W7-Link(5)

Wizardry VII - Link(5)

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1.	->to Link(2)
2.	Walking through the forest you begin to feel a bit apprehensive, an odd sense of your general surroundings which seems to emanate an ominous scowl of doom.
3.	The foreboding aura of the woods seems to be getting stronger, and you glance about as if hidden eyes were watching you.
4.	A slight rustle of the leaves, a strange crackling of branches, all is definitely not as it appears.
5.	And then without warning, the trees begin to move. BAHHL-BRAAAG. They approach the sacred grove! CKALLOK-BAA-GOGGG!! ->encounter Man o' Groves
6.	The sinister presence of the forest growing stronger, the danger has not yet passed.
7.	A ring of columned stones encircles a clearing in the grove, and you approach with great caution. At the center of the ring you can see a flat stone carving of some kind, an engraved slab upon the ground. All feels strangely still for a moment. Then looking around, you perceive the forest creeping in upon you. Slowly, very slowly. As your foot moves to take a step, the trees are upon you. ->encounter Man o' Groves (win) Silently, the masses of the verdurous sylvan denizens continue their onslaught. ->encounter Halloweeches, Man o' Groves (win) As if no end in sight, the stalking vegetable-man trees still come, dark, looming, and mindless. ->encounter Tobagan, Halloweeches, Man o' Groves (win) Then it is over. The forest still once agian. But you suspect that it is only a matter of time before more of the tree-things can come to protect their grove, and for whatever unknown reasons, you now know that to remain here could only result in your inevitable and ultimate demise.
8.	Stepping upon the large stone tablet you study its features, a depiction of great towering tree, thousands of branches thickly sprouting from it, and upon its trunk an old and gnarled face. ->use [BONSAI TREE] Placing the small potted tree upon the face of the stone carving, you step back. The pygmy tree begins to grow. Who summons the spirit of MAA-GOOGG? (answer anything is ok) KOLL-BAHH NUWT-KAAHH. One boon shall I grant. KELPP-RAH-KAA BONE-TOGG. One servant to command. He shall know you. And lead the way. AHMETT-BAH-LAA. And the mighty tree shrinks back down into a sapling. Then into a small twig. Finally becoming a tiny root. And then into nothingness. The small pot lies broken upon the stone face of the engraved slab, its dirt spilled onto the ground.
9.	The forest has grown through the crumbling ruins, and appears to have choked off the main entry. Perhaps there is another way.
10.	Passing the tree, you notice that an anomaly of nature has arranged the gnarls and knots of its rippled bark into the likeness of a face, and one that possesses a gloating smug smile at that. It is then that you witness the woody countenance make a wink, and momentarily numbed by the surprising event, find yourself seized securely within its grasping branches. ->to Rattkin Ruins
11.	->from Rattkin Ruins
c1	Lute of Sloth, Ankh of Youth, Ankh of Might, Studded Hauberk, Phrygian Cap