Gades
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        Guy will leave your party to return to Tanbel.  He'll be back
later.  Go back into the tower and take the east door to pass through to
the other side.  Head north to Merix.  Buy new items and spells, but
don't get any spells for Tia except Fireball, as she won't be in your
party too much longer.
        Before you continue, you can go back to the Cave to Sundletan
and Alunze Kingdom basement for chests now accessible with the Hook.
They contain, respectively, a Dragon Egg and Water Jewel.  At Merix,
head north to the Cave Bridge.
        This is a pretty simple and easy dungeon.  Go down the steps and
through the door.  Get the Regain, then bomb open the door and flip the
switch.  Cross the river via Hook and take the door on the right for
Hi-Magic.  Go through the left door and fall down the holes.  Whack the
black ball with your sword to kill all the enemies.  Then just go up the
stairs to the bridge.  That's it.  First, head back to Merix and talk to
Ugene for a Dragon Egg.  Then continue on through the bridge to the
Bound Kingdom.
        You'll meet Idura and Dekar.  Head up to the throne room and
Prince Alex and Dekar will leave for the North Labyrinth.  Buy new
equipment.  If you don't have enough money for everything you can use,
fight outside the castle, because you will need it in the North
Labyrinth.  It's a good idea to get up a few levels anyway.
        In the North Labyrinth, take the right door.  Cut through the
bushes and walk through the wall on the left for the Thunder Ring.  Head
downstairs and hit the switch in the upper-left (it's under a bush).
Swing across and hit the switch with the Hook from the little part of
the ledge that sticks out on the right (so you're to the right of the
spikes).  Go back up to the entrance room and take the middle door.
Follow the path and hit the lever to make a bridge.  Get the cursed
Deadly Sword.  Don't equip it now, but back in town, you can equip it
and then have it uncursed to raise its attack power to 100.  Take the
right door in the main room and cross the new bridge.  Bomb through the
wall and get the very powerful Thunder Ax.  Nobody in this current party
can use it, but you can use it later.
        Take the far left door and continue to the stairs.  Walk at the
stairs from the left until they move all the way to the bottom.  Then
enter from above.  Avoid the orange guys, those are the very tough Sand
Gorems (sic).  Head south and push the pillar to the right.  Swing
across the pit to it and put the pot on the switch.  Push the pillar
back left and go south.
        Downstairs, head east and ride the platform to the right.  Swing
across the gaps and you will get the third Capsule Monster, Flash.
Flash is (in my opinion) the best capsule, because of his healing
abilities.  Go back to the platform room and ride the platform back
left.  Walk across the platforms without touching the arrows to the top
one.  Ride it right and go through the door.  Push the four pillars onto
the discolored spot and get the Dragon Egg.  In the platform room, ride
the three-arrow platform one square right to the middle.  Ride the
platform with a single down arrow down.  Take the platform with arrows
up and right up, then take the platform to its right down.  Take the
three-arrow platform up a space, then ride the platform above to the
right.  Ride the three-arrow platform to the upper-left.
        In the next room, put a bomb on the middle row, far right panel
and the lower-left panel.  All the panels will be black.  Bomb the
middle panel, then bomb each corner.  Get the Life Potion and descend.
Save the game and push the pillar onto the switch on the right.  Walk up
and Idura will appear and send four Zombies after you.  Use Fireball
cast on all Zombies and regular hits by Maxim.  It isn't too difficult.
You will then fight three Trolls.  Use the same strategy, but this fight
will be more difficult.  Then head back to the castle.
        Before you talk to the King, de-equip all of Tia's items.
She'll be leaving the party and you won't get her back.  Tia and Selan
leave the party, but then Guy and Dekar join.  Buy new equipment (you'll
definitely need it; the next dungeon is one of the harder ones) and get
Dekar up a couple levels.  Buy plenty of healing items, since you don't
have much magic, and get a few Shrieks as well.  Put Dekar in the front
of your party, then head east across the bridge to the Ancient Tower.
        Push the purple pillar up against the wall and then left to
reveal a door.  Continue to a room with a pumpkin guy that shadows your
movements.  Move a pillar or two aside and lead him onto the switch.
Stun him with the Hook or an arrow and push the pillars around him.  In
the next room, put the pillar up and left one square from the block that
makes the lower-left corner.  Stand to the right of the square and swing
to the pillar.
        Upstairs, kill any King Frogs you encounter immediately, because
they can confuse your characters.  Go outside and back in at the next
door.  Ignore the switch and bomb through the wall.  Walk into the wall
where the tiles are and a door will appear.  Continue to four
transporters.  Enter the transporter from the right to go left.
        This next room is optional.  There are a lot of fights behind
the pot, but you get a Pumkin Jewel, a Protect Ring, and a Muscle Ring.
It's your choice.  Outside, go up the ladder and take the right door.
Head in and push the blocks onto the white tiles.  Shoot the switch with
the Hook and go to the next room.  Step on the switch and go back
outside.  Take the left door and kill all the enemies.  Get the Cloud
Key and bomb through the back wall for a Miracle.
        Back in the transporter room, enter the transpoter walking right
to go to the stairs.  Head south and get the Fayza Shield.  Head left
and hit the switch.  Go through the door and pull the switch.  Cross
where the red pillars used to be and go outside.  Descend the ladder on
the left and go in the door.
        Push the pillars onto the switches hidden behind them and go up
to level 6.  Hit the statue on the red carpet three times and the blue
one five times, then step on the switch in the middle to turn them into
heal spots.  Save and go out the door.
        Head up to the Monster Races.  Stand on the skeleton's warp
point (the one on the right).  Shoot arrows to the left until the
skeleton reaches the warp point.  If the top monster nears the warp
point, move out it shoot at it when necessary.  If you win, throw the
switch you're teleported to.  If not, try again.  Outside, take the next door.  Make sure you're healed up and
go north.  Gades will appear, and this time Iris won't bail you out.
        Use the Thunder Ax's Thunderball and IP powers from your Stones.
Don't bother with Maxim's spells, just wail on him with weapons.  Use
items to heal, as Strong is not very useful when cast by Maxim.  If he
kills a character, make sure the other ones are healthy before you try
to bring the dead guy back.  Unfortunately, Gades get to go before any
of your characters, so stay healthy.  His Devastation attack can do 100+
damage to a single character.
        After the battle, Maxim will be trapped on the other side of a
pit (but healed).  Take the right staircase and bomb the red statue.
Run from the Deadly Armor if you get into a fight; they're hard to
damage. Go back up and take the top staircase.  Shoot the blue statue
with arrows and get the Magic Bikini.  Take the left staircase and step
on all the panels around the staircase.  Go south and do the same.
Head outside, descend, and hit the switch.  You will be returned to
Parcelyte, and now have to sit through a very long sequence where Maxim
and Selan get married.