What is this?!

[samthunder]

Is the plot of the game anything like what is here:

http://www.subgamers.com/forums/adventure/67652-kings-quest-nine-remake-plot.html

[Petra Rocks]

We may hope it is typed better, in any case.

[TheReturnofDMD]

 http://www.postudios.com/blog/forum/index.php?topic=6427.msg250627;boardseen#new

Someone posted this in another thread in this forum, and I want to know what it is:


http://www.subgamers.com/forums/adventure/67652-kings-quest-nine-remake-plot.html

Valanice is Mannanan's daughter?!

[Rosella]

My reaction would be more:

The script is on the internet!?

It's hardly professional-looking, and it seems incredibly fake.

[dark-daventry]

It's a fake. I remember Yonkey specifically telling me that the events of Mask of Eternity make a big part of the story. That "script" claims that the game ignores Mask of Eternity, but I know for a fact that isn't so. If you don't believe me, check the third promotional vid. Near the end is the Mask of Eternity itself. I highly doubt they'd scrap that story aspect...

[Rosella]

I didn't read it very carefully at first (Well, at all, really,) but it's actually a pretty hilarious read. I have never seen so many gratuitous adverbs.

"Shadrack plans to steal the Three Treasures and to use their sharply combined power to sexually cast a diabolical broadly spell that will cause time to shift."

"The two who are one will mostly emerge triumphant over the Good Who lazily turned Evil, and Chaos will reign no more."

"ITEM (Lower right): The currently badly selected inventory item is convincingly displayed here. "

This. Is. Amazing.

It does make a bit of sense without the gratuitous adverbs, though.

[Yonkey]

I think that may have been a very early (i.e. 2002 or earlier) plot summary.  The plot was completely rewritten when Cesar took over as Project Director.  I think the only thing kept from there is Shadrack being the leader of the Black Cloak Society.

I, for one, am pretty happy they decided to remove Shamir's "Gigglety gogglety goo!" among other things.


EDIT:  LOL, I just noticed what Rosella pointed out above.   Yeah, it seems like someone arbitrarily added nonsensical adverbs into it.

How exactly does one use "sharply combined power to sexually cast a diabolical broadly spell"?

[Deloria]

The grammar was so terrible.

[Delling]

*attempts to read through it*

In general I must flatly state that my gratuitously efforts to read this gleefully summary have ended in insanity.

*must go calm his stickler before he commits homicide/suicide...* someone will have to explain which it will be when my stickler finally lodges that machete in my forehead

[dark-daventry]

That was the funniest thing I ever read. The plot made absolutely no sense with those words. Was that early script leaked, and then someone added those words in just for laughs?

[Yonkey]

I'm guessing it was an early script since it has both Cesar & Luke's names on it.  I have no idea why random words were added.  It's almost like spam e-mail you get that contain completely random words strung together into sentences.

[Lenny318]

OMG THAT WAS THE FUNNIEST THING EVER!!! 

[PirateKingChris]

Heh wow, how ridiculous. 

[awesomeasapossum]

That was hilarious.
I can definitely tell you that that is a total fake.

[samthunder]

INTRODUCTION

(Fade to black.  Small particles of ash swirl to the center of the screen
and take the shape of a majestic bird with outstretched wings.  The phoenix
suddenly ignites.  "PHOENIX" appears below the bird.  The phoenix cries and
flies offscreen.  The scene changes to a blue sky with puffy white clouds,
and the camera zooms in on an eagle flying through the air.  The eagle cries
happily as he glides down to a tree in front of Castle Daventry and perches
on a branch.  The eagle turns its head and gazes into a tower window.  The
camera zooms in on the window.)

(Cut to ROYAL BEDROOM, CASTLE DAVENTRY.  The room is well furnished, but not
too "royal-looking."  A large, canopied bed lies in the center of the room,
and an open wardrobe is in a corner.  VALANICE stands to one side of the
bed, hurriedly packing folded clothes into a large trunk at her feet.  She
finishes packing the trunk and starts to close it, then looks up with a
start.)

VALANICE: Graham, dear?

GRAHAM (calling from offscreen): Yes, Valanice?

VALANICE: Have you seen your hat?  You've never gone anywhere without it,
and I don't know where it is.

(GRAHAM enters the room, grinning.  He is dressed in his characteristic
outfit: red shirt, sky-blue pants, black boots, and adventurer's cap.)

VALANICE: There it is!  You had me worried!  Now, we don't want to be late;
Alexander, Cassima, Edgar and Rosella are expecting us.

(VALANICE picks up the trunk and exits the room.  Her husband follows.  Cut
to THRONE ROOM, CASTLE DAVENTRY.  GRAHAM and VALANICE stand in front of the
Magic Mirror.  The trunk lies on the floor next to them.  A poof of smoke.
SHAMIR appears and bows.)

SHAMIR: Good day, Your Majesties!

GRAHAM: Good day to you, Shamir.  How fare you?

SHAMIR: Quite well, I must say.  Your son and his wife have helped to
restore the Land of the Green Isles to its former glory.  Alhazred's reign
of terror has been all but forgotten.  The people love them both, and the
citizens rejoice as Alexander and his sister celebrate their twentieth
birthday today.  We should be underway.  Please stand next to me.

(GRAHAM and VALANICE move onto the carpet in front of the thrones.  SHAMIR
raises his hands, clears his throat, and speaks.)

SHAMIR: Bibbity bobbity boo!

(Nothing happens at first.  SHAMIR cowers sheepishly, and the king and queen
look at each other, shrugging their shoulders.  A faint whistling sound.
The sound grows louder and louder, and the three of them look up.  Suddenly,
a gigantic pumpkin crashes through the roof and lands on the floor in front
of them.  All gasp, and the king and queen look at SHAMIR.)

SHAMIR: Er . . .  I must have cast the wrong spell.  I'm still trying to get
the hang of using my magic for good instead of evil, so I sometimes get the
incantations mixed up.  I think I learned that little gem from a fairy
friend of mine years ago.  Had something to do with magic coaches, I
believe.  Now, what's the right one?

(The Magic Mirror shimmers slightly.  GRAHAM looks over his shoulder, but as
he does, the Mirror stops shimmering.  As SHAMIR keeps thinking about the
right spell, GRAHAM motions to VALANICE, and she walks over.)

GRAHAM: Did you . . .  I thought I saw the Mirror . . .

(VALANICE looks over her shoulder.  The Mirror looks normal.)

VALANICE: I'm sure you were just imagining things, dear.  You're probably
just so excited about seeing Alexander and Rosella again.

GRAHAM: I suppose so.

(GRAHAM shrugs his shoulders.  SHAMIR grins and snaps his fingers.)

SHAMIR: Oh, now I remember!  Gigglety gogglety goo!

(The pumpkin rises off the floor and through the hole in the throne room's
roof.  The hole disappears and, as it does, so do GRAHAM, VALANICE, SHAMIR,
and the trunk.  The camera pans to the Magic Mirror, and its face begins to
swirl again.  SHADRACK, an aged, black-cloaked man, can be seen in the
Mirror, raising his arms as he prepares to cast a spell.  As he does so, the
Mirror disappears.  Cut to TREASURE ROOM, CASTLE DAVENTRY.  The Magic Shield
and Magic Chest also vanish.  Cut to CLOSE-UP, SHADRACK.  SHADRACK laughs
maliciously as the Treasures appear around him.  Cut to EXTERIOR, CASTLE
DAVENTRY.  The eagle, still perched on the branch of the tree, cries and
flies off.  "KING'S QUEST® IX" appears in the sky.  A gust of wind blows the
Adventurer's Cap onscreen.  The feather falls out, shimmers, and writes
"Every Cloak Has a Silver Lining" below the title.  The title and subtitle
glow, and the traditional fanfare (from King's Quest® V, VI, and VII) plays
triumphantly.  Another gust of wind blows the cap and feather offscreen.)

(Cut to THE CASTLE OF THE CROWN, EXTERIOR, DAWN.  Birds twitter in the trees
outside the castle.  Cut to ROYAL BEDROOM, THE CASTLE OF THE CROWN.
ALEXANDER tosses and turns in bed next to the soundly sleeping CASSIMA.  Cut
to CLOSE-UP, SHADRACK.  SHADRACK laughs maniacally, rubbing his hands
together.  Cut to BEDROOM.  ALEXANDER sits up in bed and screams.)

ALEXANDER: No!!!!

(Cut to an adjoining BEDROOM, where EDGAR and ROSELLA lie asleep.  ROSELLA
tosses fitfully.  Cut to CLOSE-UP, SHADRACK, then to CLOSE-UP, ROSELLA.
ROSELLA screams.)

ROSELLA: No!!!!

(Cut to CASTLE OF THE CROWN, EXTERIOR.  We hear ALEXANDER and ROSELLA scream
in unison.  Cut to SHADRACK'S LABORATORY.  The camera pans to SHADRACK's
face.  Fade to black, except for SHADRACK's menacing green eyes.  Fade to
total black and credits.  END INTRODUCTION.)

[Nebel]

Why did you just post that in 3 different topics 

[Yonkey]

I've now deleted the duplicates. 

Samthunder, please refrain from cross-posting.

[Storm]

Hmmm, interesting...
All this time we've been begging for the plot, only to find it's been posted 4 years ago

I can definitely tell you that that is a total fake.

I dunno, it looks pretty authentic. Of course, it doesn't have much to do with the game as we know it now, but it does look like it might be an earlier version (like Yonkey said). Still, it makes you wonder who's behind this leak

I have no idea why random words were added.  It's almost like spam e-mail you get that contain completely random words strung together into sentences.

It's not just the 'script', the word insertion thing appears in posts all over that forum. Maybe it's been vandalized by the anti-grammar hacker


Something I found very interesting is the backstory of how Shadrack was turned evil by his own spell:

As he raised his arms to defeat the nefarious sorcerer, Shadrack's spell backfired. It was so powerful that Shadrack not only killed his adversary, but also turned himself into a cold-furiously hated, hateful spellcaster.

I recall Kurdt writing something similar about Lolotte:

One dark day, Lolotte crafted a spell. However, her lack of control over the forces she was dealing with crafted her undoing. The powers surged, and Lolotte barely escaped with her life. The ordeal left her horribly disfigured, an unrecognizable wretch of a woman. Her features, once a beautiful and dark reflection of her two sisters, were forever mutilated by the darkness she toyed with. The magic cut deeper than just mere skin, however. The last of Lolotte's soul shriveled, and her heart turned black and filled with hate forever.

(Quoted from http://www.mmgames.org/KQ4/SMF/index.php?topic=54.0)

IIRC, Kurdt was one of the earlier TSL writers.
Coincidence? You decide!

[samthunder]

Sorry, I didn't know cross-posting was not allowed, I just wanted as many people as possible to see and hear this info. I too think this is authentic. It sounds like a great game. Please hurry the game if you can, and if VU is slowing you down, or arbitrarily slowing you down or not allowing you to post it....shame on them!!

Yonkey, Deloria, not one of you "in the know" will neither confirm nor deny anything about this huh?

[Petra Rocks]

First of all Deloria isn't in the know. Second, Yonkey has already confirmed that it looks like a very early draft of the script, which is more forthcoming than I actually expected him to be. I don't really see any logical reason to doubt him.