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A knight who has been granted a small fief has a puzzle of his life. His manor house, an old yet majestic building, has a small mystery; upon a impressive tower on the western wing of the manor house, there is a barred window, the iron rusted with age, set high up. Yet a search through the tower yield no chamber on the western walls of the tower. Which room does that window belongs to?
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Though within a fief, one is ruled by the noble, at least one thing is respected – that of honor and tradition. There is no such “nonsense” in towns and cities though. A small church of the True Faith, within a bustling town, could not afford to pay the new landlord, a gruff merchant who has no patience with religions. Being in a prosperous town draws less tithe from the crowds too, as the traders and guilds are not at the mercy of the weather and tend to be less superstitious.
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Frequent droughts, famines, plagues and wars usually left a great number of orphans. Priests, claiming to be off an order of the True Faith, have been gathering those unwanted children, bringing them to an orphanage within remote crags.
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Bitter and salty water bubbles out from a spring known to many as Elisar’s Grief. There are many stories as to how this spring gets its name, but only the most thirsty of all would drink from the stream which is fed by it. The water otherwise looks crystal-clear; even lush vegetation grows around the area. What is the mystery behind this spring?
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A sleek midnight black edge tempered to a short piercing point, the Assassin’s Needle is often coated with poison and other unwholesome substance. With enough force behind it, the Assassin’s Needle can pierce through most armour, but in the process, the weapon will be destroyed at the same time.

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He has been mourning for 30 years. When his wife first wandered off into the forest to gather herbs and did not return, he searched the entire woodlands for weeks. While others have given up hope, he still searched for her. The days lengthened into years and now old, perhaps senile, he still wait for his beloved one’s return.
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This is a polished spherical onyx with a  hole craved in the middle, while a thread of rusted iron runs through it. Fastening this upon your neck, you would feel a sudden calm descending. This pendant was forged by an artificer after being betrayed by his friends and loved ones for the sake of the “greater good”.
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By a pool, within a cottage dwells a strange individual known as Thelaric, the Wolf Speaker. This cottar has been many time branded as a wizard, but has no problem partaking the host in churches of the True Faith. His only companions are wolves; he had somehow became friends with them and though not recognised as superior, the fearsome beasts regard him as peer. For years he has kept the surrounding villages safe.
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The Chieftain Kings of Thuland keep in touch with each other with gigantic stone horns positioned upon inaccessible hills. Whenever a mustering of the chieftains is required, messenger from the Great Thane is sent to each horn and thus each Chieftain is summoned. For hundreds of years, since the last invasion of the Empire, the horns have not been sounded. But now they ring aloud again.
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After more than two decades of computer role-playing games, we run into the same quirks and annoyances and wonder why the developers couldn’t remove them. Then along come some games which feature some great ideas, but never see much widespread acceptance. Here are ten of them.
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