Sketch: This is the final T'ir Na level, in which you'll have to destroy the evil Yat, to retrieve the key against Kalabrax, the Lyre of Orpheus. (Orpheus was a famous character in Greek mythology. More info on his background is coming up very soon, so keep in touch!). By first defeating him outside the Great Temple, you'll lure him into magically hiding himself inside the temple ruins. After that, you must slash an artifact made of ice to activate the timed door which leads to Yats hideout. By setting the corresponding Devanagiri symbols in the final puzzle, you'll kill Yat.

Walkthrough: Slide down the ramp and grab the health power-up. Folow the road and find two druid sorcerer followers attacking you. Then get your reward; scroll#1. Go left and kill the evil guy next to the stone pillars. Hold on a minute and spot the Golden Shield on top of the tallest pillar here. By carefully jumping over from the lowest to the highest pillar, the shield will be yours. It is important to get this Golden Shield to easen the fight with Yat ahead.

After getting the shield, grab the health power-up hidden between the pillars and return to the spot where you found scroll#1. Tackle five sorcerer supporters appearing in random order, coming in from the area on the right. While getting the two health power-ups on the ground afterwards, three more Yat people charge. Kill them and follow the road further, getting the health power-up and scroll#2 along your right hand. Continue and prepare for Yat.

You can spot the sorcerer Yat (the goofy guy with the antlers on his head) right now. I'll cover your defense first and then I'll tell you how to defeat him. Yat has a couple of attacks. One of them is the ice spell; the light-blue circular beams he shoots at you. The trick is to keep running and jumping so he'll miss. If by accident, he shoots a bullseye, there are two ways of getting rid of the ice spell. The first is to slam on to Yat untill you're your normal self again (You can also take out on one of the six armed skeletons). The ice spell will shake off then. The other way is to wait for Yat to fire a small red beam at you. This eats up a bit of health, so I don't recommend it. Nevertheless, it does undo the ice spell.

Another attack of his is what I call the thunder circle; a shock of power, in which you can recognize the form of a circle. When he uses this rare attack, jump over the "outline" of the circle and you'll be safe. Whenever you're low on health, hide in any of the corners in the area and take a deep breath. There are also six health power-ups scattered around the area, mostly in the corners. Make use of these things. You might want to use up your Golden Shield here, but it's probably better to wait and save it for the second fight with Yat. Not necessarily, of course.

When Yat is defeated, he'll chicken out and hide himself inside the Great Temple. Whew! Go up the stairs and defeat three angry druid soldiers. Go right and follow the curve. After tackling the three henchmen, claim two health power-ups. Return to the top of the stairs and now take the left turn. Take the health power-up in a corner. Kill two silly soldiers. While following the curve, get two health power-ups; one on the left and another on the right side. Keep walking till your way is blocked by a heap of snow. Carefully walk to the left and smack the unsuspecting soldier ahead with your Chakram. It will wake him up. Another hit will kill him. Now jump onto the snow heap and slide down to the place the soldier used to be. Follow the curve to the left and get the health power-up. Now, turn around and pay attention.

Now, prepare for the final confrontation with Yat. He has only one attack he uses here, and that is a lightning shock attack. It's not that hard an attack to avoid. He keeps using it continuously, so when you hear the sound of lightning, wait for a full second and the jump left or right. It should save you. The way to kill Yat is to look at the symbols engraved on the side of the platform he stands on, as well as the ones on the wall. When you stand right before a symbol on the platform, you'll see another symbol right in front of you, on the wall. The symbol on the platform should correspond with the one on the wall. You can change the engraving on the platform by slashing it with your sword. Keep repeating until you get the right symbol. (Use the Golden Shield to protect yourself from Yat's lightning.) Do the trick with all the symbols and Yat's lightning shock attack will turn against him and kill him. Kick back and enjoy an FMV. (By the way, the symbols you just saw? They're from the ancient Indian scripture called the Devanagiri. It was first used for the epic language of Sanskrit and nowadays, can still be found in the writing of the Hindi language.)

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