Chapter 1 ends on a cliffhanger...so let's see what's happened to Rosella!
Now that we have to head to the turquoise bead, it is time to head back to the pool and drain the water again by moving the statue head so the sun rays come out and turning the bowl upside down. After that, go down the stairs and place the turquoise bead in the offering bowl. The statue will shake its head. Take the piece on the right, as the left one will not work. If you take the left one, put it back and take the one on the right. IF YOU TAKE BOTH, THE CHAMBER WILL RE-FLOOD AND YOU WILL DIE.
Combine the two pieces of turquoise by placing one on the other, then take it to the portal door and place it in the arrow underneath the door. The door will sink into the sand. Go in, and you will encounter a giant lizard. This ends Chapter 1.
Chapter Two: "A troll is as a troll does."
Chapter Two starts off elsewhere. As Rosella is pulled to the other side of the portal, she is suddenly transformed. The big green guy who pulled her through the portal is King Otar Fenris the Third, ruler of the Vulcanix underground, and for some reason, he knows Princess Rosella already.
Princess Rosella asks about the castle she saw, but King Otar tells her that the castle is a dull place and that she would not like it. King Otar then says "Gee...I wasn't expecting this," and when Rosella asks what "this" is, Otar tries to lie and say that he did not expecting Rosella to look so lovely before saying she will be the most radiant bride in all the world. Rosella, not liking the idea of a marriage, brushes Otar off only to bump into the mirror she has just been pulled out of and learn that she has been transformed into a troll. Otar escorts her to a nearby bedroom. Nearby, an older female troll is seen watching in the background.
Rosella will then be in a bedroom, complete with a footstool, a mirror and a bed. There is also a picture of King Otar on the wall. Rosella will sit on the bed, but if you click anywhere, she will stand up.
At this point, you'll be playing as Valanice for the odd-numbered chapters and Rosella for the even-numbered ones. As you go through the game, you will notice that both Valanice and Rosella seem out of character compared to previous games; Valanice bawls at the sight of Rosella's golden comb and comes off as a weaker protagonist compared to previous games even though this is the only time in the series you ever play as her, while Rosella comes off as spoiled and prissy compared to how mature she was in the fourth game. It's like Roberta Williams and Lorelei Shannon forgot who they had as the main protagonists and changed the characters completely.
If you look into the mirror, Rosella will not exactly like her appearance. If you click on the bed, Rosella won't much like it, either.
Go ahead and leave the room through the door. The woman in the background from earlier confronts Rosella, knowing that she is really a human and not a troll and accuses her of trying to usurp the throne of the Vulcanix underground. Rosella cries (to be fair, she did this in the beginning of the fourth game), and the female quickly apologizes and tells her that King Otar has been acting strange lately and that an evil woman has been snooping around.
The female troll introduces herself as Mathilda, nursemaid of King Otar back whenthe king was young. She tells Rosella that she has a way of turning her back into a human again, but she has to do something for her: go up to the kingdom of Ooga-Booga above ground and investigate why the civil relationship between Ooga-Booga and the Vulcanix underground has been threatened with anyone above ground threatening to attack anyone from the underground. Mathilda thinks the old woman that has been snooping around is the cause of it, but she does not know for sure.
Mathilda then asks Rosella to bring her baked beetles, a crystal dragon's scale, water of emerald, a silver spoon and a gold bowl. (She will repeat the ingredients if you click on her.) With these ingredients, Mathilda can turn Rosella back into a human. After this, a girl troll shows up and shows disappointment with her new toy: a wind-up toy rat. When her mother calls for her, the girl troll discards it before leaving. Go pick it up; this will be your first item and it will prove to be useful later on.
If you click on the throne, Rosella will fool around and pretend to be King Otar. To the left of the throne is a shield, which you can pick up. If you look at it with the eye, you can click on the spike and remove it from the shield.
To the left of the shield is the lava baths. If you head over there, you'll meet two male trolls bathing it what looks like lava. If you talk to them, they will be asleep. Guess you'll have to come back later. When you come back, an older woman in pink and black shows up and heads towards the lava baths, ignoring you. Well, it's later.
Head back to the lava baths, and Rosella will eavesdrop as this woman calls one of the trolls a revolting beast before leaving. Both of the male trolls in the lava will make fun of her after she leaves.
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