Oh, snap! More King's Quest action coming your way!
All maps by Dan_.
Need the manual to get past the copy protection? Here you go.
Anyway, there are a few things to mention here. First...the fourth game is easier compared to the third. Second, William Goldstein is the composer of this game, and he has also worked on the score to the TV series version of Fame (yes, it's based on the movie of the same name starring Irene Cara). Third, there's really no prologue to this as it's all the stuff from the last three games. At least you can read the prologue in the manual, which I've provided a link to.
Anyway, the game begins exactly where King's Quest III ends: King Graham tosses the adventurer's cap to pass the adventuring on to his children, Rosella and Alexander. When he tosses it, however, King Graham suffers a near-fatal heart attack.
A grief-stricken Princess Rosella runs from Graham's bedroom, and she sits on the throne wishing she could help her father. Suddenly, a fairy named Genesta from the island of Tamir appears in the magic mirror. She tells Rosella of a tree that bears a single fruit every 100 years. This fruit will instantly cure her father King Graham and give him good health and long life for many years...but there's trouble in Tamir, as the evil fairy Lolotte has taken the talisman that is the source of Genesta's power and plans to use it to spread evil throughout Tamir. Even worse, Rosella has a day to get both of these things before Genesta dies, and without the talisman, Rosella cannot return to Daventry. Genesta then disguises Rosella as a peasant girl so as not to attract attention.
The tree is located on a tiny island within a vast swamp on the other side of the mountains. Within these mountains, overlooking Tamir, is Lolotte's castle. You'll have to find both the fruit and the talisman in order to set Tamir straight and save King Graham!
Well, we're on our own.
Go east on the starting screen, since there's nothing you can do here.
You'll then come across a lovely stream as well as a unicorn. This unicorn will come into play a little later. When you take a few steps toward it, you'll scare it off.
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