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Yes, Hreinleika is perhaps more obvious than the other. I struggled coming up with a plausible excuse for all these divine weapons turning up in modern-day Britain. Let's just say the second one is hidden.

it can be found somewhere on the route opposed to visiting Maddesby's place. It also has somewhat different origins to the more 'Christian' Hreinleika. In other words: you don't have to find Maddesby's Notes within the Church (and, if found, the player still has a choice whether to use them or not).

A companion that can fight alongside you.

Paragraph 56 is the best ending.

Becoming a necromancer's apprentice in the beginning

In the first mission, if you attack the apprentice wizard son and then let him live, you obtain a special scar. Did you ever find a use for this?

When looking for Defender, try to use your old contacts. When this fails, look for a wizard.
What happens when you find one changes depending on whether you have the scar or not.

When you have to assasinate the Count, you can go through the forest. There is a house in the forest which, if you enter, will kill you. But you see Eddora in the house. My question is simply; what the hell is with that house? And who or what is the thing that looks like Eddora that's in it?

I'm sorry to say that this is something I also don't know the answer to. I just guessed it was some trap put in place by Forest Nightmare Demons (who read your mind in order to trick you into letting them consume your soul) and that there wasn't anything more to it. If only the author was here reading this thread...

The gamebook is set in modern-day Romania, so there's guns and grenades to be found in your quest to stop the zombie threat from spreading. It soon becomes apparent that your character (a college student) must not only escape but locate EVERY Zombie infesting Gingrich Yurr's castle to prevent the evil from spreading. It's important to go the right way so you don't miss any, and have certain items to hand at the right time.

in the sense that often you'll be dealing with a large group of zombies. This means the combat is more basic: using two dice plus a bonus granted by a particular weapon determines how many you kill in the first round. Skill and Luck (along with their test rolls) have also been dropped from the system. Not sure whether I cared much for this over-simplification - but the gamebook is still quite entertaining with some unique encounters and a few interesting characters to meet along the way.

He says it's about what might happen 21st December, 2012 - but won't give any more info than that.

Even using the disembodied hand to finish the fight with the count and his servant, I then fall foul of Cassandra... what am I doing wrong?!

Do you have the Star of Ages? Also, you should only meet Cassandra once-- near the end.

Hide *under* the bed ;).

(which basically leads to a +2 to skill and a Blank Parchment, as far as I can tell?)

Star of Ages has eluded me... is that the weapon protected by a password? I thought I'd tried them all and died from them all, to!?

With the name of the crone I can get the star and fight 'Cassandra'. Unfortunately, taking the shield seems to mean this (final?) demon fight is a lost cause... will have another try without it)

Is there any ending that doesn't result in death?! Now the house collapses on me! Much as I've enjoyed it, I'm just about done experimenting :/

If you mean that you defeated Cassandra, then I believe this is the best ending!

Yes, the ultimate ending has you escaping alive. You need to be wearing a pentacle at the end.