castleraider
changeset 287:3da06320a2cf
Tidied up the story.
| author | David Boddie <david@boddie.org.uk> |
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| date | Sun Mar 23 13:16:43 2014 +0100 |
| parents | 2b0aad2b03a3 |
| children | 559bd41dc09b |
| files | README.txt |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) [+] |
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1.1 --- a/README.txt Sun Mar 23 01:41:16 2014 +0100 1.2 +++ b/README.txt Sun Mar 23 13:16:43 2014 +0100 1.3 @@ -1,10 +1,11 @@ 1.4 Castle Raider 1.5 1.6 -As the sun dips below the ramparts of the old town, troops file in, their 1.7 -captain leading them to the garrison. As they make their way down the narrow, 1.8 -cobbled streets, small groups of them slink away into the many taverns, 1.9 -laughing, joking, obviously relieved to be inside the walls, pushing, shoving 1.10 -each other. There will be trouble later, but by then you will be long gone. 1.11 +As the sun dips below the ramparts of the old town, the last of the troops file 1.12 +in. As they make their way through the narrow, cobbled streets, small groups of 1.13 +them quietly slink away into the many taverns that give this district its bad 1.14 +reputation. The lamps are lit and the merriment spills out onto the streets 1.15 +with laughing, singing, pushing and shoving. There will be trouble later, but 1.16 +by then you will be long gone. 1.17 1.18 It is time for the guard to change, time for the night watch to begin their 1.19 duties, but they are in no hurry; though the outlaws in the countryside know 1.20 @@ -22,11 +23,19 @@ 1.21 You recall the stories told when you were young. When the town itself was old, 1.22 the last of the elders told of a time when it was still a village, not much 1.23 more than a few houses and shelters. The road that ran through it went to the 1.24 -castle on the edge of the wasteland; the deserted, derelict castle. 1.25 +castle on the edge of the wasteland; the now deserted, derelict castle. 1.26 1.27 Night falls quickly in this season at the edge of the kingdom. Memories of 1.28 -fireside tales about the last king's crown and the hidden treasure of the old 1.29 +fireside tales about the king's lost crown and the hidden treasure of the old 1.30 kingdom make the journey across the plains more bearable. Soon you arrive at 1.31 the outer fortifications. Crossing a bridge, you enter. Just as you pass 1.32 beneath the outer gate it suddenly crashes into place, cutting off your exit. 1.33 -It was possibly just as well you hadn't planned to return that way. 1.34 +It was just as well you hadn't planned to return that way. 1.35 + 1.36 +Nature has reclaimed parts of the castle for itself, its ruins crumbling in 1.37 +places and crawling with creatures that people once knew well to leave alone. 1.38 +To make your way through it to the lands beyond, you will need to unlock the 1.39 +few doors and gates that still stand. Perhaps the folk tales were true and 1.40 +the king's treasure still remains, but survival is more important here. If you 1.41 +live to leave the outer gate then the story alone will have made the journey 1.42 +worthwhile.
