DOOMDARK'S REVENGE (Lords of Midnight 2)
(c)1985 Beyond 
AUTHOR: Mike Singleton
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Preliminary Note:
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The instructions below have been taken from the manual for the 
Spectrum version with contributions by Chris Owen 
(Nettverksgruppa, 5/10-94, www@nvg.unit.no) and others 
incorporated. The description of the controls have been changed 
to the Commodore 64 version. (These controls were improved in 
the conversion.) Use of emulators to run the program on the PC 
has been taken into account in the text. Maps of Icemark are 
available on the Web, and are very much necessary besides these 
instructions to play the game. A hacking guide provides addit-
ional details making a difficult game somewhat easier...

GENERIC DESCRIPTION
An adventure and role-playing game in which you control 
characters as they fight against evil, rescue a prisoner and/or 
search for magical objects. As you move characters around the 
Land of Icemark you are presented with views of the landscape 
which they can see. 

CONTROLS : Keyboard 

Character Control Keys:

1-8              'Orientation' keys - Look in direction 
                  (N-NE-E-SE-S-SW-W-NW)

Space Bar        'Move' key - Move in current direction
                  Displays Choose Menu if you can't move until 
                   you choose

Restore          'Choose' key

+/-              'Check' keys - Check Person-Place/ Battle-Army
 
<- (back arrow)  'Look' key - Back to look in current direction
                   from Check screens

Other Keys:

0 (zero)         'Night' key
9                'Dawn' key  
Y                Yes (for "More" in Select or Check mode)
N                No (for "No more" in Select or Check Mode)
S                Save Game to tape(*)
L                Load Game from tape(*)

(*) Check your emulator! - you may need a blank tape as saving 
games is a critical function. A 400 Kb tap file results with 
CCS64. Run/Stop skips verify of save file.

Specific Characters Selection Keys:

F1               Luxor the Moonprince
F3               Morkin  (when enabled)
F5               Tarithel the Fey (a female)
F7               Rorthron the Wise

Character Select Mode Keys:

INST/DEL         'Select' key
                              
In Select Mode:  There are up to 128 characters which can appear 
                 in the list (see the hacking guide) - Press 
                 'Yes' key for more if there are more than can be 
                 listed on the screen - The initial list in the 
                 Select menu is:

1                Luxor the Moonprince
2                Tarithel the Fey 
3                Rorthron the Wise

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The Background

Doomdark has been defeated (see "Lords of Midnight"), but his 
successor Shareth the Heartstealer, his daughter, has struck back 
and kidnapped Morkin the Free, son of Luxor the Moonprince.  He 
is being held in the Plains of Anvaril, surrounded by the Frozen 
Wastes at the North of Icemark (see map). His heart has been 
turned against Luxor and only Tarithel the Fey can break 
Shareth's spell and bring him back to the side of good.

Shareth, meanwhile, is intent on gathering together an army to
defeat Luxor.


The Aim

You, the player, take the role of Luxor the Moonprince. By 
virtue of the magical Moonring, you can control friendly char-
acters throughout the Land of Icemark, looking through their eyes 
at the surrounding landscape and guiding them in their many 
tasks. Some will just be individuals, some will commandeer whole 
armies; when you move a commander, his army moves with him. All 
your followers are united in your common purpose: defeat of the 
evil Shareth the Heartstealer, Empress of the Frozen Empire, who 
has kidnapped Luxor's son and heir, Morkin, and holds him captive 
in her dark capital. 

With her allies in Icemark, Shareth (controlled by the computer)
will make your quest to save Morkin both difficult and dangerous. 
Shareth's goal is the destruction of Luxor the Moonprince, he who
slew her father Doomdark, Witchking of Midnight (in LORDS OF 
MIDNIGHT). If Shareth can cause the death of Luxor, Midnight will
soon fall under her sway and you will have lost... 


The Strategy

Your various missions have any one of or all the following goals:
- to rescue Morkin, 
- to defeat Shareth the Heartstealer in battle, and 
- to search for the Runes of Finorn - an ancient and magical 
  message which may be read by Rorthron the Wise.  

Apart from the Runes of Finorn there are three magical items
scattered around Icemark to help you.  They are Luxor's Crown of
Varenand, Tarithel's Spell of Thigrorn and Morkin's Crown of
Carudrium.  Each warrior also has a weapon bearing his name which
he may find and pick up for extra strength.  The special power
of each of these items may be used once, although carrying any
weapon will always give an advantage in battle.

When any or all the above objectives have been met you must 
return Luxor and, if they survive, Rorthron, Morkin and Tarithel 
to the Gate of Varenorn and at nightfall your task will have 
been completed.  

If this proves too difficult you may opt for just one or two of 
the above: if Shareth is defeated or Morkin is free you have 
gained a partial victory.  Should Morkin or Tarithel be killed 
you can still achieve this but Luxor's overwhelming grief could 
well be his downfall.  If Luxor is slain, however, then Shareth 
has won.

DR has thus three main endings, with several types of victory, 
some lesser, some greater: 

1. Should Luxor simply rescue Morkin and retreat to his starting 
position, the Gate of Varenorn? 
2. Should he seek to limit Shareth's power in Icemark by retriev-
ing the magical objects before returning through the Frozen 
Gates? 
3. Or should he seek ultimate victory and, risking all, attempt 
to destroy her forever? 

Whatever happens, though, Luxor must return safely to the Gate of 
Varenorn.

The different victories possible for Luxor are:

 1. The most basic - as Luxor, rescue Morkin and bring him back 
to the Gate of Varenorn. The rescue of Morkin is a priority for 
Luxor; once accomplished the greater victories listed below can 
also be attempted. Morkin is being held in the Plains of Anvaril, 
surrounded by the Frozen Wastes at the north of Icemark. His 
heart has been turned against Luxor and only Tarithel the Fey 
can break Shareth's spell and bring him back to the side of good.
Bring the characters back to the Gate and by nightfall your task 
will be completed. This quest is basically an adventure where you 
only have to control Luxor, Tarithel and Rorthron, and raising 
armies is not necessary.
 
 2. Retrieve the arcane objects on which Shareth's power depends 
and return them to the Gate: 
a. Bring to Varenorn any of the Crowns of Icemark - Luxor's Crown 
of Varenand and Morkin's Crown of Carudium. Use of a crown 
summons all the Moonprince's forces to the location of the holder. 
b. Search for the Runes of Finorn, an ancient and magical message 
which may be read by Rorthron the Wise. Use of the Runes of 
Finorn gives a very refreshing rest to all the Moonprince's 
forces.  Also, merely carrying the Runes of Finorn will protect 
the character from being killed in battle. 
c. There is also Tarithel's Spell of Thigrorn. Use of the Spell 
of Thigrorn transports the character to Morkin's location. 
d. Each warrior also has a weapon bearing his name which he may 
find and pick up for extra strength. Carrying any weapon will 
always give an advantage in battle. Using any weapon gives the
carrying character a refreshing rest.

The special power of each of these items may be used once. Also,
carrying any of the four magical items above will make the
character more persuasive when approaching people for negot-
iations. 

 3a. Destroy Shareth and her power. If Morkin is slain,
this is your only remaining option, although it will be even more
difficult for a grief-stricken Luxor. How this can be accomplished
you must discover during your travels through Icemark, but be
warned, it is no easy task at the best of times.

 3b. Destroy Shareth and safely return Luxor, Morkin, Tarithel and
Rorthron to Varenorn for the greatest victory of all. With this
event, the hidden power of the Moonring will awaken, giving Luxor
the power to protect the Land for as long as he lives.

This third objective (a or b alternative) results in a full 
strategy game requiring making allies to raise armies as it was 
done in LOM, but with a larger scale knowing the number of lords 
and races in Icemark.


End of Game

If Shareth is killed and all four of the main characters gather
at the Gate of Varenorn (objective 3b) then an overwhelming 
victory will have been won and the watchwords of Midnight will 
be revealed.

Otherwise, to end the game, Luxor must be at the Gate and either
Shareth must be killed (objective 3a) or Morkin must be with 
Luxor (objective 1).  

A worthy victory can be won if Shareth is still alive (objectives 
1 and 2); a noble victory is won if she is dead (objective 3). 

How worthy or noble the victory is depends on how many of the 
four main characters are assembled and how many of them are 
carrying their own magical items.


Spells and Creatures

Each morning except possibly the first, creatures occupy
approximately one in every four land locations, and a spell or
creatures occupy every landmark, apart from those occupied by
people. More details on spells and creatures locations are 
given in the hacking guide.


Selecting a Character

You initially have just three characters under your control, 
namely Luxor the Moonprince, Tarithel the Fey, and Rorthron the 
Wise. You can select any one of these independently by 
pressing the appropriate key. You may not control Morkin until 
you have freed him from Shareth's spell of enchantment (the 
Morkin key does not work until he is back on the side of Luxor). 
When the character is selected, the display will switch 
immediately to that character's point of view.

The four main protagonists above have their own keys. To select 
other characters which you have rallied to your cause, you must 
press the 'Select' key and choose the appropriate character. If 
you control more characters than can be listed on the screen, 
the message "More?" will appear at the bottom of the display. 
Press the 'Yes' key to view the rest of the list.

Each character has eight hours in which to travel or rest. Any 
character who still has hours left in the day can be moved at 
any time.  


Controlling a Character

Unlike ordinary adventures, DR does not use text descriptions 
and a parser. Instead, you have four basic options, each available 
at the press of a single key:

1. Look - You will see a view of the landscape which the 
          character is seeing. In the Look mode, you can turn 
          the character to look in another direction by 
          pressing one of the compass keys along the top row of 
          the keyboard. The 'Look' key is used to give a view 
          if one is not currently on the screen (because some 
          information is there instead, being in Check mode).  

2. Move - To move forward, press the 'Move' key. The character 
          will move forward in the direction he was last 
          looking. When he reaches his new location, 
          he will continue looking in that direction and a new 
          panorama will appear. Characters cannot move during 
          night, nor can they move into the Icy Wastes 
          surrounding Icemark. Other factors, such as exhaustion 
          or cowardice, may also restrict movement. Moving in 
          the 'diagonal' directions takes up to 1.5 times as 
          long as moving North, South, East or West. If you 
          cannot move until you choose an action, the 'Move' 
          key sends you to the Choose menu.

3. Choose - In order to do something other than moving, such 
          as resting for the remainder of the day (and thus 
          bring night for that character), attacking an enemy 
          or entering an underground tunnel, press the 'Choose' 
          key. You will be presented with a list of options 
          and the keys you must press to obtain each. The 
          options available will depend upon the situation 
          the character finds himself in but they also reflect 
          the particular personality of the character - 
          so a greedy character will not become generous, for 
          example, nor a coward do brave deeds.

4. Check -  There are two types of things you may check separ-
          ately:
       a) Check person and place - gives a run-down on the 
          personality of the current character. Beware - some 
          personalities may change as events unfold! Gives also
          general information about the location - time of day, 
          the place, any objects at the location and information 
          about any person or being who might be standing just 
          ahead of or near the current character, can be viewed.
       b) Check battle and army - gives details of the previous 
          night's battles or battles or skirmish your character 
          has been involved in relevant to the present situation. 
	  Gives also details of the character's own army, any 
          other army in the same location and any army in the 
          location immediately ahead of the current character. 
	
When you are standing before an enemy - or anyone or any being 
that is not your friend - you have two choices: to approach them 
for negotiations or to attack them.  Either choice may be made in 
the 'Choose' menu (as long as it is still daytime). If you 
approach them and fail, then they will attack you. If this 
happens, or if you attack, then the rest of the day will be used 
up in fighting; the result of the battle will be decided during 
the night. If enemy characters are still alive and occupying the 
same locations by the time dawn breaks then you have the choice
of moving away or continuing the fight by remaining in the same 
place.  

In order to approach a character he must be standing by
himself.  If you approach him and succeed then you will be 
given control of that character and be able to move for the 
rest of the day.  You are more likely to succeed in 
recruiting a character if you choose someone to approach 
whose personality is similar to the character you are 
controlling.  However, it goes without saying that you will 
never manage to turn Shareth the Heartstealer away from evil, 
and only Tarithel will successfully be able to approach Morkin.


Night and Dawn

The game begins on the day that the Moonprince rides forth 
from the Gate of Varenorn and proceeds by day and by night. 
Your characters can move during the day. The distance they 
can move in one day depends upon the difficulty of the terrain 
and whether they are riding or walking, as well as upon their 
general vigor. A move north, east, west or south will be one 
league (3 miles / 5 km) at a time. However, a diagonal move 
(northeast or wherever) will be about 1.4 leagues (4.5 miles / 
7 km). This will therefore take you longer and leave less hours 
of daylight for your journey.

Each character has, for convenience, his own individual "clock" 
and when he has exhausted his daylight hours, night will fall 
for him and he will be unable to move again until dawn. Other 
characters, however, will still be able to move until they have 
exhausted their hours.

Once you have moved all the characters you wish to, you must 
press the 'Night' key. This ends your turn and signals the 
beginning of computer controlled characters' movement - in other 
words, the forces of the Heartstealer and also independent 
characters. There will be a delay while the computer moves all 
of Shareth's forces and the independent characters, calculates 
the results of battles, and refreshes the spells and wild 
creatures which may be found at various locations in Icemark.
There will be a pause while the computer does this, and rumours 
of battles and other events may appear on the screen. Soon, 
however, night will end and the message "Dawn breaks" 
will appear on the screen.

To begin the new day you must press the 'Dawn' key and then you 
will begin your next turn. If you do not press the Night key or 
the Dawn key at the appropriate time, nothing further will happen 
at all until you do!


Battle

Minor skirmishes between individuals and with wild creatures 
can take place at any time and are immediately resolved. Major 
battles between armies, however, are not decided until the 
following dawn. You cannot move an army into the same location 
as an unfriendly army by using the Move key - such a decision 
is always a special option that you must select from the 
Choose menu. Some commanders may be so afraid that the option 
will not appear.

 Two options can be used to move an army onto unfriendly soil:
 1. Attack - go straight into battle.
 2. Approach - go forward under a flag of truce. Using this you 
may be able to rally the other commander to your cause. However, 
if he ignores your flag of truce and attacks you anyway, you will 
be at a disadvantage in the battle.

 Once battle has been joined, you cannot move until the following
day.  You can, however, move other characters into the battle area
to join in the fighting. At dawn you will discover the battle's
outcome. If the enemy has lost, his armies will have been 
destroyed or scattered, leaving you in possession of the field of 
battle. If he wins, your characters (if they are still alive) 
will themselves be scattered, bereft of troops. If the battle 
continues, you can move your commanders away that dawn or leave 
them there to continue the struggle.


Icemark 

The land of Icemark is ruled by five major races (see map):  

1. Men, including the Iceguard in the Frozen Empire of the 
    North-East, ruled by Shareth the Heartstealer.  
2. Giants in their North-Western kingdom.  
3. Dwarves in their Eastern kingdom.  
4. Barbarians in the Outlands of the South.  
5. Fey in their Southern Realm.

All of these are intermittently at war with each other, involved 
in feuds and border raids, but the Frozen Empire is the strongest 
and most feared. To defeat Shareth (objective 3), Luxor must find 
allies to raise armies in these domains. The Fey will be the most 
friendly, the Iceguard the least so and the most treacherous. A 
cunning Moonprince will, however, find ways to exploit their 
differences to further his own cause. Only Shareth the Heart-
stealer will never rally to his banner.


The Landscape 

The land of Icemark contains several kinds of terrain: plains, 
forests, hills and mountains, as well as the frozen wastes which 
are impossible to cross.  

The features and structures of Icemark are: [Images of these can 
be found on the Web.]

1. Mountain - The hardest and most exhausting type of terrain to
	      traverse, also obscuring anything lying beyond them.
2. City     - Provides a fortified dwelling place for 
              recuperation for commanders and armies friendly to 
              those who own it. A fortified city may house friend 
              or foe; storming a city is a hard task accomplished 
              only with enough force. A commander may recruit men 
              from the city guards or post men from his army to 
              guard the city. The population of a city slowly 
              grows as time progresses. 
3. Forest   - Movement through a forest will not be swift, save 
              for the Fey who inhabit the woods.
4. Tower    - Being dwelling places of the Wise, the Watchtowers 
              of Icemark may hold dark secrets. You will receive 
              a word of guidance upon arriving at a tower.
5. Pit      - By entering pits you may find access to underground
	      tunnels, but foul creatures may live there. Spells 
              may be found there. If you are lucky you will 
              receive the Spring of Life. 
6. Army     - A friendly army offers no hindrance but an enemy 
              army is a very different matter. As you look around 
              during your travels, large figures may appear in 
              the foreground. These are the warriors, characters 
              and creatures that lie immediately ahead of you.
7. Hall     - Provides a home for the night. You could find 
              shelter or new courage staying there, but sometimes 
              you will find that trolls have taken up residence.
8. Hut      - Similar to a hall, but smaller. Brief respite can 
              be found there from the cold winds. Skulkrin or 
              wolves may live there.
9. Hills    - Hills slow a traveller and block the view of what 
              lies beyond.
10. Fortress - Similar to a city, but slightly less fortified. 
              The stronghold of minor Lords of Icemark, a 
              fortress will offer some protection.
11. Palace  - Though not designed to withstand armed assault, a 
              palace is still a center of power. It provides an 
              entrance to underground tunnels. You may find a 
              spell there, or if you are lucky, some horses. 
              If you are unlucky you will find dragons.
12. Temple  - The pyramid-shaped temples are apt to harbour dark 
              and mystical forces, and contain a spell for good 
              or evil. Some give access to underground tunnels.
13. Gate    - Set at the entrance of a subterranean road, a Gate 
              of Icemark gives access to an underground tunnel. 
              Dragons can sometimes reside there, or you may 
              find a magic spell.
14. Stones  - These mark the route of ancient, forgotten roads.
	      Strange mystical powers - some beneficial, some not 
              - gather about them. Spells for good or evil or 
              occasionally some dragons may be found there.
15. Fountain - Provides respite. From a sparkling fountain, the 
              traveler may drink his fill and be refreshed. But 
              some fountains are inhabited by skulkrins.
16. Mist     - Cold mists block the landscape from view as they 
              roll across the Icemark, summoned by Shareth. All 
              save her Iceguard find their courage and strength 
              sapped if caught in their grip.
17. Frozen Wastes - The barrier ice of the Northern glaciers 
              allows no traveller to pass through on the surface. 
              The Frozen Wastes are impenetrable to all.

The speed at which a character can travel depends on the terrain; 
for instance, traveling through mountains takes longer and is 
more tiring than traveling through plains. Each race of people 
has a favorite kind of terrain which they find easier to travel 
through; for instance the Fey people can travel faster through 
forests than other people. (See hacking guide for more details.)

Traveling can be made also more difficult by dragons, skulkrin, 
trolls and wild creatures found across the land.  

Should your trusty steed be killed you can sometimes find stray 
horses to replace it. Losing your horse of course makes you 
slower and more quickly tired. To fight wild creatures or to 
change horses you just walk through them.

Beneath the land of Icemark is an extensive set of underground
tunnels. You can enter and exit from the tunnels at certain
places as described above. If you find yourself in a tunnel, tall 
pillars crowned with fire mark the way forward; if there is no 
way ahead you will only see darkness. Tunnels only lead north, 
south, east or west. The underground system is the only way to 
reach Morkin who is surrounded by the Frozen Wastes.  In a tunnel 
you are safe from attackers but there will be dragons, skulkrin 
and trolls to delay your journey.

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NOTE
When you are playing Doomdark on an emulator it helps if you set
it to a high speed setting to speed up the drawing of landscapes
and especially to make the nights shorter (in CCS64 for example, 
set the speed to 500%).

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TIPS

Selection of Creatures and spells

Which creatures or spells the character find is indicated by the 
following table:

Place    | code 0 | code 1 | code 2 | code 3
---------+--------+--------+--------+--------
Plains   |dragons |skulkrin|wolves  |horses
Mountains|dragons |dragons |trolls  |wolves
Forest   |dragons |skulkrin|wolves  |wolves
Hills    |dragons |trolls  |wolves  |wolves flames=Flames of Dawn
Gate     |dragons |claws   |flames  |blood  claws =Claws of Night
Temple   |flames  |thorns  |blood  |languor blood=Blood ofCourage
Pit      |trolls  |wolves  |thorns|springs thorns=ThornsofDespair
Palace   |dragons |horses  |claws   |blood springs=SpringsofLife
Fortress |dragons |wolves |shelter|shelter languor=LanguorofDeath
Hall     |trolls  |shelter |shelter |blood
Hut      |skulkrin|wolves  |shelter |shelter
Tower    |guidance|guidance|guidance|guidance
City     |dragons |shelter |shelter |springs
Fountain |skulkrin|springs |springs |springs
Stones   |dragons |flames  |flames  |languor
Tunnel   |dragons |skulkrin|trolls  |trolls

The code number can be obtained either from the location on the 
map (x by y coordinates) by the formula 

[444(x+64y) MOD 6151] MOD 4 

or from the last part of the name of the landmark using the 
following table:

 code 0 |  1  |  2  |  3
    ----+-----+-----+-----
    orn |  il | iel |  im
     uk | ium |  ia | eon
     ay |  ak | arg | and
    ane | esh |  ad |  un

If the character has no "guidance" the computer chooses a random 
character. If he gets "guidance" then the program selects one of 
the following:

 - If the character is not loyal to the Moonprince and is alive
then the "guidance" is the location of this character.
 - If he does not have his own weapon or magical item then the
"guidance" is the location of this object.
 - Otherwise the "guidance" is the location of Shareth the
Heartstealer.


Travelling time

The time taken in hours for a person to advance one position is
the sum of T1, T2 and various adjustments defined as follows.

T1 is a constant depending on the terrain type of the destination
location, taken from the following table.

  Plains    1/4
  Mountains 2
  Forest    1
  Hills     3/4
  Any other 1/2

T1 is instead [in theory] set to zero if the terrain is the
person's favorite, as listed in this table:

  Luxor      city
  Morkin     plains
  Rorthron   tower
  Tarithel   forest
  Shareth    plains
  Feys       forest
  Barbarians hills
  Iceguards  plains
  Giants     mountains
  Dwarves    tunnels

T2 is a constant depending on the speed of the individual, as
follows:

          riding     walking
  -----------------------------
  Luxor      3/4        1 1/2
  Morkin     3/4        1 1/2
  Rorthron   1/2        1
  Tarithel   1/2
  Shareth    1/2
  Feys       3/4        1 1/2
  Barbarians 1 1/4      2
  Iceguards  3/4        1 1/4
  Giants                1 1/4
  Dwarves               1 1/4

The adjustments are half an hour each for:
 - walking into mist (except Shareth and the Iceguards)
 - diagonal moves
 - killing creatures,
and also 1/4 hour if the person is not swift or 1/2 hour if he
is slow.

Each person has 7 3/4 hours initially, and can move until the
last quarter is used up.


Tiredness

A character gets more tired every time he makes a move.  The
amount by which the tiredness is increased is one unit (described
below) except when:

 - he encounters wild creatures (2 units)
 - he walks through mist and is not Shareth or an icelord (2
units)
 - he walks into mountains and is a giant (2 units)
 - he walks into mountains and is not a giant (3 units).

A unit is the sum of two numbers, the first being 2, 4 or 3
according to whether the character is strong, weak or neither,
and the second being from the following table.

                riding  walking
  --------------------------
  Luxor           1        2
  Morkin          2        4
  Rorthron        0        1
  Tarithel        2        3
  Shareth         2        4
  Feys            1        2
  Barbarians      1
  Iceguards                2
  Giants          0
  Dwarves                  3

A character becomes more despondent by 6 every time he makes a
move in mist and is not Shareth or an icelord, and by 32 every
time he is kicked out of a battle (see battles below).


Approaching

When character A approaches character B, a count is made of the
number of attributes (such as 'good' or 'loyal') which A and B
have in common, excluding 'swift' and 'slow'.  This number is
then adjusted as follows.

 - add 1 if the B is not loyal
 - double the number if B is treacherous
 - add 3 if A is the liege of B
 - add 2 if A is carrying any of the magical items.

If the total is 4 or more then the approach succeeds.


Battles

When a group of people who are not all friends are gathered
together in one place, each of those people in turn becomes
person A against a person B who is chosen at random from A's foes
at that location.  If a city (or fortress) contains a person or
people who are unfriendly with its owners then the city's army
becomes "person" A against a random person B from A's foes at
that location.  The results of a battle between A and B are
calculated as follows.

 - If A is a person, let K = (2*reckless+despondent+tired)/4. 
If RND<=K (where RND is a random number between 0 and 255) or if
A is carrying any weapon, then A will attack B personally:

   * if B is carrying the Runes of Finorn then B is unharmed.
   * with 25% probability, B will lose his horses (unless B has
     no horses or is Shareth or Tarithel).
   * if the RND calculated earlier is both odd and more than the
     recklessness of B then B will be killed, unless B has a
     weapon, in which case he has 69% chance of surviving.

 - The army of A then attacks the army of B, followed by the army
of B attacking the army of A. Each battle between army 1 and army
2 is calculated as follows:

   * A value C for each army is calculated from
(tiredness+constant)/2, where the constant is taken from the
following table depending on the type of army:

                 riders  warriors
     ----------------------------
     Moonguard    220
     Fey          200     150
     Barbarian    180     140
     Iceguard     220     180
     Giant                180
     Dwarf                160

This constant is divided by 2 if the army belongs to a city (or
fortress).  Then the number of warriors lost by army 2 in the
battle is ((N1*C1)/C2)*(RND/256) where N1 is the size of army 1.
If this number is more than half of the size of army 2 then army
2 and its commander will be 'kicked out' and placed in a nearby
location (the commander of army 2 will then be said to have won
a victory).  If a city loses its whole army then it will change
ownership.  If a commander loses his whole army then as well as
being kicked out he will be attacked by 'the sword'; the rules
of this battle follow those for people described above.


Enemy Strategy

Bits 4-7 of each element of Table 13 given in the Program Design
text describe the movement of a character with a number from 0-3, 
as follows:

0: Move towards the character's liege (if this person is dead
then find his liege, and so on.  If all the lieges are dead then
move towards Luxor instead).
1: Move towards the character's foe (if this person is dead then
find his liege, and so on as per (0)).
2: Move towards the character's weapon or magical item, if it is
on the ground, otherwise move towards the character's fortress
or city.
3: Move towards the character's fortress or city, except Shareth,
who moves towards the City of Glireon.

During the night all forces not loyal to the Moonprince are moved
according to this pattern, but first the number is changed as
follows.

 - if a character has a liege who is moving with code 0 or 1 then
he will move with code 0.
 - otherwise, if a random number from 0-15 is less than 4 then
the character's code is changed to this number.  If it equals 4
then the character is not moved.

A character will walk in the direction specified, picking up any
item that he sees on the ground, until nightfall or until he gets
very tired or meets a foe, at which point he stops.  The
character will always attempt to approach the foe if they are the
only two people in the location.  If when dawn arrives the
character is still in the same location as a foe then he will
move on with 50% probability.


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SEQUELS/PREQUELS
This game is the sequel to Lords of Midnight

COMMENTS : "Excellent, a classic." RATING: 10/10 (CRASH #13, 
             February 1985)

NOW : Although LOM was perhaps the better game, DR still remains a
huge (larger than LOM) and challenging adventure/strategy game.


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