The Guards:
There is a room with some scribes doing their scribing + whatnot. They will ask "What are you doing here?" To this you can reply (Haughty) Do you know WHO I AM?! How dare you ask what we are doing here?! I'll have you in Tyranthraxus' torture chambers for your ignorance! (They will ask on who's authority you are here?) To which you can reply....(Tyranthraxus) Their response? (with a nod of the head you are left alone) heheheh. We entered a room with some brutes that demanded us to say the password. Amazingly I remembered what the password was from the last time I played which was quite some time ago. (harash). You'll probably be asked this a few times so remember it. "OK. But no hanging around."

The Gnolls:
There is a room where some Gnolls are mistreating some slaves. Don't bother talking to the Gnolls. Your true friends here are the slaves. Any place you find slaves, Free Them! They will give you valuable information, i.e. a password to the Castle Gates.

Info from the Slaves:
And other slaves will give you clothes to use as a disguise so you can get close to Tyranthraxus and kill him.

Diver Down:
There is a well in which you can dive down into and retrieve a sword. (might be worth your while)

Password to the Castle Gates:
Yeah, the slaves let you know the password to the gates of Valjevo Castle. (rhodia)

Now repeat after me.....
Rhodia.

Hedge Maze:
The party enters the hedge maze. (Don't cut through any hedges. They are poisonous! + you won't need to cut through any. Just follow the paths.)

Teleportation Square:
Your next step should be to find the hedge maze's teleportation square. You'll be able to get where you need to go from there.

The Imposter:
There are two buildings of interest in the maze. One which has an imposter posing as Tyranthraxus. (I hate posers). One of the guards ask what your business is with the Lord of Phlan (Tyranthraxus). I kept thinking of how to respond, even though really I was just there to put an end to his life. I tried to go through all the options to see what would happen. Nice and Meek both will allow you to leave, but an alarm will sound when you do. Sly will lead to a fight. + I didn't bother to restart to find what haughty or abusive would do, though I wouldn't think they'd bring anything but a fight anyway.

Teleport:
Use the teleporter to find the other building.

Secret Door:
As you enter through the door, it looks like a large empty building. (It's not. Immediately upon entering the room, turn right and walk through the wall/secret door. There is the secret passageway that leads to a doorway. Here you can access the final areas of the castle.

The Basement:
After you pass through the hallway/door, you can then find the secret door to the left, or you can go down to the basement where you will meet up with a medusa.

Medusa:
Want a close-up?

Errands for the Messenger:
You will enter a room where one of Tyranthraxus' henchman is giving out tasks for messengers. Here's one tired messenger about to go on another errand.

We are the messengers:
Suddenly you hear the henchman yell out he needs another messenger. Hmmm. Sounds like a job for us. hehehe. Oh and if the taskman gets suspicious that you aren't really messengers of Tyranthraxus, just act sly you weasels!

Double crossing agent:
Us? Agents of Tyranthraxus, turn against him? (I thought about saying no. Maybe it might be a trick? But then I figured, here we are a group of seasoned adventurers armed to the teeth and here is this one lowly henchmen giving orders to messenger boys. He's scared. Yeah. He's scared and thinks we really are agents of the o' Tyranthraxus. He's trying to get out of the business and taking any way out he can find. Yeah he's scared all right. Agree with his plan to turn against Tyranthraxus. You know your going to anyway. Why not have some other traitorous henchmen on you side? He leaves to let others know of your plan and to let you defeat Tyranthraxus. (less monsters in the last few fights?)

Tyranthraxus' Audience Hall
Here you can reach the audience hall of Tyranthraxus. No roof? Yeah you know whats coming!

The Pool of Radiance:
Hey, isn't that the Pool of Radiance over there? Yeeaaah! About time huh?

Tyranthraxus!: Need I say more?

Send the guards:
You really didn't think he'd waste his time if he had some useless guards to throw your way first did you? Hey after you defeat his guards, this would be a good time to delay going to the treasure screen. First heal your characters with spells, potions of healing and xtra healing. And if you still have your Keoghtum's Ointments, this is the best time to use them. Get you team nice and healed before going up against ol' Tyranthraxus for the first time.

Join Tyranthraxus?
+ when sending the guards after you doesn't work, he'll ask you to join his army. He will ask each and every member of your party whether they would like to join him. Any NPC's that you picked up along the way/or hired at the training hall will turn on you and join with Tyranthraxus. (I tried having everyone join him just to see what happens. It just shoots to the monsters rejoicing as your party has been defeated screen so don't bother joining Tyranthraxus. There is no alternate ending. You'll just have to settle for the kill the bad guy ending.)

Attack!!!!!!
Fight! Slash! Stab! Cut! Smash! Bash! Hi-Yah!!!

What????
Well you didn't think you could really defeat Tyranthraxus in just ONE AD+D game did you? What's that? A premonition of the future?

Any remaining monsters scatter once you've defeated ol' Tyranthraxus.

The quest is finally over. Or is it? We do all the tough dirty work and they still expect us to do cleanup? Can't they get any knights to help us at all? We've done everything for you! Well at least we do get rewarded.

Fully Loaded! Check out the Jewelery! No they don't really give you that much loot! It was a glitch somewhere in the game. That's the second time it has happened. Not sure exactly how it happens though.

Many numerous experience points! Ready to transfer your characters to "Curse of the Azure Bonds"?