Starman Plays Quest For Glory 5, The Thief Path - Part 25

The thrilling conclusion, in which we thwart an assassin, uncover a plot, slay a dragon and steal a kingdom, a heart and control of the thieves' guild. Not a bad way to retire from a life of adventure and end the series... except they really don't want the thief to be king or wind up with Elsa.

Starman Plays Quest For Glory 5, The Thief Path - Part 24

In which we cut a deal with Ferrari and give him the bird. And because there is no honor among thieves, we immediately set about tricking the trickster and burglaring the burglar to recover what we rightfully stole. We also bid a fond Farwell to the Famous Adventurer as he comes out of retirement and bring a pair of poisoners to justice.

Starman Plays Quest For Glory 5, The Thief Path - Part 23

In which Elsa helps us secure a chance to steal the Blackbird, which is in Minos' treasure vault. We then undertake a slightly more honorable (but just as sneaky) mission to secure a peace with Atlantis by breaking into the palace and sneaking into the throne room.

Starman Plays Quest For Glory 5, The Thief Path - Part 22

In which Elsa comes to our bedroom. Unfortunately, she wants to discuss how her patron Minos is clearly the villain behind everything bad we've been working to avert, which would be really shocking if we hadn't seen the opening movie. This is followed by another day of chatting with everyone in the city about what we should do next to secure Peace with the Atlanteans. We also expose the hidden evils of Science Island which are, for once, not hidden from us.

Starman Plays Quest For Glory 5, The Thief Path - Part 21

In which, after an hour of treadmill time to recover some of our lost vitality, we pay a visit to the newly resurrected Erana. While we can't romance her as a thief, Erana will play a major role in our next trial. But first, we must pay another visit to Salim and Julanar to upgrade our Poison Cure Pills and hand over the Lethe Water to treat the sleeping sickness victims. Finally, we complete the Rite of Courage and begin the Rite of Peace

Starman Plays Quest For Glory 5, The Thief Path - Part 20

In which, after bribing our way into the afterlife, we run around gathering all the mystic water we need and bring an old ally back from the dead. And then, because we haven't suffered enough even after losing half our vitality, we enter a different sort of underworld to catch up with our thiefly contacts.

Starman Plays Quest For Glory 5, The Thief Path - Part 19

In which we journey to Delos, so we can dance with the dryads, consult the Sibyl regarding our future, and procure a possible poison cure. We then prepare to go to Hell, literally, as the next Rite will send us into the Underworld...

Starman Plays Quest For Glory 5, The Thief Path - Part 18

In which we start the Rite of Destiny and discover that whoever is poisoning the heroes of Silmaria has struck down Erasumus. This ill news and some magic seeds are all that we gain as we seek a path to the distant island of Delos. Luckily, we've already done most of what we need to do to secure a new vehicle now that we've had our wings clipped.

Starman Plays Quest For Glory 5, The Thief Path - Part 17

In which we start the Rite of Valor, which means another round of talking to everyone about everything after checking in on our poisoned friends. It will take a flight of fancy to get us to the island so we can face the Hydra, but we'll get by with a little help from Elsa and get another chance to impress the former bandit queen.

Starman Plays Quest For Glory 5, The Thief Path - Part 16

In which, after saving Ugarte's life as he tries to deliver some painfully obvious information, we finally rent Andre's boat and go off in search of the secret mercenary fortress and General Claudius. The good news is we can sneak most of the way through this one. The bad news is we still have to fight a centaur wizard and Claudius himself.

Starman Plays Quest For Glory 5, The Thief Path - Part 15

In which, having maxed out Defense and finally grinding all our stats up to the highest level possible without magic items, we try to free the final fishing village through sneaky means, only to hack our way through it like a common fighter anyway. This leads us to the second Rite of Rulership, the Rite of Conquest, and the hunt for the mercenary leader Claudius. But first we're going to talk to everyone in town a bit and take some time to woo Elsa, who is NOT happy after we won the first Rite. Perhaps a few gifts will improve her mood?

Starman Plays Quest For Glory 5, The Thief Path - Part 14

In which we free more of the fishing villages from mercenaries and I try to take out some of them using the traditional thief methods. By which I mean sneak in to town in the middle of the night and blackjack everyone. Unfortunately, the programmers seem determined to make us hack and slash our way to victory in this instance...

Starman Plays Quest For Glory 5, The Thief Path - Part 13

In which we (finally) begin the Rites of Rulership and face the first of many labors that will prove our fitness to be King. First up - beat the other competitors to the punch in freeing a fishing village from the mercenary armies that are invading Silmaria. But first we need to talk to everyone in town about what the heck we should be doing.

Starman Plays Quest For Glory 5, The Thief Path - Part 12

In which, after an anti-climactic battle with Gort, we go through a series of equally ant-climactic arena fights in order to become the champion of the arena and make a small fortune, before finally paying the Rites of Rulership entry fee so we can start trying to become King.... next time!

Starman Plays Quest For Glory 5, The Thief Path - Part 11

A combat heavy chapter, in which we watch all of Elsa's arena fights on the off-chance that gives her a better chance of winning when we bet on her, before we face her ourselves. This is an important step to wooing Elsa, showing that you consider her a worthy opponent. And it also nets us a ton of gold and makes Ferrari poorer, so win/win all around.

Starman Plays Quest For Glory 5, The Thief Path - Part 10

In which we successfully rob the bank a second time (finally), help out Gnome Ann with making her inn a little more presentable and pit ourselves against Toro in the arena.

Starman Plays Quest For Glory 5, The Thief Path - Part 9

In which, having maxed out all our stats but defense, I take a chapter to show you a few fun things that aren't important to the plot but are still amusing. Things such as Elsa beating up Magnum Opus, some conversations at the Thieves' Guild you might miss and beat up Magnum Opus ourselves. We also patronize the arts, do a few things that will save us time later and try (and fail) to rob the bank a second time without glitches getting in the way.

Starman Plays Quest For Glory 5, The Thief Path - Part 8

In which, having spent Day 5 getting most of our stats maxed out, we enter into our first battle in Silmaria's arena. Partly for the experience but mostly for the money from the large bet we made on ourselves. We then open Day 6 with a visit to the Academy of Science on Science Island. We also check in with the Famous Adventurer, who is once again high on life and Hippocrene water. We close the chapter out with me showing how to raise your Climb skill, despite us not really doing any difficult climbing in this game and close out Day 6 with a return to Science Island to meet the night-shift.

Starman Plays Quest For Glory 5, The Thief Path - Part 7

In which we take our first trip in earnest into the wilds of Silmaria, for want of a missing basket, the waters of the Hippocrene and some Pegasus feathers. After a little more commerce, we close the day with a night at the arena and open Day 5 with our first encounter with the pompous Magnum Opus.

Starman Plays Quest For Glory 5, The Thief Path - Part 6

In which we help improve the local economy by spending some of our ill-gotten gains from the bank heist, chat with the local merchants some more and train up our skills with some swimming, sneaking, dagger throwing and shadow boxing. Shame there's no way to raise your defense without letting monsters beat on you...