Wizardry 4 - The Return of Werdna
Endgame Text (from Sdiabm)
GOOD ALIGNMENT:
ASSEMBLED BEFORE YOU ARE THE GREAT
DUKES OF THE REALM: DUKE AKBAR IBN
MURAD AL-BEN MUHAMMED IBM HAKIM,
DUKE SIEGFRIED VON HALSTERN, DUKE
CARIOADOC OF THE BOW, DUKE VISSEVALD
SELKRIKSSON, BARAK DUKE HASDRUBAL
AND DUKE SIGMUND THE WINGFOOTED.
DUKE AKBAR, AS SENIOR DUKE PRESENT,
CHALLENGES YOU:
"WE NOTE THAT THOU COMEST BEFORE US
BEARING A GOD-GIVEN SWORD AND THE
SUPPORT OF THE PEERS, MERCENARIES
AND BARONS OF THE REALM. THOU HAST
ALSO LAIN THE TORMENTED SPIRIT OF
OUR LATE MAD OVERLORD TO REST."
"EACH OF US HAS BEEN CHAMPION OF
THE REALM AND HAS WON COUNTLESS
VICTORIES UPON THE FIELD OF HONOR.
ART THOU WILLING TO PROVE THY COUR-
AGE AND NOBILITY BY ACCEPTING SINGLE
COMBAT FROM EACH OF US HERE ASSEMB-
LED? REMEMBER, BY THE RULES OF
THE LIST, THOU CAN USE NEITHER THY
ALLIES NOR THY ARTS MAGICAL IN THIS
CONTEST--- MAY GOD DEFEND THE RIGHT!
DO THEE ACCEPT OUR CHALLENGE (Y/N) ? Y
"BY THY WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT THE
CHALLENGE, IN CONDITIONS MOST UN-
FAVORABLE TO THYSELF, THOU HAST
PROVEN THY WILLINGNESS TO LIVE
(AND DIE) BY THE CHIVALRIC CODES!"
LOOKING AROUND AT HIS FELLOW DUKES,
DUKE AKBAR CONTINUES, "BECAUSE OF
ALL THAT THOU HAST BECOME, AND FOR
THE MANY FINE DEEDS THOU HAST DONE
FOR THE GOOD OF THE REALM, WE HAVE
DECIDED TO OFFER TO THEE RULERSHIP
OF ALL OF OUR LANDS AND ESTATES
IN THE HOPE THAT THOU WILT GOVERN
JUSTLY, AND REUNITE OUR STRIFE-TORN
DOMINIONS. WE WOULD HAVE AN END TO
THIS CONSTANT WARRING BETWEEN OUR
PEOPLE AND THE MANY MONSTERS THAT
DWELL IN THE PLANES ADJOINING OURS.
THOU ART OUR BEST HOPE TO STRIDE THE
WORLDS. WILT THEE GIVE UP THY QUEST
FOR THE MYSTICAL AMULET AND ACCEPT
THE TITLE OF OVERLORD WITH ALL ITS
POWER AND RESPONSIBILITY? CONSIDER
OUR OFFER CAREFULLY, FOR ONLY ONCE
WILL IT BE OFFERED! WILT THEE ASSUME
NOW THE THRONE AND TAKE THE CROWN?"
ASSUME THE THRONE (Y/N) ? y
THE ASSEMBLED PEERS AND COMMONERS
SHOUT THEIR APPROVAL!
"LONG LIVE THE OVERLORD WERDNA!!"
"VIVANT! VIVANT! VIVANT!"
THEN A HAUNTINGLY FAMILIAR VOICE
WHISPERS IN YOUR EAR,
"REMEMBER - A FAVOR OWED...SOMEDAY...
BE SEEING YOU! <CACKLE> <CACKLE>"
** FUTURE HISTORICAL FOOTNOTE **
UNDER YOUR BENIGN AND ENLIGHTENED
RULERSHIP, THE REALM WILL ENTER A
GOLDEN AGE OF PEACE AND PLENTY.
THE EVIL ACTS OF THE PAST WILL BE
FORGIVEN, AND YOUR PEOPLE WILL
SURELY REMEMBER YOU FONDLY!
BUT EVEN SO, AS THE YEARS PASS,
YOU WILL ALWAYS WONDER...
"HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN SOMETHING??"
* * * CONGRATULATIONS * * *
YOU HAVE COMPLETED
THE RETURN OF WERDNA!
THE AUTHORS OF THIS PROGRAM WOULD LIKE
TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR SKILL. IN
RECOGNITION OF YOUR ABILITY, WE CONFER
UPON YOU THE RANK:
WIZARDRY MASTER ADVENTURER
WE HOPE YOU ARE SATISFIED WITH
YOUR FATE. IF NOT, THEN CONSID-
ER THAT ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE...
... EVEN IF HIGHLY IMPROBABLE!
IT IS THOSE "WHAT IF" NEXUSES
THAT CHANGE OUR DESTINIES.
FREEDOM OF CHOICE IS ONE OF
THE GREAT GIFTS OF LORD MAYA!
SUPPOSE YOU HAD CHOSEN TO
TAKE A DIFFERENT ITEM, OR
TREAD YET ANOTHER PATH? HOW
ALTERED WOULD BE YOUR FATE?
GO AND FIND YOUR DREAMS!
BUT REMEMBER TO ONLY SEEK
WHAT YOU WILL BE HAPPY TO
FIND! <GRIN>
BE SEEING YOU!
YOUR THREE CODE NUMBERS ARE:
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YOUR THREE CODE NUMBERS ARE:
981040
484188
245260
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EVIL ALIGNMENT:
Writer's note:
For the evil alignment, there are 3 possible endings, which depend upon the
sword you drew at the Dreampainter's temple. This ending is for the Amber
Sword. I don't know what the other endings are for the East Wind and West
Wind Swords, but I'm guessing the only difference in the ending is the name
of the sword.
BEFORE YOU LOOMS THE GIANT STATUE OF
THE ALMIGHTY KADORTO. YOU ARE NOT
EVEN AS TALL AS HIS LITTLE TOE!
AS YOU CRANE YOUR NECK BACKWARDS AND
LOOK UP, YOU SEE THE OBJECT OF YOUR
LONG SEARCH. THE MYSTICAL AMULET IS
DANGLING FROM THE CLOSED FIST OF THE
STATUE!
"AT LAST!" YOU CRY, BUT YOUR JOY IS
SHORT-LIVED. THERE IS NO WAY THAT YOU
CAN SEE TO REACH THE AMULET!
FIGHTING BACK A GROWING FEELING OF
DESPERATION, YOU TRY EVERYTHING YOU
CAN THINK OF TO GET TO THE AMULET.
EVERY SPELL YOU KNOW IS USELESS! YOU
RUMMAGE THROUGH YOUR ITEMS, TRYING
EACH IN TURN, HOPING THAT ONE WILL
BE OF AID!
WHAT LUCK! YOUR HOLY LIMP WRIST
RELIQUARY CASTS A DIALKO SPELL!
WITH A FEELING OF TRIUMPH, YOU
WATCH AS THE DIALKO TAKES EFFECT.
THE HAND OF THE STATUE SOFTENS AND
OPENS, FREEING THE AMULET. TO YOUR
AMAZEMENT, THE DIALKO SPREADS OUT.
THE NEWLY AWAKENED GOD YAWNS AND
PEERS DOWN AT YOU WITH A LOOK OF
UTTER CONTEMPT.
"INSECT! SO YOU WANT THIS PRETTY
BAUBLE? YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE
POWERS OF THIS AMULET ARE, OR WHAT
ITS REAL PURPOSE IS. HERE! CATCH
IT!"
KADORTO THROWS THE AMULET AT YOU
WITH A DISDAINFUL FLIP OF HIS HUGE
WRIST!
YOU REACH OUT AND CATCH THE AMULET!
YOU HAVE IT IN YOUR HAND!
THE MYTHRIL GAUNTLET PROTECTS YOU
FROM ITS RAGING ENERGIES!
"HMMMM....," INTONES KADORTO, "THINK
YOU'RE CLEVER, DON'T YOU? WELL, TO
KEEP THE AMULET, YOU WILL HAVE TO
DEFEAT ME!"
"TELL ME, ARE YOU A GOD?"
THINKING QUICKLY, YOU REPLY, "YES!",
WHICH SEEMS TO BE THE RIGHT ANSWER.
"THEN DIE LIKE A GOD!"
YOU DRAW YOUR DRAGON'S CLAW. IT HUMS
WITH ANTICIPATION. KADORTO LAUGHS AT
YOU, "WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH THAT?"
ACTUALLY, YOU ARE NOT QUITE SURE, BUT
IT HAS SUSTAINED YOU THROUGH MANY
TRIALS, LENDING YOU ITS STRENGTH AND
ENERGY. KADORTO SENDS DOWN A PILLAR
OF FLAME... AND THE BLADE ABSORBS IT!
HE THROWS A BOLT OF LIGHTNING, ONLY TO
SEE THE BLADE CLEAVE IT IN HALF!
YOU FEEL FILLED WITH ENERGY!! YOU LET
FLY WITH A MIGHTY BLOW, AND YOUR SWORD
STRIKES TRUE, SLICING DEEP INTO THE
BIG TOE OF KADORTO! YOU FEEL HIS LIFE
FORCE FLOWING INTO YOU THROUGH THE
SWORD. AS IT DOES, YOU BEGIN TO GROW
AND HE BEGINS TO SHRINK! FINALLY, YOU
ARE THE TALL GOD, AND HE IS THE PUNY
MORTAL. "THANK YOU, FREE AT LAST", HE
CROAKS AS HE EXPIRES!
YOU LAUGH AS THE PRIESTS SCURRY AROUND
REMOVING THE REMAINS. FINALLY, THEY
ALL ASSEMBLE IN FRONT OF YOU, ABASING
THEMSELVES AND RAISING THEIR VOICES
UPWARD IN SUPPLICATION:
"ALL PRAY TO YOU, OH GREAT GOD WERDNA.
WE REJOICE THE WEAK PACIFIST KADORTO
HAS BEEN DEFEATED! TAKE UP THE SACRED
AMULET. LEAD US, OH MIGHTY ONE, INTO
GLORIOUS BATTLE. MAKE THE WORLD TREM-
BLE AT YOUR EVERY STEP! LET US FILL
THE ALTARS WITH SACRIFICES, AND THE
TEMPLE WITH GOLD AND SLAVES!"
THE YEARS PASS BY IN A BLUR OF FIRE,
BLOOD AND DESTRUCTION. LARGE AREAS OF
THE WORLD LIE DESOLATE. YOUR PRIESTS
BLOAT YOU WITH SACRIFICES AND PRAISE.
AFTER THIS, THERE ARE OTHER PLANES TO
CONQUER, OTHER PLANES WHOSE ENERGY CAN
FEE D YOUR LUST FOR POWER! YOU HAVE
ALL YOUR DESIRES, ALL YOUR DREAMS FUL-
FILLED! BUT YET......EVERY ONCE IN A
LONG WHILE, YOU WONDER...
HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN SOMETHING??
* * * CONGRATULATIONS * * *
YOU HAVE COMPLETED
THE RETURN OF WERDNA!
THE AUTHORS OF THIS PROGRAM WOULD LIKE
TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR SKILL. IN
RECOGNITION OF YOUR ABILITY, WE CONFER
UPON YOU THE RANK:
WIZARDRY MASTER ADVENTURER
WE HOPE YOU ARE SATISFIED WITH
YOUR FATE. IF NOT, THEN CONSID-
ER THAT ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE...
... EVEN IF HIGHLY IMPROBABLE!
IT IS THOSE "WHAT IF" NEXUSES
THAT CHANGE OUR DESTINIES.
FREEDOM OF CHOICE IS ONE OF
THE GREAT GIFTS OF LORD MAYA!
SUPPOSE YOU HAD CHOSEN TO
TAKE A DIFFERENT ITEM, OR
TREAD YET ANOTHER PATH? HOW
ALTERED WOULD BE YOUR FATE?
GO AND FIND YOUR DREAMS!
BUT REMEMBER TO ONLY SEEK
WHAT YOU WILL BE HAPPY TO
FIND! <GRIN>
BE SEEING YOU!
YOUR THREE CODE NUMBERS ARE:
PRESS <-' WHEN YOU HAVE RECORDED THEM
YOUR THREE CODE NUMBERS ARE:
979340
641592
139905
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GRANDMASTER ENDING:
Writer's note:
Warning! This ending is a major spoiler to the game! Proceed at your own
risk!
BEFORE YOU LOOMS THE GIANT STATUE OF
THE ALMIGHTY KADORTO. YOU ARE NOT
EVEN AS TALL AS HIS LITTLE TOE!
AS YOU CRANE YOUR NECK BACKWARDS AND
LOOK UP, YOU SEE THE OBJECT OF YOUR
LONG SEARCH. THE MYSTICAL AMULET IS
DANGLING FROM THE CLOSED FIST OF THE
STATUE!
"AT LAST!" YOU CRY, BUT YOUR JOY IS
SHORT-LIVED. THERE IS NO WAY THAT YOU
CAN SEE TO REACH THE AMULET!
FIGHTING BACK A GROWING FEELING OF
DESPERATION, YOU TRY EVERYTHING YOU
CAN THINK OF TO GET TO THE AMULET.
EVERY SPELL YOU KNOW IS USELESS! YOU
RUMMAGE THROUGH YOUR ITEMS, TRYING
EACH IN TURN, HOPING THAT ONE WILL
BE OF AID!
WHAT LUCK! YOUR HOLY LIMP WRIST
RELIQUARY CASTS A DIALKO SPELL!
WITH A FEELING OF TRIUMPH, YOU
WATCH AS THE DIALKO TAKES EFFECT.
THE HAND OF THE STATUE SOFTENS AND
OPENS, FREEING THE AMULET. TO YOUR
AMAZEMENT, THE DIALKO SPREADS OUT.
THE NEWLY AWAKENED GOD YAWNS AND
PEERS DOWN AT YOU WITH A LOOK OF
UTTER CONTEMPT.
"INSECT! SO YOU WANT THIS PRETTY
BAUBLE? YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE
POWERS OF THIS AMULET ARE, OR WHAT
ITS REAL PURPOSE IS. HERE! CATCH
IT!"
KADORTO THROWS THE AMULET AT YOU
WITH A DISDAINFUL FLIP OF HIS HUGE
WRIST!
YOU REACH OUT AND CATCH THE AMULET!
YOU HAVE IT IN YOUR HAND!
THE MYTHRIL GAUNTLET PROTECTS YOU
FROM ITS RAGING ENERGIES!
"HMMMM....," INTONES KADORTO, "THINK
YOU'RE CLEVER, DON'T YOU? WELL, TO
KEEP THE AMULET, YOU WILL HAVE TO
DEFEAT ME!"
"TELL ME, ARE YOU A GOD?"
THINKING QUICKLY, YOU REPLY, "YES!",
WHICH SEEMS TO BE THE RIGHT ANSWER.
"THEN DIE LIKE A GOD!"
YOU DRAW YOUR DAGGER OF CLEAR LIGHT,
AND FACE KADORTO UNAFRAID, FOR YOU ARE
WHOLE AND SECURE IN YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF
THE TREE OF LIFE. KADORTO STOPS HIS
LAUGHING WHEN HE SEES YOUR BLADE.
"NO, NO, NOT THAT!" HE CRIES!
THE KRIS BLAZES FORTH. IN ITS CLEAR
PENETRATING LIGHT, NO LIE OR ILLUSION
CAN REMAIN. KADORTO'S MOTIONS BECOME
JERKY, AND SMOKE BEGINS TO POUR OUT OF
HIS KNEES AND ELBOWS. HIS HEAD POPS
OPEN, AND A SINGED HIGH PRIEST CLIMBS
OUT OF A CONCEALED CONTROL CABIN.
NOW YOU SEE THE REAL TRUTH! KADORTO IS
A FAKE, AN INVENTION OF THE PRIESTS,
A CUNNING DEVICE TO PERPETUATE THEIR
SOCIAL POSITION AND CONTROL OVER MEN!
YOU LAUGH AT THE RIDICULOUS SIGHT OF A
HIGH PRIEST WITH HIS ROBES SMOLDERING.
IT FEELS GOOD TO BE ALIVE. YOU TAKE OUT
THE AMULET, AND IN THE LIGHT OF THE
KRIS, YOU SEE IT FOR WHAT IT REALLY
IS: A DANGEROUS TRAP FOR THOSE UNWARY,
A JOKE OF THE GODS.
FOR IT IS NEITHER GOOD OR EVIL, BUT
FASHIONED OUT OF PURE CHAOS. YOU VOW
TO "RETURN IT" TO ITS MAKES, AND YOU
ARE SURE THE KRIS OF TRUTH WILL AID
YOU. BUT THAT CAN WAIT FOR TOMORROW.
TODAY IS TO BE ENJOYED!
OUTSIDE, INTO THE BEAUTIFUL SUNSHINE,
YOU WALK. FEELING AT LAST FREE AND
ALIVE. YOU HAVE RETURNED TO THE WORLD.
YOU LOOK BACK AT THE TEMPLE FOR A
MOMENT, AND WONDER...
HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN SOMETHING?
YOU LAUGH, FOR YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE
NOT. YOU ARE MASTER OF YOUR FATE, AND
THE WINDING PATHS OF THE TREE OF LIFE
ILLUMINATE THE SHAPE OF YOUR DESTINY!
* * * CONGRATULATIONS * * *
YOU HAVE RETURNED. YOU HAVE FOUND THE
PATH OF FULFILLMENT! GIVE US A CALL AT
(315) 393-6633 AND TELL US ABOUT IT!
THE AUTHORS OF THIS PROGRAM WOULD LIKE
TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR SKILL. IN
RECOGNITION OF YOUR ABILITY, WE CONFER
UPON YOU THE RANK OF:
WIZARDRY GRANDMASTER ADVENTURER
PS: HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN SOMETHING?
PPS: DON'T WORRY, YOU HAVEN'T.
PPPS: DON'T TELL ANYONE ELSE HOW TO
WIN. LET IT BE AS MUCH A CHALLENGE
TO THEM AS IT WAS TO YOU!
PPPPS: THIS REALLY IS
THE END OF THE GAME!
PPPPPS: TRUST US!
PPPPPPS: REALLY!
PPPPPPPS: YOU HAVE DONE IT ALL!
"BE SEEING YOU! <GRIN>"
YOUR THREE CODE NUMBERS ARE:
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YOUR THREE CODE NUMBERS ARE:
979330
712880
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