and to nap. Another guard is also coming along to the guard room. What do you do?

...
Be cheerful
Don't be weird

Ah, Delicious

You eat one of his donuts. Ohh, is that chocolate frosting? Whatever the case, the taste of donuts is a refreshing break from this bleak existence.

You can't procrastinate life forever, you know.

I think you should've learned a bit more about the guard's background

"You don't have a mother, remember?" says the guard. This isn't funny Gerald. What now?

... that doesn't even make sense
Wow - nice joke
Uh

You should see your face

Okay, you need rest, I'm dragging you to the barracks.

No butts' about it... I'll stop, I'm in enough trouble already.

The other guard shrugs, and you're free to wonder outside. There, you approach a long hallway.

Nice recovery

Decisions, decisions, decisions

The door leads to a very long hall way. You cross the hallway, and then... This jail really is terrible, they haven't even finished building it! You escape easily. What do you do now?

You examine your surroundings. There is a path leading somewhere... Also a river.

Actually I'm starting to think that this isn't such a hot idea?
All roads slash paths go to Rome.
Civilization Smivilization, what good has civilization ever done you?

The city of City

You reach of the city of ... City is very much exaggerated. In the deep, dark, forest, you reach an unincorporated but inhabited area! In some circles, it's known as a h__lhole. Not just that, but you found out that you're the governor. You look back at your qualifications. They accept pretty much anybody, actually, at this point. The inhabitants all dislike each other, and wouldn't trust them even in the most direst of consequences.

Do you stay?

Interesting
Censored for reasons, Internet censors are very strict about these things.

Welcome to Canonmore!

You reach the city of Canonmore, governed by your long-time rival in the Academy. But that was a long time ago.

You settle down from your existence. Eventually, you fall in love, get married, and produce children. You spend the rest of your life peddling goods as a merchant in the city, recounting your experiences on the road. Eventually, you pass away on your death bed. In your will, what did you do?

END:You are gone, but what of your legacy? What shall your heir be commanded to do?

And He has determined that it'll happen all over again.

Oops, probably shouldn't be here right now.

The left door led directly... to the guard's barracks. Luckily, they're all drunk. How drunk? Drunk enough to accept you as one of their own if you answer one of their questions. The First one asks: Hey George, what's the password?

Very spooky
Very spooky
Very spooky

Private meeting

You always forget, Fred. How very like you. Come on, scram! This is a private meeting. You approach the door, and enter a hallway.

Very spooky

So close and yet so far!

How did you know? I didn't tell anyone yet! You must be a spy! Into the dungeons with ye!

That's unfortunate.

Yes SIR

Uh, Uh, Yes Inspector! Chimes the guards like clock-work. They do their best to do a military salute, rather awkwardly, and march in step out of the room one by one. Now you can scan the room in peace.

You notice a grandfather clock, a table with documents, and a door. What now?

What a beautiful design!
Very interesting...
Sounds like there's something important going on inside.

Mysterious tunnel

The Clock has a note taped to the end of the pendulum. The note says : For emergencies only. You push on the clock, but the wall on the back is revealed to be a false wall. You try the key, and it opens to another tunnel. What now?

Maybe you want to do something else for now.
The dark and scary tunnel - Are you sure?

Tresure?

You go down the tunnel, there, you see a chest with a lock. You cannot unlock it.

Ohh, a chest! Not that kind of chest! Take your mind out of the gutter!

Documents and info

The documents don't say much, except something about them lacking a governor in ... It doesn't say, there appears not to be a name to the place. It's inhabited though. They're so desperate for a governor that they'll take the first person with imperial qualifications. Hmmm... You think back to your own qualifications. You come back to the room. While rifling through the documents, you find a key! This will come in handy.

Look around

LOCKED!

The right door is locked. Choose another door! Hurry!

Hurry up - time's a ticking!

Be a hero!

You try to stand up to the guard and stand there, looking all hero-type person like and all. He knocks you out instantly and drags you back to your cell. Oh well. A different guard arrives and starts to nap.

Back to the cell

Owned!

He hits the wall, and goes down with a thud!

No feeling sorry for him though

A hallway appears

Now, you enter a hallway

and..?

It's totally legal!

You and several co-conspirators come up with a devious scheme to make some dough. Create a complicated insurance scheme that won't pay out damages and charges high premiums, then lobby the local sheriff to make cart insurance mandatory. It works perfectly, and you and your gang of highway robbers live in luxury for the rest of your lives.

ENDING: Eventually, you produce children, and die, just like in the bible. Before you go, what do you command them to do?

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It's a living

Eventually, you arrive at a town. There, a merchant hires you to protect his cargo. You and your merry band become mercenaries.

ENDING: Eventually, you produce children, and die, just like in the bible. Before you go, what do you command them to do?

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