Xena's friend Siras is dead! Pirates are sacking the town! The villagers are in chaos as the raiders attempt to take innocent hostages. But Xena has a score to settle...

Sketch: The idea is to get hold of the Main Town Square key, which opens the Main Town Square gate, also known as the exit of this level. However, the key can only be found if at least four villagers have been rescued from the clutches of the pirates, who have taken them as hostages.

Important note = I have listed the pick-ups in the order Xena discovers them along the way. However, it's a good idea if you go after the hostages first, and when you've saved the required amount, come back for the pick-ups. Otherwise, you'll waste unnecessary, precious time in exploring the area for goodies, time in which too many hostages might die (causing you to restart this level).

Walkthrough: Quickly aim your Chakram towards the pirate ahead. The guy on the right who has his arms pointed up is a hostage, now freed. Don't harm him. You'll meet more of his kind. Proceed forward to the corner on your left where scroll#1 is located. It indicates you should use the Chakram to rescue hostages, which is, in fact, the only way to do it. Proceed along the road. You'll see your first hostage there. A pirate is threatening to kill him, near one of the burning houses on your right. Aim the Chakram towards him and finish him off (the hostage will find his own way out when saved, so don't bother about him). Get the health power-up the hostage dropped. Also take care of the pirate coming in from the left. Go in the direction he came from, where you'll be greeted by a bald pirate. Don't let any of the pirates drive you too close near sea, because you might fall in the water and kill yourself (whether or not you've used the invincible code).

After he's dead, you can get your reward: a Super Chakram (the wiggly green thing) and scroll#2.

Behind the cottage in the far right, close to sea, is another pirate holding a poor villager hostage. Save him. See that other steeper road, with a dead end leading to a cottage? Kill the bald pirate coming in from there. Ignore the path and the health power-up behind it for the time-being. You'll be back later.

Return to the road you were following from the very beginning. Just before you go upward to the platform surrounded by a low, grey wall, save the hostage on the right. You'll discover two health power-ups behind him. Now go up the higher area with the little grey wall. In one of the house corners on the left is yet another hostage and another health power-up. When you follow the road, past the space between two of the cottages (next to a sign), you'll trigger 5 masked pirates and 2 bald ones, who may appear in different groups and offers, depending on which directions you go.

In this slightly bigger area there's a hay-cart almost in the middle. Behind it and to your left is a health power-up. Grab the Golden Shield, hidden behind the cottage. (You might encounter some of the pirates "protecting" it) From here, kill the pirate on the even higher area using the Chakram. He can't harm you anyway! (This is where a "stick out your tongue in devilish pleasure"- button would come in handy, eh?)

Note the position of the Main Town Square key on this area and run back to the hay-cart. Hide behind it to protect yourself from the archer on the ship. Don't worry, he won't get away with it. You'll be taking care of him. Kick the hay-cart a couple of times till it rolls and smashes into the anchored ship (killing that pesky archer in the process, hah-hah!).

The ship will tilt under the hay-cart's weight, making it possible for Xena to go on it. Approach the ship, but before you jump on it, free the hostage behind the crates close to shore. A "bonus" pirate will attack too. Grab the health power-up between the flaming houses (gee, the scenery is depressing, isn't it?).

Now, take a careful and well-aimed running jump to the ship. One of the corners offers a Resurrection Jewel. At the top of the steep road on the ship, you'll get your first Armour Upgrade. Now, to get off the ship, don't go the way you came, but take a professional running jump to the little green spot (from where you found the Shield Upgrade) and grab the health power-up. Jump over to the other side. This looks familiar, right? You're back to the first area. Retrace your steps to the area where the hay-cart used to be and follow the road upward this time, where you'll find another hostage on your right and two pirates behind the two houses. At the end of the road, it's the -hurrah!- Main Town Square key (provided you rescued at least four hostages, of course). Get it and tackle the pirate and two of his bald buddies, who are guarding the exit. Approach the gate to unlock it. Go through the new opening to exit the level.

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